Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Vision for Tottenham unveiled (Cheesy Pic Warning)
Just incase you were one of the 255,000 residents who werent invited to this mornings timeshare style media launch that hadnt even made the lunchtime news....
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/a_plan_for_tottenham.pdf
As the anniversary of the London riots approaches, Haringey Council today, 1 August, unveiled its long term ambition for Tottenham.
'A Plan for Tottenham' sets out a vision for the area from now to 2025 - building back better through economic growth; investment; improved neighbourhoods and regeneration of key sites.
A Plan for Tottenham outlines proposals for quality housing; stronger communities; a vibrant arts and culture scene; a welcoming civic heart; wide retail mix; attractive public spaces, and successful businesses.... continued here: http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/vision-for-tottenh...
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Bob, help me out, please. I can't find the phrase "a vibrant arts and culture scene" in the plan. Where is it?
Though I did find the word "vibrant" twice in the same paragraph. A signal that what's on that page is twaddle. (And that they didn't bother to properly proof-read it before publication.)
In my Flickr photoblog - and maybe on HoL as well - I've said that in Haringey, trying to corral arts and creative industries into a "Cultural Quarter" is asinine. And serves only the interests of property owners/developers.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Lindsay-Smith on
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My apologies Alan; firstly for the delay in replying, and secondly for giving the impression that those words were actually in the report.
They are merely in the blurb that announces it, at http://www.haringey.gov.uk/vision-for-tottenham-unveiled.htm (beside the cheesy grins).Your comment encouraged me to look at your photos on Flickr - I'll do so regularly in future.
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No need to apologise, Bob. I read that page on the Council's website, but didn't register the phrase. I tend to skip quickly over this sort of PR burble.
Needless to say, although I'm one of the ward councillors I wasn't invited to the cheesy-grin-launch at the Carpetright site. Luckily, Victoria (Vix) saw it, and popped in to see what was going on. Managing to have a word with Kurt Barling from the BBC.
I've just watched the first part of the BBC documentary "The Riots in Their Own Words". And I'm even more convinced than before of the mismatch between the questions which emerge from that and other work on the riots; and what's proposed in the Tottenham Plan.
About Euroart studios on Markfield Road, I completely agree with you.
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I have been meaning to watch that documentary, and will now do so.
I wholeheartedly agree with your earlier point about the pointlessness of trying to corral arts and creative industries into one place. More generally, it seems that planning authorities up and down the land now have a excessive fondness for placing different activities into different zones. I suppose that this makes the planning job easier, but with resulting homogeneity. To my mind, the most interesting parts of the country are those where housing, retail, leisure and light industry are still mixed up a bit.
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I've heard strong criticism of the documentary. But since the material came from the LSE/Guardian interviews, I'm assuming one reason people are irritated may be how the actors voiced the words and/or how the scenes were set. So perhaps one option would be to listen - with the picture off.
Another explanation may be that what people told the interviewers departed from whichever fixed "narrative" some people want to accept. (Perhaps there should be a new word "narrowtive".)
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Bob, I don't know if you've seen or read Owen Hatherley. If not you might find him interesting.
I've just read the reviews of his latest book: "A New Kind of Bleak". He launched it with a talk which you can see on video here. Owen is not a great speaker. But if you stick with it, he makes very useful points about the formulaic way in which planners and developers often try "doing" regeneration in different towns and cities.
One feature is the focus on a "cultural" area which is supposed to pull in visitors - and money. Sometimes it does work.
I smiled at his mention of another feature: small flats sold at high prices as "luxury apartments". Often with the sales pitch stressing the nearness of a strip of water. As if you're going to get a sweeping riverscape. And of course, a big danger with towers next to canals or narrow rivers is that you can end up with a canyon. So the waterside view is spoiled for everyone.
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Thanks for the information, Alan. I wasn't aware of Owen Hatherley's work, but have put his books on my reading list!
I will also look around for those new buildings that he mentions favourably in his talk - including some Peabody flats. I remember some of the original Peabody buildings, with granite staircases and shared bathrooms. When they were built, they must have fulfilled a real need for decent housing - better a bathroom shared than none at all. It's good to know that the Trust still carries on with the mission "to make London a city of opportunity for all by ensuring as many people as possible have a good home, a real sense of purpose and a strong feeling of belonging".
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