Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Who trained the architects of the Bruce Grove station tart-up?
They forgot about disabled access.
They did leave a gap for a lift at a later date though.
How on earth did this get passed? What kind of priorities are these, to design a shiny metal box but do nothing to make a real improvement not just for eg wheelchair users but also for those with buggies or a load of shopping.
The major works at South Tottenham Station, now nearing completion, are paid for from a special fund to provide disabled access to all Network Rail stations. So no-one can claim such access is not top of the agenda.
Cllr Alan Strickland: “I’m excited to see this stunning new building move a step closer, bringing some striking modern architecture to Tottenham." Yep, steps are what it has in plenty.
Strangely I can't find these plans on the LBH planning portal - only this from 2014 which is not the one in the press releases. Does anyone have a reference to the plan - the one that looks like Tescos - I'd like to see the details of the brief and how they came to this design.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Yep. But it doesn't even need to be real temporary impairment, just a bit of imagination.
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Permalink Reply by Glenn Wallis on
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Did you ever come across Ray Dudley, who was a disability adviser with Hackney Council in the 1990s?
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after my time, I did this work in about 86 to 88. Somewhere i have a bad copy of the exhibition.
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I'm assuming the scheme solely relates to the retail units and not any works to the operational areas of the station (I've not been to Bruce Grove for ages), except that Network Rail put in the architects' brief to make passive provision should there be a decision to install a lift at some time in the future.
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