On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:25:49 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2015\10\29 14:23, e27002 aurora wrote:

The situation at Camden Town is pitiful. There is one floor, of what
one assumes is, commercial space above the station.

IMHO this should be replaced. Camden Town Station is soon to gain a
second entrance. It will be on Buck Street. This would be a good
time to develop more space above the existing station entrance.

Leslie Green designed his stations as steel frames capable of
supporting further storeys. The glazed terracotta is merely cladding.
If Mr Green's structure will not support a significant number of
floors, then a new support system will be needed. With modern
materials and techniques it should be possible to add a supporting
structure, and a suspended slab above the station.

Then several floors of office space and residences should be possible.

cough! Foundations./cough!

Each business is a ratepayer,

Not when it lies empty for years.

each home is council tax.

Not all.

Do you think homes are appropriate at a three-line interchange like
Camden Town / Road? I think only employers (including shops) should be
built in that neighbourhood. Save the residences for one-line stations
like Mornington Crescent.