Category Archives: Cherry Orchard Gardens

Bridge to Nowhere: US expert asks why contracts not enforced

Posted on July 16, 2012 by insidecroydon

A senior public architect in New York City has made a thinly veiled criticism of the handling of the £20 million “Bridge to Nowhere” at East Croydon station by local government funding bodies, including Croydon Council, suggesting that they made … Continue reading →

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Mugger with the mic? Or taken for mugs in the audience?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A 15 per cent fall in turnover in the Croydon retail sector in five years? Solution: Build more shops! Expensive residential tower blocks left unfinished, unbuilt or unsold? Solution: Build more towers! CRO CRUSADER questions the logic of … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Allders, Business, Centrale, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Education, Gavin Barwell, Housing, IYLO, Jason Perry, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Trinity School, URV, Vidhi Mohan, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

“I’m no expert”: Gavin Barwell and his one-man show

Posted on July 13, 2012 by insidecroydon

DIAMOND GEEZER joined the audience in central Croydon for a one-man show that was a song and dance for big business and land owners, but did a soft-shoe shuffle when asked for solutions to the borough’s problems [4.30pm update – … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Allders, Business, Centrale, Charity, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell, Housing, IYLO, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Schools, Transport, URV, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Addiscombe barbie at centre of a day of community events

Posted on July 13, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Sir Philip Game Centre continues its hectic schedule of community events this summer with a barbecue and family fun day tomorrow, Saturday, July 14 at Morland Avenue, Addiscombe. The Croydon Judo Club is co-hosting the event, with martial arts … Continue reading →

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Mind the gap! A prize for the Bridge to Nowhere scheme

Posted on July 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon is crowing about another “award” won by the council. This time it is the East Croydon Masterplan that won the prize from something called the New London Architecture awards. A “prestigious” panel of judges including David Burney, the commissioner … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Yuppies, riots, the half-priced £1.5m flats and Rouse’s Folly

Posted on July 7, 2012 by insidecroydon

A constant theme in our council’s various “masterplans” is a massive increase in the number of people living in the centre of the borough – mainly in high-rise blocks. In doing this, CR0 CRUSADER asks, whose interests is our council … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, IYLO, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Unconnected Croydon and the £20m footbridge to nowhere

Posted on July 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

The incompetence of Croydon’s planners and politicians means that our council has been turned over by developers once more, hoodwinked into spending about £20 million of public money on what an official report this week concedes could become “a walkway … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Shard overshadows copycat developers’ visions

Posted on April 9, 2012 by insidecroydon

South London commuters, arriving at London Bridge station, will be aware that the Shard nears completion. This Guardian piece by Jonathan Glancey from two years ago ably predicts the building’s influence on developers elsewhere – including Croydon Shard London Bridge, … Continue reading →

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Croydon: connected, capable and confident. Unrecognisable?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by insidecroydon

A press release whizzes across the desk here at Inside Croydon Towers. We weren’t sent it directly, but hey ho…. The release was sent apparently on behalf of Develop Croydon, the organisation of big retailers and developers with multi-million pound … Continue reading →

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Croydon goes Mental over “monstrous” 54-storey tower

Posted on July 22, 2011 by insidecroydon

Momentous decision at Croydon Town Hall last night, when the strategic planning committee approved the application to build Britain’s tallest vertical slum at East Croydon. Plans for the 54-storey Mental Tower were passed by 6 votes to 5, the committee … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Housing, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Ruskin Square, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

People Power II: campaigning against mental Menta Tower

Posted on June 25, 2011 by insidecroydon

The simple question Inside Croydon would like to put to any of the wealthy architects, developers or Croydon politicians advocating building the disproportionately tall 55-storey Jenga Tower… sorry, Menta Tower on Cherry Orchard Road in East Croydon, is this: would … Continue reading →

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Cross-party criticism of Menta’s mental 53-storey plan

Posted on April 23, 2011 by insidecroydon

A local Tory MP has expressed “serious concerns” over the latest planning application from property speculators developers Menta for the Cherry Orchard Road site, with a 53-storey residential skyscraper as its centrepiece close to East Croydon station. Gavin Barwell, Tory … Continue reading →

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Rats! Slum fears over Menta’s Cherry Orchard Gardens plan

Posted on April 16, 2011 by insidecroydon

Well this will be a test for our Croydon Council. Will they back the rule of law and the interests of local residents? Or will they support the interests of the mega-billionaire property developers and ease their way through to … Continue reading →

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