Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
It's bye bye bridge banners as Harringay wins £1.8 million for Green Lanes in new fund bid
Hard on the heels of the successful bid for Round 1 of the Outer London Fund, it has just been announced that Harringay has won £1.77million from the Round 2 bid submitted last year.
The bid was submitted by the Green Lanes Strategy Group with the drive and vision coming in particular from Rob Chau of the Harringay Traders' Association.
The Harringay project was also singled out for particular mention this morning by Boris Johnson when he announced the bid.
The £1.77m will be augmented to almost £2.1m with matched funding coming from local traders. The project focuses on three key elements, most of which echo many sentiments expressed here on HoL
1. Create a new gateway for Harringay - a total revamp of the bridge. Gone will be the banners and the tat and in it's place a stylish entrance to our hood. LED panels and a showcase for local artists will be part of the approach.
2. Improve the public realm at street level - this will focus on a 'mini town square' approach - improving all the junctions that lead on to Green Lanes with better trees, building up the side road headers to pavement level and adding benches. Power points will also be added to allow the development of a street market culture.
3. Improving shop fronts - a limited number of shop fronts will be replaced with quality wooden ones, echoing a more traditional feel. Initial funding will limit the number to 35, but it is hoped that these will pioneer improvements elsewhere. Individual traders will add 20% of the cost themselves
More details on the bid soon. In the meantime some pictures for you to conjour up your imaginations:
Rob summarised his exhilaration with a measured statement of purpose, "The festival has shown just how vibrant our high street can be. We want to help guarantee our competitiveness against other high streets. We just haven't had the funds to do it till now. This is the biggest amount of funding we've seen for thirty years"
Once the dust has settled, a series of consultation events will be held to provide local people with an opportunity for direct input into exactly how the funds will be spent.
You can catch a little on the Mayor's announcement on the BBC news this evening. They're supposed to be coming to Harringay for a few shots and quick interviews.
More soon, I'm sure. In the meantime, well done to Rob and the bid team! Great news for the hood.
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Permalink Reply by 282gfahg7uprj on
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I'd hoped that the LED lighting would be similar to that used under the bridges on Holloway Road and SGR, rather than some kind of Piccadilly Circus arrangement, fingers crossed that will be the case.
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this looks amazing and very exciting times for Harringay. Congratulations! Now if we could only fix the dog-poo problem in the passage, it's makes the walk into work a weekend shopping trip so unpleasant.....
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Permalink Reply by Lisa on
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Goodness...it looks wonderful !
What sort of time scale has been set out to us seeing the results of this?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I think that'll come out in the wash, but I imagine the fund will have a target date. I'm not sure what that is at this point.
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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Fantastic, this sounds really great - well done to Rob and anyone else involved.
Like others I've got concerns about how far it will be possible to take some of these ideas given our traffic clogged streets. This is especially true as regards using the tops of side roads for seating etc - nobody in their right mind would want to sit outside at the GL end of Hewitt for eg ... That said, perhaps it would have a civilizing effect on drivers?? (perhaps ...).
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Before I cheer, I too would like to know more about the LED panels on the bridge. Will they not just be flashing moving versions of the present banners ? Will Paul Simon put up Powerpoint presentations of their properties ?
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I think the aim is for it to be tasteful John. If it's any reassurance Tower Bridge has LED ambitions of its own.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Setz on
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LED news supplied by HoL on the bridge? like this:
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Fun. Thanks for sharing. I guess it makes the point that LED is a technology that can be used in any number of ways. Imagination is the limit.
Keep the ideas coming!
It would be nice to have something that people wanted to share on YouTube!
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>>It would be nice to have something that people wanted to share on YouTube!
Didn't understand what you meant by this, Hugh - can you clarify for dimwits like me?
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For Harringay to have something that creates such interest that people talk about it and do things like share it on YT as you did with the video above.
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Ah, thanks, understand now.
Maybe we get the attention we deserve...
If the LED boards on the bridge (hopefully solar powered, or at least very low carbon footprint) were 'accessible', I guess local people would come up with lovely use cases.
The 'word on the street' made bright etc - stuff that gives a sense that this place is (Marks and Sparks ad voice coming up)
no ordinary Haringey - this is Harringay Green Lanes
You can't get Harringay Green Lanes from anywhere else...
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