Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Homes Built Over Railway Lines - the future for Harringay?
A report by engineering consulting firm WSP suggests that modern engineering techniques could be used to construct apartment blocks directly above rail, Overground and Underground lines in London. (Report attached)
The images below show what the landscape at Victoria Station before and after such a scheme.
The 12-story tower blocks would go nicely with Haringey's tower block dreamchild just about to go up by the Railway line at Hornsey Station.
Great technology for some sites, but I hope not all. Let's hope we have a different planning regime in place by the time this technology comes to the fore.
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Out of thin air report s.pdf, 3.4 MB
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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If the Grainger plan for Wards Corner wins the CPO (not certain at all) their plan for the site will mean building a massive concrete raft across it, as the tube station is only a few feet below and they have to spread the weight of their 7-storey blocks. Apparently if the escalators shift by a fraction of a mm they stop working. How we will larf.
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