Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Harringay's sub-neighbourhoods
I was asked the other day to supply an ad for a local publication. So I dusted off a nice poster Birdy designed for us a couple of years back and tinkered with his wee map of Harringay awa' in the corner. In doing so, I added the names of Harringay's four sub-neighbourhoods and thought I'd stand up and take any flak coming my way for it.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I guess because I'm talking about an area not a road. I'm trying to be inclusive. If you use a name for an area that clearly belongs to one part of it and not others, it tends to be rejected.
I'm not sure I have the same problem as you with 'invented names". The phrase suggests some disreputable conjuring out of thin air for unworthy purposes. You gotta give a dog a name. I saw a thing without a name and suggested one in a 'does what it says on the tin' frame of mind. I chose 'Hermitage' because it has historical associations with the district that predate the road by hundreds of years. I chose 'Warehouse District' because that's what many of the locals call it.
I fully expect people to disagree with my suggestion as I made clear in my original post, and I'm delighted that you're entering the debate, but I do want to make it clear that I'm not trying to 'impose' anything on anybody and I'm not seeking to do anything for any nefarious purposes. I simply made a suggestion for a name for a thing that doesn't currently have one.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Several years ago I had a similar problem when reporting a dumped trolley next to a brick wall. At the time the Council's online reporting Artificial Intelligence was far less sophisticated. It insisted on a house number and name. In a short but moving ceremony I named the wall Margaret 007.
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Thanks Anne - useful feedback.
Do let me repeat, I'm suggesting not trying to impose. (Perhaps I should be flattered that you imagine I'm in a position to impose a name on the area. I just wish the Council felt the same!).
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I'm with Anne on this, I don't like that name and I think just "Hermitage" or even "Harringay Arena" would probably be more suitable (it's close enough IMHO). The Meat Packing District in New York is called that because that's what it originally was. The great thing about place names is that they stay with the place, even though the function changes (up market restaurants now). I know you do a lot of thorough research into this stuff but surely you can see by your own standards that the name you have come up with.... sucks.
Besides, none of the warehouses you mention are actually included in the area on your map.
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New York has its successful SoHo (SOuth of HOuston Street). So how about a new neighbourhood name combining Gardens and Ladder as 'The Larder'?
Surely we need to be open-minded and forward thinking about these issues? I often refer to what used to be called "Harringay Ladder" as the "Turkish/Kurdish restaurant District". And of course there's the adjoining Rising Bollard Zone.
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Permalink Reply by Takaokagiejin on
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Harringay Vale darling Harringay Vale
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Permalink Reply by Jack on
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Surely the area in the bottom right is Harringay Arena - that's how I've always thought of it.
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The Arena itself actually stood pretty much where the Arena Shopping Park shops are with the slightly older stadium behind it where Sainsbury's and the car park is. Of course, none of that means that the south eastern part of the hood shouldn't be called Harringay Arena if that's how folks think of it.
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