Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

How much bigger?

are the buildings by hornsey train station going to get? Have we reached peak height yet?

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Permalink Reply by John D on June 25, 2018 at 23:43

I think the part nearest the station has reached its maximum height.

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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on June 26, 2018 at 9:53

It does look as if they're not adding any further steel. Sadly we can see the top two floors from our back bedroom but luckily nothing from the garden...

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Permalink Reply by matt on June 26, 2018 at 10:56

Looks like it would fall over in a minor earthquake. Can't remember if tallest tower by the track was going to 14 or 17 floors. Anyone know?

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Permalink Reply by matt on June 26, 2018 at 11:43

According to this it's 14 floors so nearly there ...

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 26, 2018 at 11:47

Fourteen I've been watching it go up. I think they've reached the top now. Despite the duplicitous and dishonest dealings by both council and developer, for me, it doesn't look as monstrous as some of us feared.

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on June 26, 2018 at 12:12

That wasn't the point (nimby worries about ugliness). The point is that it was on sale in other countries for two months before it was offered here to domestic INVESTORS. This is a property bank going up, not "housing". What they are building is purely for rental to professional couples and sharers by landlords who live overseas and don't pay income tax here.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 26, 2018 at 12:40

It might not have been your point but it is my point. This website does have the space to allow for more that one person's point.

I've had my say before about easy sneering recourse of the nimby jibe, John.

There's nothing wrong with caring about the look of your neighbourhood. I don't recall anyone ever arguing against the flats on Hampden; on the contrary I remember them being roundly welcomed. There was however disagreement about the choice of the height - a height which contravened the Council's own planning policy put in place for good reason - and yes they could have had the same density with a lower height.