Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Council approves demolition of London's only Latin village
The council have said they are proceeding with the demolition of London's only Latin village, in Seven Sisters, despite objections from local businesses and even the United Nations, which warned it would damage cultural life.
More information here: https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/17391041.haringey-latin-m...
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Permalink Reply by Nick Eftychiou on
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Although I feel sorry for those who object this part of seven sisters including this market has not only been an eye sore but brings down the area. It’s time the council did regenerate this part of Haringey and redoing up the area will certainly not damage cultural life. Maybe new buildings which can include Latino culture can be maintained but not in these old horrible buildings..
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler on
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I think the whole area around Tottenham High Road/Seven Sisters Road junction has many eyesores (NB: the run-down and former bank building on one corner). The restoration of two way traffic to the former gyrator system is a big improvement. The replacement of the ugly Apex House by tower blocks for housing (including space for the Latin Market, so I hear) will be an improvement, at least by providing more homes. The whole block that is part of the development where the current Latin Market is has been run-down and an eyesore for the entire time I've lived in the area (since 1989) and the re-development should bring new homes as well as retail. Let us hope some of those new homes will be not just affordable but at social rent. To be honest, I don't feel the buildings to be demolished have much architectural merit; though I don't expect the new ones will have much of that either. It is a sign of the times we live in, and the expense of building homes etc in London generally.
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Sorry, but I disagree. Kings Cross was mainly old and derelict buildings or unused railway land, and I'm not sure that the new buildings are of great merit. Also, they are generally not affordable for most Londoners. Apex house was demolished to make way for a much-needed housing development, not because it had reached the end of its life. Wards Corner is, in my view (and I stress this, in my view) is an eyesore and of little or no architectural merit. Many people now find high rise living pleasant and suitable for them, but obviously your views differ. The new high rise buildings replacing Apex House only "dominate" those around if you are relatively close to the corner. The new buildings at Wards Corner may be bland in design, but I still think those who are able to secure homes there, or in the Apex House Development, will be very happy for the chance to live there, close to major transport links and all the shops etc of Tottenham High Road. As I said before, I very much hope that some at least of the homes will be not just affordable but for social rent. I'm sorry that we disagree, but we must just agree to disagree.
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Why not give up your house to higher densities then? Increase the density and allow more people to move here?
Should we just allow ANY builidng to replace the run down ones that are badly maintained through private landlords lack of care and Haringey Council's lack of resources and ineptitude?
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Let us hope some of those new homes will be not just affordable but at social rent. Not only none at a social rent, but none at affordable prices either. Like Apex Tower (or whatever the new 22-storey erection will be called), all suites and apartments will be for private sale.
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I'm extremely sad about this. I discovered the Latin market a year ago and have since considered it one of London's finest cultural and culinary centres. I understand that the building is at least aesthetically extremely tired and it will now be modernised but what will society end up with? I believe we will end up with another ubiquitous modern building with retail space and flats that you can find all across London. The not particularly memorable ones that you definitely wouldn't think twice about or recommend to a friend. The ones that most of the traders who worked on the site previously wouldn't be able to afford. Ultimately the unique (to London) culture and heritage that was there before will be lost as it was. The place was authentic, genuine and provided a cultural hub to those who went there, and to the community as a whole. I remember it being a place where Colombian and other Latino school kids would meet with each other and their families after school and take something to eat. It really was a family, community place each time I saw it. This type of heritage and richness unfortunately cannot just relocate and re-establish over night. It may not ever re-establish. Unfortunately, money cannot buy culture, and it cannot buy soul. If it is driven away, and it looks like it will - they I wish good luck and peace to those vendors and their families and children, and to all the visitors, like me, who loved the place dearly. And also to the community that will loose it. Buena suerte a todos.
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Perhaps if people in the UK with more money than sense stopped snorting coke up their noses, Colombia (and other Latin American countries) would be more peaceful places to live, and those children would never have been displaced as refugees. The UK has the heaviest cocaine (ab)use in Europe.
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What a facile argument to make.
Underdevelopment is far more complex than people just snorting coke.
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Specifically in Colombia, much violence, death and corruption has been caused by the cocaine growth and trade. This is one important reason why people flee the area, with their families, in search of a peaceful life. And what drives the cocaine trade is demand in the richer countries of the world, Britain being a leading example.
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