Posted in Business, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Islington, Regeneration, Stores, Works on 10 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 7 August 2009
From left, Business Forum chief executive Talal Karim, previous chief executive Despina Johnson, London Assembly member Jennette Arnold and Forum chairman Paul Morris
£80m shops, offices and homes plan for buzzing fashion centre
Entry arch to go up at street market under ambitious regeneration scheme
THE man who [...]
Posted in Business, Finsbury Park, Islington, London, Regeneration, Works on 1 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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City North Site, Finsbury Park, London by Benson & Forsyth
29 July, 2009 | By Richard Waite
First Look: Benson & Forsyth has revealed its detailed proposals for a £80 million mixed-use scheme next to Finsbury Park station, north London
The practice landed the 46,000 sq m project in June last year (2008) after seeing [...]
Posted in FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Haringey, Islington, People, Regeneration, Stroud Green ward on 11 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Neglect is hurting street, say residents
nlnews@archant.co.uk
02 July 2009
ALMOST 100 people have signed a petition calling for a boost for a boost for one of Finsbury Park’s most interesting high streets.
People living in the Stroud Green Road area of Finsbury Park say its diversity, lively cafes and pubs and rich variety of restaurants make it [...]
Posted in Blackstock Road, Brownswood ward, Crime, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Regeneration on 11 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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slington Tribune – by PETER GURNER
Published: 26 June 2009
Paul Morris: ‘Bitterly disappointed’
Row erupts over who takes clean-up credit
Community group dismisses politicians’ claims
AN embarrassing row has blown up in Finsbury Park over who is responsible for major environmental and anti-crime improvements to rundown Blackstock Road.
FinFuture – an independent, community-led body representing residents and businesses [...]
Posted in Alexandra National House, Amwell Court, Brownswood ward, Energy, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, Lakeside Court, Myddleton Grange, People, Portland Rise, Regeneration, Woodberry Down on 2 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Councillors report for May/June 09
Council performance
The Audit Commission have found that “Hackney Council has continued to ‘improve strongly’ and remains a ‘three star’ council.
Hackney is delivering significant improvement in priority areas such as community safety, children and young people and adult social care. The pace of improvement is higher than the national average with three [...]
Posted in Amwell Court, Brownswood ward, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, Regeneration, School, Works on 2 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
July update
Audit Committee
Brian has recently taken over as the permanent Chair of Audit – which really is more interesting than it sounds. It’s responsibilities include
o Managing our relationship with the Audit Commission, who inspect us and give us our star rating
o Approving the accounts, at our late June meeting
o Directing audit and [...]
Posted in Finsbury Park, Islington, London, Regeneration, Works on 11 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Go-ahead for £21m Finsbury Park scheme
Michael Donnelly, PlanningResource, 11 June 2009
Plans for a £21 million student accommodation scheme in Finsbury Park, north London have been approved.
The building, designed by CZWG Architects, will house 400 student apartments on 5 floors with commercial space on the ground floor. The Planning Report to committee considered: [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Green Lanes, Hackney, Works on 19 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Ring main tunnel extension hits ‘breakthrough’
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
19 May 2009
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By Alison Anderson
THE extension to the giant water main beneath London hit a major milestone this week as the new northern section broke through to the original main shaft from its starting point in Stoke Newington.
The 2.8 mile extension runs from the West Reservoir in [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Hackney, London, New River ward, Regeneration, Woodberry Down, Works on 5 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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How to play the regeneration game?
Rowan Moore
05.05.09
London has, right now, the chance of a remarkable transformation. Some of the city’s biggest, most troubled, most ugly, most intractable estates, where tens of thousands of people live, could at last be replaced.
Plans have been drawn up and decisions made. In some cases residents have been [...]
Posted in Finsbury Park ward, Islington, Regeneration, Six Acres estate, Works on 30 April 2009 | 1 Comment »
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£4m blow for council after developer pulls out of estate scheme
nlnews@archant.co.uk
30 April 2009
CREDIT crunched Islington Council is set to lose £4million after a private company pulled out of a flagship regeneration scheme.
Developer John Laing and housing association One Housing Group had been planning to build 164 new flats on the rundown Six Acres Estate.
The [...]
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