Southern Region Engineman: Life as an Engine Cleaner, Fireman and Passed Fireman, at Nine Elms at Feltham, 1957-1966 Includes Firing on Winston Churchill's Funeral Train
Latest News (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Brian Anson, who died last week-end in France, was part of the late 1960s Greater London Council team dreaming up new uses for Covent Garden after the market moved out to Nine Elms
Real cycling (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Copenhagen is a model cycling capital, as readers of the excellent Copenhagenize blog will be aware. I was there last month, and this week I'll be making a few comparisons between there and London. The first thing that strikes you as you stroll out from Copenhagen railway station into the city centre is the sheer amount of cyclists. Billions and billions of them. (In London, by contrast, the first...
Wanted truthful parliament in the UK (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
1725 [1720] [1640] Hrs GMT London Wednesday 28 October 2009: Editor © Muhammad Haque. KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! We said this morning: “Now even Boris J is rushing around looking for any face-saving ploy to haul in as part of the new bid to confess all.” This is confirmed in a report published in the past 90 minutes on the Internet by the pro-Crossrail web site http://www.regen.net....
London Reconnections (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Today has seen the publishing of a new Planning Framework for Battersea and Nine Elms , and revised Crossrail planning guidelines for the area. The Quickest of Summaries - The Planning Framework effectively stipulates that any major development at the site will require the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea via a station at Nine Elms. - Changes to the Crossrail guidelines have...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
It's been a good day for Nine Elms: the US Embassy has the initial go-ahead, and now New Covent Garden Market has set Foster + Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects onto a redesign of the wholesale food and flower market . Parts of the old flower market, right next to Vauxhall station, will be opened up for residential use (more flats, we guess) to help finance the huge redevelopment. One of the...
London Reconnections (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Wandsworth council have granted outline planning permission for the new US Embassy at Nine Elms, Battersea. The permission carries a couple of interesting stipulations - the final design is still to be decided (as is the height), but it mustn't block the view of the Palace of Westminster and a new cycle path will be needed between Wandworth Road and Nine Elms. Most interestingly from a transport perspective,...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Wandsworth Council has flourished its rubber stamp over plans for a new US Embassy at Nine Elms. The outline proposals would see a medium-rise building of 15 to 20 storeys set back within a five acre site. The new embassy would replace the modernist structure in Grosvenor Square, home to our American cousins for more than 40 years. In the broad picture, everyone's a winner. The Yanks get a purpose-built...
Latest News (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Wandsworth council last night granted outline planning permission for the controversial new US embassy at Nine Elms, Battersea.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Supporters of the proposed £500m US embassy in London's Nine Elms say the controversial project will provide a huge boost to regeneration after outline plans were approved by Wandsworth borough council
London Reconnections (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
Wandsworth Borough Council have issued a press release questioning the current transport funding allocations for Developer Makes' Vauxhall Tower. Wandsworth claim that the developers have reached an agreement with the Mayor's Office that will see them contribute £790,000 for transport interchange works at the site and £488,000 for Crossrail. This, Wandsworth's planning applications committee...
Stockwell News (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Thursday 2 July 2009 7pm Springfield Methodist Church, 200 Wandsworth Road London SW8 2JU Regeneration of Vauxhall/Nine Elms and how it affects Stockwell Also at 8.30 pm: Exchange news and views and about Stockwell issues and events At 9pm: Councillors’ question time when local Councillors answer any questions from the floor. This is an open meeting and everyone is welcome, the venue is fully...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
The fuzzy picture around funding for the mooted Northern line extension to Battersea has sharpened a little as the Mayor, TfL and Wandsworth and Lambeth councils revealed their intentions. They're proposing to whip up £850 million by selling council bonds: the scheme, known as tax increment financing , is popular in the USA, and the investment is paid back via increased business rates post-completion....
Tradescant Road & South Lambeth (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
From: Stand Up For Stockwell: Stockwell Neighbourhood Forum - 2 July Stockwell Neighbourhood Forum Thursday 2nd July 2009 7.00pm Venue: Springfield Methodist Church, 200 Wandsworth Road London, SW8 2JU Main topic: Regeneration of Vauxhall/Nine Elms and how it affects Stockwell Contribute Your Ideas and Views! The Current London Plan identifies Vauxhall/Nine Elms as an Opportunity Area for creating...
Latest News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Rafael Viñoly’s latest designs for the £4 billion Battersea Power Station project emerged this week as part of a public consultation by Wandsworth Council on the regeneration of the wider Nine Elms area.
Latest News (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Rafael Vinoly's latest designs for the £4 billion Battersea Power Station project emerged this week as part of a public consultation by Wandsworth Council on the regeneration of the wider Nine Elms area.
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