A Public Exhibition
Weds 4th - Sat 7th November 2009
We invite you to join us at NCGM for a public exhibition which will provide the first opportunity to see our plans for the entire 57 acre Market site.
‘The Garden’ at New Covent Garden Market will see the UK’s largest fresh produce market at Nine Elms transformed after 35 [...]
“Vauxhall: A Little History” is the latest book by Vauxhall Civic Society committee member Ross Davies, and comes with recommendations from Vauxhall residents including Joanna Lumley (”a must for anyone interested in the history of south London”) and Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey (”Dr Davies tells the Vauxhall story with a light touch, and his book [...]
A new “wobbly” bridge could be built across the Thames to provide better links to the last remaining major regeneration area in central London.
A draft strategy published today by Boris Johnson suggests erecting a cycle and pedestrian bridge to conenect the site in Vauxhall with Pimlico.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23761203-second-wobbly-bridge-for-london.do
Here’s Viva Vauxhall’s letter e-mailed to Jonathan Fullelove/Lambeth Planning along with the two photos posted on the blog on 17 October:
Dear Mr Fullelove,
Viva Vauxhall (residents’ association) has already written to you to object to the current Octave Tower proposal – one of our concerns being the shadow that would be cast over the surrounding streets, [...]
Their application having been refused at the previous hearing, FIRE’s application to move into adjacent arches was reheard yesterday on the basis that, if it was granted, FIRE would not increase the overall capacity of the premises.
Local residents opposed this once again, arguing among other things, that, contrary to the impression being given, the [...]