Colliers Wood Tower, Demolish, Refurb Or Leave To Crumble?

PowerOfLondon · January 15th, 2013, 11:14 PM

I was in Colliers Wood today and came across a building i know know to be the Colliers Wood Tower, dozens of it's windows have been smashed some up to 13 stories up. It looks beyond disrepair and i would love to just see it go, a friend of mine said it has been in this state for as long as he can remember what can you guys say about this building??

LDN_EUROPE · January 16th, 2013, 01:57 AM

Demolish... What's happening with them?

***SE9*** · January 16th, 2013, 02:00 AM

Demolish.

DarJoLe · January 16th, 2013, 02:06 AM

It's being refurbished, reclad and forms the centrepiece of a new town square with housing and retail.

http://www.wimbledonpeople.co.uk/Mer...ail/story.html

Bowater · January 16th, 2013, 09:09 PM

List it! Before it's lost forever. Reclads compromise the architectual integrity of a building.

Cat man do · January 16th, 2013, 09:22 PM

It doesn'ty look like a building that had a lot of architectural thought put into it .. probably off-the-shelf cladding and bog standard layout

delores · January 16th, 2013, 09:51 PM

Those night time visuals are always so deceptive. Have to say though it's an improvement, anything is.

CD. · January 21st, 2013, 11:18 AM

I live close by and have heard it would be very difficult to demolish as the Northern line runs directly underneath it at a shallow depth. Not sure how true that is.

mulattokid · January 21st, 2013, 11:44 PM

All these old towers get refurbed into apartments. Ruislip High Street, Hounslow High street, Feltham, Ealing, Chiswich, Brentford etc etc

January 15th, 2013, 11:14 PM	#1
PowerOfLondon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: London Posts: 337 Likes (Received): 34	Colliers Wood Tower, Demolish, Refurb Or Leave To Crumble? I was in Colliers Wood today and came across a building i know know to be the Colliers Wood Tower, dozens of it's windows have been smashed some up to 13 stories up. It looks beyond disrepair and i would love to just see it go, a friend of mine said it has been in this state for as long as he can remember what can you guys say about this building??

January 16th, 2013, 01:57 AM	#2
LDN_EUROPE UK (Eng/Sco/Wal/N.I.) UK Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: LONDON Posts: 1,852 Likes (Received): 21	Demolish... What's happening with them? __________________ ╔╗///╔══╗╔══╗╔═══╗╔══╗╔══╗ -- The Thames Estuary Airport 2015 ║║///║╔╗║║╔╗║║╔═╗║║╔╗║║╔╗║ -- High Speed Rail 2 2015 ║╚═╗║╚╝║║║║║║╚═╝║║╚╝║║║║║ -- Bishopsgate 2013 ╚══╝╚══╝╚╝╚╝╚═══╝╚══╝╚╝╚╝ -- Ram Brewery 2013

January 16th, 2013, 02:00 AM	#3
*SE9* South East Nine Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South London Posts: 16,899 Likes (Received): 888	Demolish. __________________ SE9's photos on flickr

January 16th, 2013, 02:06 AM	#4
DarJoLe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 15,663 Likes (Received): 394	It's being refurbished, reclad and forms the centrepiece of a new town square with housing and retail. http://www.wimbledonpeople.co.uk/Mer...ail/story.html __________________ "I can quite confidently and with pride say that if everything goes to plan London 2012 will be the best Olympic Games and will surpass Barcelona and Sydney in terms of atmosphere, style and achievement. And not just about the sport. The whole city and its people will come alive and want to be a part of this. It just feels right." DarJoLe, May 19th 2006.

January 21st, 2013, 11:18 AM	#8
CD. Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Morden Posts: 94 Likes (Received): 0	I live close by and have heard it would be very difficult to demolish as the Northern line runs directly underneath it at a shallow depth. Not sure how true that is. __________________ Morden. The arse end of the Northern line.

January 16th, 2013, 09:09 PM	#5
Bowater Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 975 Likes (Received): 21	List it! Before it's lost forever. Reclads compromise the architectual integrity of a building.

January 16th, 2013, 09:22 PM	#6
Cat man do Founder of the 'Gy'. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carrbridge/Highlands Posts: 2,050 Likes (Received): 30	It doesn'ty look like a building that had a lot of architectural thought put into it .. probably off-the-shelf cladding and bog standard layout

January 16th, 2013, 09:51 PM	#7
delores Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,562 Likes (Received): 24	Those night time visuals are always so deceptive. Have to say though it's an improvement, anything is.

January 21st, 2013, 11:44 PM	#9
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,417 Likes (Received): 97	All these old towers get refurbed into apartments. Ruislip High Street, Hounslow High street, Feltham, Ealing, Chiswich, Brentford etc etc __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

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