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Category Archives: Crystal Palace Community Association
Jowell criticises Boris plan to ‘rip up iconic athletics track’
Tessa Jowell, the former Olympics Minister, has joined the campaign to keep viable athletics and sports facilities at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in a submission to the Greater London Authority’s consultation which is highly critical of the way … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Planning, South London Harriers, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Coe, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lord Coe, Mayor, Mayor of London, Olympics, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe, Tessa Jowell, Tory
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From Penge to Pissaro: talks that offer grasp on local history
Intrigued by your family history? Interested in tracing the roots of your family tree? Want to find out what your grandfather or great-grandfather did in the Great War 100 years ago? The next talk at the Norwood Society, at 7.30pm … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Education, History, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, History, Norwood Society, Penge, Pissaro, South Norwood
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Coe wants community to have its say over Palace plans
Sebastian Coe, the double Olympic gold medal-winner and former chairman of the organising committee of London’s acclaimed 2012 Games, wants the local community to back calls to save the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre for future sporting use. Lord Coe, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Community associations, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, South London Harriers, Sport, Stephen Carr, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged athletics, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London, London Assembly, Lord Coe, Mayor, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe, Sport, Tory
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Coe’s company was given brief to bulldoze sports stadium
Sebastian Coe’s company, CSM Strategic, which is undertaking a “consultation” on behalf of London Mayor Boris Johnson, was given a brief to restructure the sports facilities at Crystal Palace to best suit the replica Palace development proposed by a Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace Park, Sebastian Coe, ZhongRong
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Coe rival Ovett backs calls to keep Crystal Palace on track
Steve Ovett, the Olympic gold medal-winner and half of one of the biggest rivalries ever seen in international sport, has entered the debate over the future of the Crystal Palace athletics stadium, backing local campaigners, and the athletes and coaches … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, London, Lord Coe, Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Tory
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Coe is accused of ‘world-class hypocrisy’ over Palace plans
Some of London’s leading athletes and coaches have reacted with dismay and horror at plans, revealed this week, to demolish the athletics stadium and indoor training facilities at Crystal Palace. And there is mounting anger among some senior athletics figures … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, South London Harriers, Sport, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace athletics, Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Martyn Rooney, Mayor, Sebastian Coe, Sport, Tory
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Lord Coe’s company plans to bulldoze athletics stadium
Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 Olympic organising committee which promised to create a sporting legacy for London and the whole of Britain, now heads up the company which has put forward plans to bulldoze the Crystal Palace … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Conservative, Crystal Palace athletics, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Lord Coe, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe, Tory, ZhongRong
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Light at the end of the tunnel with Subway exhibition
An exhibition to celebrate one of the area’s truly hidden gems, the Crystal Palace Subway, will open this weekend, marking the 60th anniversary since the closure of the high-level station it once served. And there is also guided walk along … Continue reading
Mayor Boris Johnson’s back on familiar track with his tram lies
The witless bumbling of Boris Johnson, the part-time London Mayor, is well known to the people of London Road and the riot victims who were promised much by the Bullingdon Club Old Etonian, but who have received little. But as … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London, Tory, Tramlink
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China syndrome is a blight for Crystal Palace Park
ANDREW PELLING reports on (yet another) consultation on the future of the much-loved but much-neglected Crystal Palace Park Sometimes, politicians and public bodies can overdo consultations with the public, especially if their motivation is procrastination or the pretence of public … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Art, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, ZhongRong Group
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Critic of London’s high-rise blocks heads Palace debate
Peter Wynne Rees, the former chief planner for the City of London who recently criticised planning policy across the capital for allowing too many high-rise blocks that were being marketed by developers to wealthy absentee landlords in the Far East … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Upper Norwood Library Trust, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Tory, ZhongRong
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Sponsors on board to get Overground Festival primed
Thanks to local sponsors and funders, the organising team of volunteers behind the Crystal Palace Overground Festival next month have announced a jam-packed programme of events. The combined £18,000 sponsorship has contributed enormously to the programming of the various festival … Continue reading
Residents debate the role of Crystal Palace Park: May 28
With proposals to redevelop Crystal Palace Park, a group of local residents have started The Information Project to publicise the possibilities for the park and to help create a critical, intellectual debate about the identity of community, place, culture and design for the 21st … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Transition Town annual meeting, June 11
It has been an incredible year for Crystal Palace Transition Town. Come along to the CPTT’s annual meeting at the Salvation Army Hall on Westow Hill on June 11 (doors open 7.15pm; the venue is upstairs, but there is a … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library announces events for half-term week
The Upper Norwood Library, now being run by a hard-working group of local people, has a number of events coming up later this month (including during half-term week), some of which require advance booking. Tue May 27, 10.30am – 12pm: … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Festival gets top Marks to raise funds
Howard Marks is bringing his show, Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe, to south London on May 29 as a fund-raiser for the Crystal Palace Overground Festival. Marks, the former drugs smuggler who became notorious as “Mr Nice” through a series of … Continue reading
Crystal Palace’s Overground Festival appeals for volunteers
Organisers of the Crystal Palace Overground Festival want local people to volunteer to be involved in what has become the biggest party of the year in the area. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take part in the community arts … Continue reading
Greens take a stand against Chinese takeaway of public park
Green Party figures from the five boroughs that meet at Crystal Palace – Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon – have united to oppose what they have called the “privatisation” of the Grade II-listed public park in a promised £500 … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, GLA, Greater London Authority, Lambeth, London, London Assembly, Southwark
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£500m Palace developers admit: we don’t know what it’ll do
The on-going transfer of billions of pounds’ worth of public assets – in the form of academised schools, privatised libraries, given away building land – to private profiteers is a sadly familiar theme. Yet the shady deal done by London … Continue reading
Crystal Palace residents debate park’s future: Apr 30
With the prospect of a large chunk of Crystal Palace Park being handed over to a Chinese developer to build a vast new palace, a group of residents has started The Information Project to publicise the possibilities for the park … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Chamber of Commerce Question Time, Mar 27
Crystal Palace Chamber Of Commerce is staging a Question Time event next Thursday, March 27, from 7pm at the Queens Hotel, Church Road, where members of the public put their questions to Greater London Authority members of the Labour, Conservative … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Val Shawcross
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Darren Johnson, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Val Shawcross
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Crystal Palace Overground Festival makes call for new acts
Organisers of this year’s Crystal Palace Overground Festival are seeking bands, artists and performers of any genre for this year’s event. All acts should be available to perform on Saturday, June 28 at Westow Park. “All original music styles are welcome,” … Continue reading
Public only get to peek in at the uncertain Palace plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Nearly a year on since Boris Johnson stood on the terracing of the old Crystal Palace to announce a £500 million “investment” and the handing over of a significant chunk of public property to a Chinese developer, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace Park, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, London Assembly, Ni Zhaoxing, Southwark, Val Shawcross, ZhongRong Group
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Crystal Palace screening gets Fairtrade Fortnight underway
Fairtrade Fortnight gets underway in Crystal Palace tonight with a film screening that features an introduction by local comedian Mark Thomas. Bananas Unpeeled is a 26-minute documentary shot in Latin America and the Caribbean, investigating the social and environmental issues … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Triangle’s festival going Overground in June
The Crystal Palace Overground Festival is set to return this summer, for its eighth year. The free four-day event will run from June 26 to 29 at venues across Crystal Palace and the Upper Norwood Triangle. More than 6,000 attendees … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Dance, Music, Theatre, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Comedy, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Overground Festival, drama, Music, Upper Norwood Triangle
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