Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Feeling suspicious: Hawes & Curtis outlet store
So today I was in Wood Green and I noticed that a row of shops are undergoing renovation (Previously Thomas cook and phones 4 u). I then noticed a sign which said that a Hawes and Curtis shop was to be opening soon in place of the previous shops.
When I got to green lanes, I saw the existing H&W outlet shop which looked like it was closing down. On the site there was a demolition company van (I have forgotten the company name) and a team of people looking around the site. It looked to me like they were planning to demolish or redevelop the building.
If this is the case whilst I agree that the building does need to regenerated I certainly to not want to see it demolished! Its a very impressive period building and personally one of my favourite landmarks in the area!
Does anyone have any more information on this? Surely they can't just knock it down I thought it was listed!
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Hi Peter
You might want to read these threads about the H&C site redevelopment - I'm not sure how close you live to the site but you should have had a leaflet from the developers through your door about how the site is to be used. If H&C are planning to open up in Wood Green, that's probably welcome as the number of empty shops on the high street is beginning to be of serious concern.
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Permalink Reply by Peter on
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Thanks Liz
Cant believe I missed these! Well its my Grandmothers house but she's just round the corner In Haringey Road and nothing came through her door but I've seen the online version of the leaflet now. Yes I agree especially with BHS leaving now as well. But I definitely saw a board today saying that H&C are coming soon to wood green High street.
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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Sad to see them move, but glad to see professionals can get suited locally. After M&S exiting Wood Green needs some added confidence. So where's the warehouse going, the chocolate Factory?
I too like the building and imagined a swimming pool, & an NHS Centre like Hornsey Central, on Park Road.
If it was Little Burke Street in Melbourne, or even Coburg, (Harringay's Southern Hemisphere equivalent,) it may sport a pool on the roof and a residential tower behind, retaining the facade at ground level.
An NHS Centre could be located on the north side of the site. Colina Rd and Colina Mews would clearly benefit from residential frontages.
The Charles Holden designed ventilation tower (for the Picadilly Line,) should receive attention with a clean and architectural lighting, it could be our Southbank landmark.
Jonathan Glancey's Guardian article on Charles Holden, Tuesday 16 October 2007, An architecture free from fads and aesthetic conceits:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/oct/16/architecture4
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Permalink Reply by Geraldine B on
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Before I go and slump down in a sad corner, ruing our current local high-street survival challenges!, I would very much like to thank you Matthew for posting the great article on Charles Holden. I have long wondered about the University of London's Senate House and how scarily dramatic it was.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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There were a couple of Radio 4 programmes this week about internet shopping compared to the high street. The latest idea is that internet outlets will have physical shops where you can go and look, touch and feel the purchases, and then buy online in store and it would be delivered the next day.
Sounds like the worst of all worlds to me - a trip to the shops without actually coming home with your new purchases, and then having to wait in for the delivery the next day. But I guess it's preferable to endless trips to the post office to return unsuitable purchases.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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That happens already with Made.com. And some clothing brands like Hush have pop-up try on events. Can't see it happening in Wood Green though.
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Don't ask Phillip Green
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Intresting Proposals!
I was unaware that there was even a Charles Holden ventilation tower on the site. It will be interesting to see exactly what they do in the end however as you mentioned It would be great to have a local leisure Centre with a swimming pool.
I think Colina Mews would also really benefit from residential frontages
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There are rules about what you can have on balconies. I live on a council estate though and I'm the only one who follows the rules! On a windy day I have to pick up my neighbour's stuff off my balcony and return it! (This despite the fact we have so much storage space in our flats)
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Permalink Reply by Sapphireblue on
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Well I disagree with all of you. What a waste of space! I think the site and it's buildings are a HIDEOUS eyesore and I'll be jolly glad to see them demolished and something more useful and interesting put in its place -it looks like a public toilet block. It's a large site and was/is totally wasted on selling ghastly conventional dull office clothes - do people in offices still wear that stuff - not in any office I've worked in?. So if it's switching to a proper retail shop in WG - thank G - that's where it should always have been. A large site like that could be useful for any sort of housing (low level I'd hope) or community space. A useful development such as the Green Rooms hotel, Station Road - which can bring a resource for the Arts Community into Green Lanes - would be great and benefit everyone- not the current awful ugly building and dull usage of zilch value to the wider community whatsoever.
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I think the original building on the site is actually very impressive and think it could be beautifully restored and improved on like the Paul simon new studio flat buildings opposite the site.
Have you seen some of the "modern" buildings they have built in the local area. Take the ersan and co building opposite the salisbury - In my opinion it does no justice to the immediate surrounding area and is ageing really bad! however look at the H&C building well over 100 years old, neglected, trashed and abused by large corporate companies however its still standing strong and solid and is in no way an eyesore to the surrounding area.
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Permalink Reply by Mavic Starfish on
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I have to say I've never once been into that building, cycled past it hundreds of times. I do wonder how many people who live in the area actually use it. It's also a revelation to find out that their is a building of significant architectural import confined within it's boundaries, hopefully that will be more on view in the new configuration. Shame about the bike cafe, but I always though that would be the first thing to get nixed by the developers.
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