"Camden plan comes up against mayoral buffers" (Estates Gazette 12 May 2001) "Mayor for London Ken Livingstone has threatened to halt the redevelopment of Camden Town Tube Station. In a letter to Camden Council planners last Friday, the GLA said that Livingstone would refuse to allow the space-age redevelopment to go ahead in its present 'misconceived' form. The design includes a 14-storey office block, a nine-screen multiplex cinema, a restaurant, 50 flats and retail space. But local residents and business owners are furious that shops, Trinity United Reformed Church, the famous Electric Ballroom music venue and even parts of Camden Market could all be demolished to make way for the scheme. The letter said: 'This site requires an imaginative quality design for any major redevelopment. this is currently lacking.' The letter added that Livingstone found the design 'poor and harmful on surrounding areas.' English Heritage has also expressed concerns about the office block replacing Trinity and the mayor's views will add strength to calls for the planning application to be withdrawn. A spokesperson for London Underground said it would not be withdrawing the application." ...so it looks like the Electric Ballroom and The British Boot Store (formerly Holts) could well be saved from demolishion for the time being - lets hope so. Chris ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: news, members section, madmeet info, list charter, competitions, & more... http://www.madness7.com Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
