Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
£65 million for refurbing the council's Wood Green civic centre
£65,000,000
Haringey Community Press, reports that the cost of the "refurbishment and expansion scheme" is £65 million.
There would have been even many more millions available in the council's Capital Account, had there not been massive losses in council property wheeling and dealing during the previous Administration.
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1
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I was surprised to read it was listed, it isn't the most beautiful of buildings. I imagine that added a significant extra cost to the refurb.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson
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I think it’s stunning and one of the few examples of good modernist architecture in the borough. The problem is that it’s been allowed to go to ruin over the years
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Permalink Reply by Hugh
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I'm in agreement with Michael. I was delighted when it was listed in 2018. I used to pay little attention to it. Then when I started looking at it, I really took to it. I did a series of photos some years back, I posted three here.
I also have a full professionally shot virtual tour around the interior and on top of the building (Amazing views - envy-making caretakers pad), but with one thing and another it's never got processed. I'm sad to say It's the same story with virtual tours I shot of St Ann's Hospital and Hornsey Town Hall.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton
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The photos now beyond retrieval and useless?
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No, I think they should be good. I’m now rusty with the software used to stitch them together into a usable form. The issue with the Saint Ann’s tour was that probably overshot it. I think I got about 20% of the way through having done something like 50 spherical images and I think I put down my tools with intense of getting back to it and never did. Every now and again I think about it and I could cut out huge numbers of shots that don’t really have much. I hope I’ll get back to it some day. if nothing else I could just do some highlights from each tour.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris
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I notice that the architectural work for the refurbishment is in the hands of Hawkins\Brown. See: https://www.hawkinsbrown.com/projects/haringey-civic-centre/
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Didn’t they design one of the Elizabeth Line stations?
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If anyone can make a good job of the place it's Hawkins\Brown. Their record is most impressive.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Pike
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LBH should be applauded for taking the retrofit and refurbishment route. A good carbon saving compared to building from scratch elsewhere.
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