Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
St Paul's Church
A Wikipedian going under the name "Ucypanap" (go figure!) has just added an article to Wikipedia about St Paul's Church.
What particularly struck me was the collection of newspaper articles at the end positively raving about the new church.
What particularly struck me was the collection of newspaper articles at the end positively raving about the new church.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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The church (especially the interior) wouldn't have happened but for the tenacity of the priest at the time John. He really pushed for the modern, iconic building we now have.
He was also determined to have a first class church organ and I was at the dedication where Dame Gillian Weir played. It was a brilliant event and such a shame that they don't have a programme of recitals.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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I agree Michael about having the church open for more music recitals, that would be a lovely way to spend an evening. Anyone ever suggested it to the vicar?
I like the modern building very much. Although we should conserve what we have of the original around here, a new build that tries to ape bygone styles ends up looking a bit Disneyland 'Main street'. Each generation needs to add something to a neighbourhood that marks their time here; something well built, designed to a high spec and complementing its surroundings.
Mystified by the reference in the Independent article to the politically correct residents. I have no idea how not liking a modern church makes or (by his implication even anglo-catholicism) makes you politically correct! [I like the church and have nothing against a bit of high church goings on - does this make me a reactionary?]
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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I was even more mystified by The Times' placing of St Paul's in a quiet back street off Seven Sisters in Tottenham. No, not even in 1993 does that describe Wightman Road.
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I C UCypanap dates the Old St Paul's conflagration as Ash Wednesday 1993, while Independent on Sunday and Times have 1984 and The Express has 1986. I'm sure it was 1984 and Ash Wednesday - otherwise the ode inspired by your Then & Now photos of St Paul's must seek a different rhyme.
btw How did the language of admiration manage without the adjective iconic when the noun icon had a specific meaning? But at least the new St Paul's does make a bow or two towards iconography - despite a few iconoclasts.
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Mr Pedant replies;
Iconic is listed in the shorter OED as being around since the mid-17th century and has the specific meaning of something having the nature of an icon. The use of the term icon to mean anything other than a portrait, a statue or a realistic description in writing didn't come into use until the mid-20th century.
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Ah, mid-17th century - the day before yesterday! No, Michael, I wasn't faulting your use of iconic or even that of the wikipedia article. It's just that I tripped across five instances of it in one issue of The Irish Times last week, from arts & literature to sport, and am becoming just a wee bit allergic to every icon I meet.
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I'm starting to have the same problem with quantative easing myself
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