tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post8454252084619066505..comments2024-03-13T10:28:38.211+00:00Comments on OPEN Dalston: Redevelopment proposed for 67A-76 Dalston LaneAbout OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209133949209769082noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-91951983846521807322011-08-03T17:25:34.263+01:002011-08-03T17:25:34.263+01:00I supported OPEN's opposition to Barratt's...I supported OPEN's opposition to Barratt's Dalston Junction, but not because it is high rise. I was opposed to the new development's failure to retain our historic buildings, the unsustainable financial and environmental cost of the monumental slab, its overbearing presence and disregard of the surroundngs, the loss of sunlight and its wind tunnel effect and the almost total lack of affordable housing. The Council supported it for all the reasons which Anonymous 7:59 gives whilst ignoring a viable alternative scheme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-54133554419447091652011-08-03T07:59:19.698+01:002011-08-03T07:59:19.698+01:00Anonymous(10:28) says of my post that "You ca...Anonymous(10:28) says of my post that "You can't ignore these just because developers have started building a high rise cluster nearby." I wasn't ignoring anything, merely pointing out that OpenDalston had ignored the fact that the site is adjacent to a high-rise cluster.<br />Also, I do wish people would stop exploiting the social problems of poverty in order to oppose high-rise living. We don't see these problems in Barbican or Canary Wharf but we do see them on low-rise council estates all over the country. The cause is poverty not high-rise. Furthermore, this isn't a single issue approach. High-rise living addresses demand, affordability, economics, and the issue of catastrophic climate-change. Low-rise planning in a world capital with an increasing population, a chronic housing shortage, smallest room sizes, and some of the most expensive accomodation in the world, isn't so much a "plan" but more an economic and environmental suicide note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-3353008253532088782011-07-26T12:37:19.389+01:002011-07-26T12:37:19.389+01:00Downdalston is right. The new development is next ...Downdalston is right. The new development is next door to 67 Dalston Lane, at 67A -76. We've amended the post to make that clear. Thanks for pointing it out.OPEN Dalstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-75993834320010344962011-07-26T11:40:17.075+01:002011-07-26T11:40:17.075+01:00OK I'll try again to post a comment. Last time...OK I'll try again to post a comment. Last time I went to 67 Dalston Lane they were flats. Surely they are not going to be pulled down they've only just bin put up?downdalstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-23928684164370901262011-07-19T10:28:52.614+01:002011-07-19T10:28:52.614+01:00Anonymous says we “need all the housing we can get...Anonymous says we “need all the housing we can get”. True – but not at any price. If you take a single issue approach to the built environment ie cram in as many units onto wherever, you end up with the misery of the old high rise slums of Holly Street, Kingshold and Trowbridge estates and tenants spent years campaigning for their demolition. High density low rise works so much better for family housing. <br />And, incidentally, the existing buildings are 2 storeys and the conservation area terraced houses opposite are 2-3 storeys. You can't ignore these just because developers have started building a high rise cluster nearby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-13782321074051872952011-06-04T07:19:12.774+01:002011-06-04T07:19:12.774+01:00Good. Some new decent social housing. In the inter...Good. Some new decent social housing. In the interest of accuracy though, perhaps you should point out that the proposal is sited alongside 8 storey and 14 storey apartment blocks rather than stating "the area is predominantly 2-4 storey houses". Personally, I would have gone taller; we need all the housing we can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com