Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Broadwater Farm - A Risk to Life
Two towers in Broadwater Farm are at danger of a catastrophic collapse and are to be abolished.
So come on then momentum council. This is your chance to rebuild the entire estate with high quality modern social housing for existing residents. Genuinely excited about what they are going to be able to put together.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Realy? Who in their right mind would click a link like the one presented here. It looks like something telling me my Netflix payment has not been taken!
I see DTW is a relatively consistent contribute to HoL, but what the heck is t.co?
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Permalink Reply by adamvietnam on
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Its twitter's url shortening
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Permalink Reply by DTW on
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Here’s the article from the front page of the guardian then
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/20/two-tottenham-tower...
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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" The estate was the scene of riots in 1985 and its blocks were built ........"
Completely irrelevant, as far as I can see. Lazy journalism.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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HoL has url shortening too which we use for Twitter etc. The shortened url for this page is: hgyol.in/2yqhPmw (compare that with the full length url of www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/broadwater-farm-a-risk-to-life)
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Permalink Reply by Barney Winnett on
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My disabled friend lives on the Farm. She has been housebound for 11 years and is absolutely reliant on home deliveries. The intercom system on the entrance door to her block (Hawkinge) has been broken for 6+ years, meaning deliverers have to find the back door and walk an extra corridor or two to get to her flat. Some are fuming when they get there because of the time it has taken them. Yet despite numerous requests from tenants the Council still haven't repaired the door despite GPs and other health staff complaining on my friend's behalf. So I don't really see them giving much of a toss about the standard of accommodation they move the tenants of Tangere and Northolt blocks, as long as it doesn't cost more than the minimum required. Terrible
service and duty of care has been shown by the Council all round where the Farm is concerned...
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I agree. The riot was 33 years ago. A lot of good things have happened on the Farm since then. Why not add these things to the report instead of dwelling on the bad reputation the Farm has because of that which happened a quarter of a century ago? Things have moved on greatly in many ways since then - positive things.
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Not that I know of. But that's up to the police, who missed chances to investigate more thoroughly by wrongfully arresting and jailing three innocent men and saying the case was closed. They could've gotten the real murderers if they'd done the job properly. The search is ongoing, but it is still irrelevant to include that in the article when it has nothing to do with the social housing issue and the positive community developments and activities that go on in the Farm nowadays. Commmunity allotments/food growing, junior league football teams, arts and crafts, a community centre etc. It's a far more vibrant, safer and respected environment than it was back then...
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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There were too many of then. Look up 'keith blakelock's overalls'. Common purpose leading to common silence.
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Wow, we've moved on a fair bit from the initial discussion about Haringey Council's actions regarding unsafe blocks on the Farm and the Council's record of neglect re. the Farm's upkeep...
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Permalink Reply by Martin (Woodside) on
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I wonder if Haringey have seen the regeneration proposal for Barnet's equivalent monstrosity Dollis 'Alcatraz' Valley?.
http://www.dollisvalley.co.uk/our-proposal/
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Permalink Reply by Straw Cat on
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But at least that scheme is low-rise. The problem is the obsession of councils and planners - and successive London Mayors beginning with Livingstone - with the outdated, mad, Le Corbusier and his ugly, cheap towers as a solution to social housing, with the walkways which design in crime.
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