tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post1765967765418312898..comments2008-07-19T21:38:44.376+01:00About OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209133949209769082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-57723506200346362242008-07-19T09:29:00.000+01:002008-07-19T09:29:00.000+01:00Everyone agrees there's a desperate shortage of homes, particularly affordable homes. So that makes cheap and ugly towers dominating a low rise area acceptable does it? Even if, like at Dalston Junction, they don't meet the Council's own minimum design standards? Buildings have context. What's wrong with high density low rise in appropriate places?Clear Hardlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048247783394975448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-75566361736364998992008-07-11T10:36:00.001+01:002008-07-11T10:36:00.001+01:00Isn't the problem that you're so caught up in aesthetics and opposing buildings of size, when London so clearly needs more housing, that your sterling work pointing out the dodgy, corrupt looking deals between the council and developers gets lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-67516475691834986122008-07-11T10:36:00.000+01:002008-07-11T10:36:00.000+01:00Isn't the problem that you're so caught up in aesthetics and opposing buildings of size, when London so clearly needs more housing, that your sterling work pointing out the dodgy, corrupt looking deals between the council and developers gets lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-56609646544646507762008-04-23T18:13:00.000+01:002008-04-23T18:13:00.000+01:00How dare you criticise Hackney Council? Haven't you seen the sign:<BR/><BR/>"A stunning new development at the heart of the regeneration of Dalston" <BR/><BR/>Regeneration?<BR/>Degeneration, more like.Michael Rosenwww.michaelrosen.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-59217150758109572992008-04-02T14:02:00.000+01:002008-04-02T14:02:00.000+01:00Shame on Luke Akehurst and the rest of the Labour Coucillors in Hackney Council. <BR/>Slums of the Future could be applied to most new blocks of flats springing upall over the boroughShackersnoreply@blogger.com