tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post3692731660944818932..comments2024-03-13T10:28:38.211+00:00Comments on OPEN Dalston: The Twelve days of ChristmasAbout OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209133949209769082noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-46311049259316105642012-01-13T01:00:12.601+00:002012-01-13T01:00:12.601+00:00Pauline Pearce gets on the board of a free school ...Pauline Pearce gets on the board of a free school - any thoughts?<br /><br />http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2012/01/exclusive-hackney-heroine-joins-free-school-advisory-board-to-get-more-ethnic-minorities-involved/ELLhttp://www.eastlondonlines.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-9519309246085750292012-01-01T14:53:56.369+00:002012-01-01T14:53:56.369+00:00Some peoples' perception that Dalston Square i...Some peoples' perception that Dalston Square is yuppie flats is hardly surprising. TfL's stated intention was to 'regenerate' Dalston by "attracting a critical mass of better off people", the social and intermediate housing was minimal, and the crash of 2007/8 made it even more unaffordable. But my impression is that whilst people resent the politics and economics, and for some the architecture, of the development there is no ill will towards the new residents many of whom are active in Dalston social enterprises and the <br />local economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-32808425559310627142011-12-31T15:58:33.582+00:002011-12-31T15:58:33.582+00:00the reason i posted is that there has been so much...the reason i posted is that there has been so much rubbish written about dalston square and the people who live here. much of it i find offensive<br />an asuption that everyone who lives here is middle class and works in the city. actually i am working class, born on a council estate and a key worker. many of the people i have met in the development are key workers also.<br />that the flats are flat packed shoeboxes. every flat in my block and the block next door is over 1000 sq ft. very much larger than a new build house thses days. as for flat packed, what do people expect these days, thatched roofs?<br />yes many of the flat were bought by buy to let investers. this happens everywere now in london, not just in dalston square.<br />i bought in dalston square this year and paid under £400 per sq ft. trust me, you will not find anything else for that price in zone 2. i looked<br />if people do not like the square, fine. but can people please keep their negative comments about those of us who live here to themselvesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-66853097160058366572011-12-28T21:42:48.582+00:002011-12-28T21:42:48.582+00:00Dalston Square is the biggest development to happe...Dalston Square is the biggest development to happen in Dalston in 40, if not 140, years. It's history is highly controversial (and still emerging) and its development is still ongoing - with more towers now under construction. OPEN has, and will continue to report, and comment, on all of its aspects. "Twelve Days of Christmas" reviews many of the Dalston year's events, not just Dalston Square, so if some readers find the Dalston Square material repetitious, then move on. There are new residents and new readers who do want to know about it and there are also people who would prefer that they didn't.OPEN Dalstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-35354503617023724792011-12-27T23:57:55.642+00:002011-12-27T23:57:55.642+00:00Anon at 4.40pm & Banjamin: If you feel uncomfo...Anon at 4.40pm & Banjamin: If you feel uncomfortable with this blogs analysis of how Dalston Square came about then you'd obviously feel much happier reading something that has views closer to your own....Barratt's marketing brochures are said to be very popular, particularly in the Far East.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-42505476266741242562011-12-27T23:18:37.892+00:002011-12-27T23:18:37.892+00:00Benjamin is right about the lack of planning contr...Benjamin is right about the lack of planning control - the Ombudsman's two reports were the tip of the iceberg. Why then was Hackney's Head of Planning at the time awarded a OBE? Could it have been for doing the authorities bidding - steering through the destructive and monolithic Dalston Square development which even the GLA are now trying to distance themselves from..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-59742298543741857052011-12-27T23:17:32.036+00:002011-12-27T23:17:32.036+00:00@ 4.40 anons..
This blog says to me:
Dalston = i...@ 4.40 anons..<br /><br />This blog says to me:<br /><br />Dalston = innovative, buzzing and DIVERSE community. OPEN promotes and celebrates unique local initiatives all over the show.<br /><br />Dalston Square = top-down and flatpack. If OPEN didn't kick up a fuss about the obscene waste it brought about, who would?<br /><br />I love influx and diversification in but not at the expense of working class families (part of your 80s/90s "dump" dystopia, right?) no longer being able to live in our communities!Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-86987581406005958762011-12-27T14:14:21.672+00:002011-12-27T14:14:21.672+00:00I agree with the first comment. This is becoming a...I agree with the first comment. This is becoming an anti-Dalston Square blog and it's boring - not to mention pointless.<br />Why not focus on other issues, like the lack of a functioning Enforcement Team at Hackney Planning which results in the borough having some of the worst conservation of period building stock to be found anywhere in London. Small "developers" often don't bother with planning permission anymore and simply alter buildings anyway they like - or build outside given permissions - safe in the knowledge that the council will almost certainly do nothing. Here's what the Local Government Ombudsman said of Hackney Enforcement 5 years ago and I've seen no improvement since;<br />http://www.lgo.org.uk/complaint-outcomes/planning/planning-archive-2006-07/london-borough-hackney-05a12349-05a10374-06a03393/Benjaminnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-32342270795426729522011-12-27T10:46:30.572+00:002011-12-27T10:46:30.572+00:00Anons comment at 4.40pm is tedious. S/he regurgita...Anons comment at 4.40pm is tedious. S/he regurgitates the argument that unless they demolished the old town and subsidised a developer's dream Dalston would have remained derelict forever. Actually OPEN didn't oppose development in Dalston as such - only the top-down, profligate, myopic and destructive solution which spineless Hackney agreed to. It could have been so very much better. One could add that Dalston's resurgent local economy was well on the way up in spite of Dalston's redevelopment and before Dalston Square was occupied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-30489896266913230452011-12-26T16:40:00.632+00:002011-12-26T16:40:00.632+00:00your constant bashing of dalston square has become...your constant bashing of dalston square has become boring tedious and predictable. dalston is changing, deal with it! at last there are some decent shops and cafe's in the immediate area, and the place has a real buzz these days. this is partly due to the new influx if residents in the square. would you rather it had remained the violent and dirty dump it was in the 80's and 90's?<br />yes the flats in dalston square are not cheap, but per sq ft they are half the price of central islington, a short stroll away.<br /><br />please change the record and lay off dalston square.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com