Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Carpet Right store planning application published

LBH Planning portal shows that the Carpet Right store at 638 High Rd, N17, is to be reinstated (subject to approval) with an almost-identical copy of the riot-destroyed building.

See the plans and various design statements here.

"The preferred option for development is for the site to provide a ‘facsimile’ of the

previous building, based where possible on the original 1930s appearance. [...]

Accordingly, the proposed building is almost an exact replica of the original and the

bulk and mass is virtually identical to the previous building. The principal change

externally is the addition of a lift and stair enclosure to allow the introduction of a

wheelchair accessible lift and ambulant disabled compliant secondary escape stair."

Good decision, yes?

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Permalink Reply by Seema Chandwani on March 6, 2012 at 0:01

Im a bit sentimental... so I would like it to be a replica :)

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Permalink Reply by pamish on March 6, 2012 at 0:11

Not just sentimental - the Co-op building was from a time when great design was valued more than price. Compare with any of the slabby blocks of flats that have gone up lately along the High Rd, especially those ones opposite CoNEL. And even worse, the crappy 60s and 70s (?) infill blocks just south of Wards Corner.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on March 6, 2012 at 13:00

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on March 6, 2012 at 14:11

"The lack of conservation in the area is frankly a disgrace."

Never let boring, silly old facts get in the way of

a satisfying, uninformed rant.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on March 6, 2012 at 15:05

So it's fine when you to publish a damning, sweeping and inaccurate statement on a website with more than 4000 users. But then, when I suggest a few examples showing that - in point of fact - you are at least partly mistaken, you get grumpy. Don't you have even the lightest, slightest sliver of concern for facts and evidence?

Or is it just the Council's conservation work you dismiss?

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Permalink Reply by Liz on March 6, 2012 at 14:13

I am not sure how I feel about this idea. I am in theory at least in favour of well designed new build rather than pastiche but, as Billy suggests, without money and vision this can just end in ugly unloved buildings that people can't wait to knock down 25 years later. A replica of the old Co-op building with perhaps some 'green' modifications would I think bring a sense of renewal and satisfy a desire to see a phoenix rising from the ashes. A part of me would also like to see a Co-Op there but that would be asking too much :)