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21-storey skycrapers get go-ahead

13 April, 2010 | By Press Association

Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.

The complex will also have 335 flats, a restaurant, a cafe, shops and
offices and will take five years to complete. Cycle spaces and
flexible floor space for leisure activities are also included in the
plan for the towers.

The site of the two 21-storey buildings will be the largest in
Islington since Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium was built.

Terry Stacy, the leader of Islington Council, said: ‘Finsbury Park
needs regeneration - this scheme will do that. It’s the largest
regeneration project in Islington since the Emirates Stadium and it’s
long overdue.’

The City North Islington Trading Estate site will be bulldozed to make
space for the site.

Jack Morris, who chairs the Islington family firm which turned Upper
Street’s Royal Agricultural Hall into the Business Design Centre in
the 1980s, is behind the project.

‘We’re very proud of this design. It’s a really fine piece of
architecture that will create a better and vibrant town centre,’ he
claimed.

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Link to a different article on the same subject:
http://tinyurl.com/y98eqot
or:
http://www.islingtontribune.com/news...given-go-ahead

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:40:42 +0100
Bruce wrote:
START QUOTE

21-storey skycrapers get go-ahead

13 April, 2010 | By Press Association

Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.

More rooftop real estate for pirate radio station transmitters in other words.

B2003

On Apr 13, 3:42*pm, wrote:

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:40:42 +0100
Bruce wrote:
START QUOTE

21-storey skycrapers get go-ahead

13 April, 2010 | By Press Association

Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.

More rooftop real estate for pirate radio station transmitters in other words.

Yes Boltar.

In message , at 14:40:42 on
Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Bruce remarked:

flexible floor space for leisure activities

Is that like the sprung flooring they have in dance studios?
--
Roland Perry

Bruce wrote:

Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.
......

The City North Islington Trading Estate site will be bulldozed to make
space for the site.


So this is all to the east of the station, looking at the road names in the
news article.
Is that the side TfL wanted to expand the station concourse into before it
was deferred?

Paul S

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:47:06 -0700 (PDT)
Mizter T wrote:
Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.

More rooftop real estate for pirate radio station transmitters in other w=
ords.

Yes Boltar.

Don't live in north london do you.

B2003

On Apr 13, 4:29*pm, wrote:

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:47:06 -0700 (PDT)

Mizter T wrote:
Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.

More rooftop real estate for pirate radio station transmitters in other
words.

Yes Boltar.

Don't live in north london do you.

Nah, I live in south London where good old fashioned static noise (as
opposed to interference) on the FM dial is rarer than a ticket
inspection on Southern or Southeastern's 'metro' trains. These towers
may be many things, but I think it's unlikely they're going to be at
the top of the pirates hit list - they're the new type of towers, with
a mix of ownership, social housing and offices, with concierges at the
entrances etc - not the badlands of old.

On Apr 13, 4:25*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

Bruce wrote:
Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.
.....

The City North Islington Trading Estate site will be bulldozed to make
space for the site.

So this is all to the east of the station, looking at the road names in the
news article.
Is that the side TfL wanted to expand the station concourse into before it
was deferred?

Er, west ITYM.

On Apr 13, 9:17*am, Mizter T wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:29*pm, wrote:

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:47:06 -0700 (PDT)

Mizter T wrote:
Two skyscrapers which will tower 106 metres above Finsbury Park
station in north London have been approved by the borough council.

More rooftop real estate for pirate radio station transmitters in other
words.

Yes Boltar.

Don't live in north london do you.

Nah, I live in south London where good old fashioned static noise (as
opposed to interference) ...

Technically, it is "white noise", I believe.

on the FM dial is rarer than a ticket
inspection on Southern or Southeastern's 'metro' trains. These towers
may be many things, but I think it's unlikely they're going to be at
the top of the pirates hit list - they're the new type of towers, with
a mix of ownership, social housing and offices, with concierges at the
entrances etc - not the badlands of old.

Despite their poor reputation in the United Kingdom, I believe there
is a market for the right type of "high rise” condominium homes.
They are clearly not for families with children. But, given a
doorman, and added security, they are ideal for students, professional
couples, and some retired folks, etc. The concept is reasonably
popular in these United States.

Mizter T wrote:

they're the new type of towers, with
a mix of ownership, social housing and offices, with concierges at the
entrances etc - not the badlands of old.

for the first couple of years at least ...