Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
A proposal for a real public space at the heart of Harringay
Piazza design for Junction of Green Lanes and St Ann's, please comment on a resident proposal to make it a reality! Could this be considered to be adopted by the Green Lanes Strategy Group?
The square / piazza would work as a pedestrian friendly gateway between the two wards of Harringay and St Ann's. Bus routes would continue as normal and traffic direction would be reversed on Harringay Rd, also making catching a bus safer, crossing St Ann's for the 341.
For the Winter Fair everyone will remember how exciting it was to see the band and pyrotechnics open the Festival, Doctor bike has used the corner of the Salisbury for promoting cycling, it is a a landmark that many people recognise locally or otherwise.
PDF of proposal: green%20lanes%20piazza.pdf
For nursery and school children and parents it would make pedestrian access to green Lanes/nearby children's centre and school travel safer, it would improve the shop frontage for immediate St Ann's shops and reconnect St Ann's with Harringay, where local events can be promoted.
Comments welcome.
Link to Green Lanes Strategy News (January 17, 2012:) - http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/it-s-by-bye-bridge-bann...
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Imagine something fabulous like this at Manor House
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Paris_Metro_Entrances.html
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Je suis un big fan de art nouveau!
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Probably not a direct copy but I'm sure there are local, historical designs that could be used for inspiration. The Victorian interior and ironwork of the Salisbury for instance. Can you imagine something like that on the four corners of the Green Lanes/Seven Sisters cross roads?
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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What's with the great nostalgia for the Victorian era ? This is the 21st Century. Let's have something contemporary
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Nothing at all wrong with contemporary design but it should be something that at least respects the context it's sited in. The gates to Railway Fields are a good example of where it has worked.
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And the British Library and Paternoster Square. But I don't see the GL / SS crossroads as having much of a context
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Got it. Just south of Seven Sisters is one of London's largest Jewish communities. The designs could be based on Sukkot, so great arching tree limbs over the each entrance to the tube at Manor House. Each of the four reflecting a different architectural style.
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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Manor House has been on my mind since 1994, cycling past it to Central School, trying to imagine a less hostile junction. Atmospheric lighting, urban gardens, road treatments, footpath improvements, a transport hub, a gateway. You wouldn't believe The Who played there on their pub circuit, or 'Us 3' did their first album for Blue Note Records at Flame Productions on Woodberry Grove, or Queen Elisabeth stopped for a Pee, or Barbara Windsor lived there. Any other Brown Plaques welcome.
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Turquoise Island, Notting Hil
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/turquoise_island_westbourne_gro...
But we have Charles Holden!
His designs from the 1930's are some of London's finest 20th Century buildings.
Visit Arnos Grove Tube then you get a real feel, and appreciate manor house more.
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I think you're right Stefaan. I bet people walk past it everyday without knowing what it is.
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do you mean active frontages?
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If the sun come out tomorrow lets look at the impact of The Salisbury's height and shadow on St Ann's Rd, some pics during the day should address this.
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