Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Burnt Wall at @Homebase
Yesterday I passed the wall at the back of Homebase, Finsbury park side just before the Thai restaurant on Green Lanes.
This wall has been burned out since I believe a bike was set on fire there over three years ago.
Over this time, absolutely zero steps have been taken to paint over or fix the wall.
I have spoken to managers in Homebase who say that part of the building is not theirs.
I have also spoken to the SNT representative of this part of the road, George, and his team has done nothing either.
Meanwhile, this garish sight has been there for all to see for several years, and now graffiti has been sprayed on top to add insult to injury.
I cannot think of another borough in London where a charred wall could be left like that for years on end, with the council being perfectly fine with it.
Is this eyesore the image we want to project of Harringay, just a few years after the redevelopment, that of a war-torn ghost town?
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Permalink Reply by ThaiDi on
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The graffiti can be reported to the council for removal. That would be a start.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I've submitted a report and asked the Council to collaborate with /cajole / enforce action on Homebase/Arena.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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It all depends who the building belongs to. It looks as if it houses an electricity sub-station.
You can't really expect the Council to go around cleaning up private property.
You could contact the Arena management.
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Permalink Reply by Penguin on
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That's Haringey Council im afraid. If you’re wondering about the bad image it projects of harringay, have you seen the forest
of satellite dishes over the road? Unfortunately if you complain about this kind of thing you are accused of being right wing and a gentrifier on here!
btw the problem at the back of homebase started with PKK slogans daubed all over it. That’s okay though they’re freedom fighters not terrorists!!
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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English Heritage are currently looking into protecting the view coming down Green Lanes of that "forest".
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I'd hold Homebase / The Arena to account rather than the Council. This is private property. I wonder if Homebase might be nudged?
@homebase Apparently your managers say that this two-year old eyesore on your Harringay building is not your responsibility. It looks like yours to everyone who passes. Good neighbourliness? Good for branding? pic.twitter.com/y1XBpjJ9ZW
— Harringay Online (@harringayonline) May 13, 2018
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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so did this approach work Hugh?
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One thing I haven't heard from Homebase is a dickybird. Unusual not to even get some sort of response.
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It could be that local, and higher than local, management have a bigger issue than fire damage to an outbuilding next/integral to their workplace -- http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-5567603/Australi...
If so, adds yet another layer to the 'too difficult' sandwich, alas.
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Permalink Reply by Alexander on
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This fire was lit a few years back when a new homeless girl arrived on the scene and plotted her belongings in the this door way. She had only been there a few days when someone obviously took a disliking to her being on their ‘patch’ and all her belongings were sadly set a light.
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