The tower proposal is officially scrapped and I honestly can hardly believe it actually happened after all this time. It feels so surreal to see the boards coming down because so many of you kept the pressure on when it really looked like we were going to lose this space …
November 4, 2013
Final supporters
More information can be found here
http://opendalston.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/dalston-to-get-shafted.html
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October 20, 2013
Two hundred and fifty people have actually signed this thing and I honestly keep refreshing the page just to make sure it is not a glitch because the development office probably thinks they can just slide this past us while we are all distracted with other nonsense. I keep thinking about that empty plot of land and what they want to put there but then I see the name count go up and it makes me think maybe they actually have to listen to us for once.
Reached 250 supporters
October 17, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
September 5, 2013
19 Comments
Dalston has a commuity feel about it, and a big block of unaffordable flats would not be contributing to the community, but merely seems to be a way for the property developers to make money. Dalston needs more affordable and social housing.
The building at ground level is a grey monstrosity and the tower is totally out of keeping with the surrounding area; why can't Dalston keep its homely feel with imaginative architecture and conservertation at its heart?
London needs affordable homes for those who work here, not investment penthouses for greedy overseas residents who needn't even let it to make money on it, at the expense of the local environment which would be ruined by such a gratuitously high building. The Committee should follow the previous decision and refuse permission for this selfish, overtly profit-oriented and greedy overdevelopment.
I agree that this building is highly inappropriate for the location. It would dominate and spoil all the views in the area. We have seen a great deal of residential building in the local area over the last few years, nearly all of which is small flats, causing increased pressure on infrastructure and travel is becoming very difficult on public transport. Given the local demographic, the area does not need any more high cost dwellings and is in greater need of social housing or other affordable rented accommodation. The tower would evidently reduce the natural light to neighbouring buildings as well as causing accelerated wind speeds locally, a typical feature of tall buildings.
I am 49 and have come to Dalston every year since 1996 to enjoy the athmosphere, the people, my friends, the lovely neighborough. I have a strong connection with the area and a tree planted in Clissold park to remember my wife who died years ago of cancer. I love Dalston. It is my second home (I am Italian and live in Vicenza). I like Dlaston the way it is and can conceive works that make it more pleasant for people to live. Not awful projects which would ruin Dalston just for the profit of few people.
It's out of character and dominates the area. And we need more affordable housing.
It's out of character and dominates the area. And we need more affordable housing.
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The tower proposal is officially scrapped and I honestly can hardly believe it actually happened after all this time. It feels so surreal to see the boards coming down because so many of you kept the pressure on when it really looked like we were going to lose this space …
November 4, 2013
Final supporters
More information can be found here
http://opendalston.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/dalston-to-get-shafted.html
Updates
October 20, 2013
Two hundred and fifty people have actually signed this thing and I honestly keep refreshing the page just to make sure it is not a glitch because the development office probably thinks they can just slide this past us while we are all distracted with other nonsense. I keep thinking about that empty plot of land and what they want to put there but then I see the name count go up and it makes me think maybe they actually have to listen to us for once.
Reached 250 supporters
October 17, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
September 5, 2013
19 Comments
This development is not only inelegant, as pointed out by Islington Council, it is totally inappropriate, excessive, led by the greed of the developers, and has only profit for people who don't live in Dalston. For the residents, this will only deprive us from precious light (I live very near by), and will overcrowd even more the already overcrowded area. It doesn't provide enough services and it will destroy the character and inheritance of Ridley Road Market
Dalston has a commuity feel about it, and a big block of unaffordable flats would not be contributing to the community, but merely seems to be a way for the property developers to make money. Dalston needs more affordable and social housing.
The building at ground level is a grey monstrosity and the tower is totally out of keeping with the surrounding area; why can't Dalston keep its homely feel with imaginative architecture and conservertation at its heart?
London needs affordable homes for those who work here, not investment penthouses for greedy overseas residents who needn't even let it to make money on it, at the expense of the local environment which would be ruined by such a gratuitously high building. The Committee should follow the previous decision and refuse permission for this selfish, overtly profit-oriented and greedy overdevelopment.
I agree that this building is highly inappropriate for the location. It would dominate and spoil all the views in the area. We have seen a great deal of residential building in the local area over the last few years, nearly all of which is small flats, causing increased pressure on infrastructure and travel is becoming very difficult on public transport. Given the local demographic, the area does not need any more high cost dwellings and is in greater need of social housing or other affordable rented accommodation. The tower would evidently reduce the natural light to neighbouring buildings as well as causing accelerated wind speeds locally, a typical feature of tall buildings.
I am 49 and have come to Dalston every year since 1996 to enjoy the athmosphere, the people, my friends, the lovely neighborough. I have a strong connection with the area and a tree planted in Clissold park to remember my wife who died years ago of cancer. I love Dalston. It is my second home (I am Italian and live in Vicenza). I like Dlaston the way it is and can conceive works that make it more pleasant for people to live. Not awful projects which would ruin Dalston just for the profit of few people.
It's out of character and dominates the area. And we need more affordable housing.
It's out of character and dominates the area. And we need more affordable housing.
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This development is not only inelegant, as pointed out by Islington Council, it is totally inappropriate, excessive, led by the greed of the developers, and has only profit for people who don't live in Dalston. For the residents, this will only deprive us from precious light (I live very near by), and will overcrowd even more the already overcrowded area. It doesn't provide enough services and it will destroy the character and inheritance of Ridley Road Market