Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
LondonCentric report that promised arts centre at Hornsey Town Hall won't go ahead
Following a meeting last week between Haringey Council, the developers and local groups last week, it has been confirmed that the arts centre originally proposed for the Modernist town hall in Crouch End will not now be built.
Local groups feel "betrayed" by the move and argue that the proposals put forward for community use will be beyond the means of most local charities and community groups
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Permalink Reply by tim p
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So, Harringey, "Borough of Culture 2027" Council , showing its real level of support for the arts then ??
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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A DISGRACE in London Borough of Culture 2027
In my view, Haringey Council is too close to developers and too ready to believe developer undertakings on everything from affordable housing quotients to promises of an arts centre in the Grade II STAR-listed masterpiece.
Because of the lack of transparency, there is no way of knowing whether this is due to naïvety, ignorance, stupidity, credulity or connivance.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Morris
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Is there any kind of protest with regards to this? A petition, campaign, demonstration etc?
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Is anyone really surprised? Isn’t this the MO of most developers? Promise the council the world to get approval for their scheme and then deliver nothing, knowing full well they won’t be held to account? It’s how “affordable” homes in most developments green lit start with 10 or 20, then become 5, then become none as each new appraisal shows that the developer suddenly can’t deliver and show a profit. The rich get richer…
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The development company, Coplan Estates, was given the nod by the Council to partner in this project. In what is pure coincidence, Coplan were clients of a small PR firm, Terrapin.
If that name rings a bell, Terrapin was the employer of local councillor (now MP) and Labour Party chief whip Adam Jogee. See Ham & High to refresh your memories.
What is always underestimated is just how cheap it is to buy these people.
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