259 City Road (Basin Sites) | Islington | 115m/90m | 35/28 fl | U/C

Varenukha · March 9th, 2007, 09:52 AM

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=299

This project was, as we know, called in early December 2006. According to the folks at Islington council, the judicial review is a 3-month process and will be over on 15 March (next week). They have had no requests yet, which suggests that the project will proceed, but I thought I check with the SSC folks, see if anyone has any inside information?

Jonny 5 · March 14th, 2007, 06:23 PM

Going through some old files and I found this rendering.

Varenukha · March 14th, 2007, 07:22 PM

The 7-storey building in front of the taller of the 2 towers (on the right) is substantially built. Problem is, its immediate neighbour is an abandoned electricity board building with all the aesthetic appeal of a Prescott/Widdecombe love-child. I wonder what this will do to the prices of the flats in the new building.
The towers are the ones which remain in doubt, partly due to the efforts of some local NIMBYs who have described the derelict area as "a tranquil oasis" and have encouraged Ruth Kelly to get involved.
However, I think the review is now over - if I learn the outcome, I'll post it.

DarJoLe · March 14th, 2007, 07:24 PM

Ken is expected to push this through with his new superpowers if it gets turned down.

Varenukha · March 14th, 2007, 07:33 PM

I hope so - what with this, the Alsop creation et al, City Road/Old Street roundabout could be an exciting area over the next 2-3 years.

london lad · March 15th, 2007, 02:36 AM

Hopefully commonsense will prevail on this . As has been mentioned there's a few towers going to go up around here in the next few years. It would be disastrous if the local NIMBY'S got these Old St towers stopped, they would then go on to attack the other towers proposed for the rest of the area with their battle cry ' It will be like a mini-manhatten & this must be stopped'.

Varenukha · July 23rd, 2007, 12:03 PM

During a ride on the #43 down City Road at the w/e I saw activity at these 2 sites:

151 City Road is that Alsop design (http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=5189) and I think that the big hoardings, scaffolding and sheeting, and demolition notices that I saw surrounding a 2-storey plot next the the car park were on this site.

City Road Basin project (http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=299) which seems to have been dormant for several months now during final approval stages now has a couple of JCBs digging up the concreted area adjacent to City Road itself, right at the end of basin between the canal and the road. OK, nothing major, but they were not there last month. They are actually in the area that the ODPM had provided funding to develop last year, the public access area that opens up the basin from City Road, between the two proposed towers.

Anyone else know about progress on these 2? Given the huge disappointment of 100 City Road I really do hope these are signals of something significant.

Steve87 · June 29th, 2008, 10:05 PM

Does anyone know what happened to this one?

I quite like the City Road Basin development.

potto · June 30th, 2008, 08:11 AM

err there has been some vague activity around the site for a while now, boarded up, but with no developer information. Ive seen work around the site but it looks like utility work perhaps they have to sort out some infrastructure work before they can progress? :shrugs:

Varenukha · June 30th, 2008, 02:10 PM

I see the galcial progress on this one every day: some hoardings with the name of a demolition firm appeared a couple months ago. Then some works have gone on at the entrance to City Road that would lie between the towers - looks like the one story utilities buildings there have become some kind of platforrm at street level. The Access storage bulding, which would be the site of the shorter tower, has been vacated and is boarded up. All in all very disappointing progress and it looks like the pressure groups have won the day.

potto · June 30th, 2008, 02:35 PM

hoardings! Thats the word!

Varenukha · July 7th, 2008, 08:13 PM

Well this passsed me by:

http://www.waterscape.com/features-a...ity-road-basin

Explains what the work going in as all about, and explcitly refers to the building of the 2 towers at the City Road end of the basin.

Encouraging news - if a little old.

mulattokid · July 7th, 2008, 08:24 PM

So under construction then?

london lad · July 7th, 2008, 08:57 PM

Lets hope they start this quicker than their Millharbour development

http://www.pembrokere.com/results10.html

GazKinz · July 8th, 2008, 01:33 AM

A couple renders from my archive

Black Cat · July 8th, 2008, 05:33 AM

Looks very nice!

Varenukha · July 8th, 2008, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mulattokid

So under construction then?

Not quite...... although it is an odd place to put access to the basin. The steps down to the water will be between two empty buildings: the Access storage building, boarded up and empty on one side, and a grim brick office building on the left, vacated by a utility company years ago. Hardly an idyllic paradise to enjoy the waterfront, so I am (probably naively) taking this as a postiive sign. I think the original purpose when Precott agreed a couple years back to provide £2m from the ODPM budget to fund this part of the works was to kick-start the bigger development, so maybe he wasn't such a fat idiot after all...

mulattokid · July 8th, 2008, 11:54 AM

Actually I thought Prescott was great, especially when he punched the egghead...thanks for the info

Varenukha · July 8th, 2008, 04:21 PM

Sorry - i got political - never a good idea!

london lad · July 8th, 2008, 11:21 PM

Another pic & info here

http://www.tibbalds.co.uk/tp_216_city.html

March 9th, 2007, 09:52 AM	#1
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	259 City Road (Basin Sites) \| Islington \| 115m/90m \| 35/28 fl \| U/C http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=299 This project was, as we know, called in early December 2006. According to the folks at Islington council, the judicial review is a 3-month process and will be over on 15 March (next week). They have had no requests yet, which suggests that the project will proceed, but I thought I check with the SSC folks, see if anyone has any inside information? Last edited by wjfox; August 7th, 2008 at 11:27 AM.

March 14th, 2007, 06:23 PM	#2
Jonny 5 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,940 Likes (Received): 0	Going through some old files and I found this rendering. __________________ If you watch the Internet backwards its a story about how a huge population of idiots was overthrown by a group of highly intelligent and sexless geeks. My SSP Diagram------﴾\__/﴿-----﴾\__/﴿----﴾\__/﴿ London Diagram -----﴾='.'=﴿----﴾='.'=﴿---﴾='.'=﴿ -----------------------------﴾"﴿_﴾"﴿---﴾"﴿_﴾"﴿---﴾"﴿_﴾"﴿ v¥v⁮⁮⁮⁮⁮⁮¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v⁮⁮⁮⁮⁮⁮¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v⁮⁮⁮⁮⁮⁮¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v¥v

July 23rd, 2007, 12:03 PM	#7
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	City Road Basin (115m and 90m) During a ride on the #43 down City Road at the w/e I saw activity at these 2 sites: 151 City Road is that Alsop design (http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=5189) and I think that the big hoardings, scaffolding and sheeting, and demolition notices that I saw surrounding a 2-storey plot next the the car park were on this site. City Road Basin project (http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=299) which seems to have been dormant for several months now during final approval stages now has a couple of JCBs digging up the concreted area adjacent to City Road itself, right at the end of basin between the canal and the road. OK, nothing major, but they were not there last month. They are actually in the area that the ODPM had provided funding to develop last year, the public access area that opens up the basin from City Road, between the two proposed towers. Anyone else know about progress on these 2? Given the huge disappointment of 100 City Road I really do hope these are signals of something significant.

July 7th, 2008, 08:24 PM	#13
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,424 Likes (Received): 103	So under construction then? __________________ 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)

July 8th, 2008, 01:33 AM	#15
GazKinz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Camden Town Posts: 2,185 Likes (Received): 0	A couple renders from my archive __________________ My best shots of 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazkinz/

March 14th, 2007, 07:22 PM	#3
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	The 7-storey building in front of the taller of the 2 towers (on the right) is substantially built. Problem is, its immediate neighbour is an abandoned electricity board building with all the aesthetic appeal of a Prescott/Widdecombe love-child. I wonder what this will do to the prices of the flats in the new building. The towers are the ones which remain in doubt, partly due to the efforts of some local NIMBYs who have described the derelict area as "a tranquil oasis" and have encouraged Ruth Kelly to get involved. However, I think the review is now over - if I learn the outcome, I'll post it.

March 14th, 2007, 07:24 PM	#4
DarJoLe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 15,674 Likes (Received): 399	Ken is expected to push this through with his new superpowers if it gets turned down.

March 14th, 2007, 07:33 PM	#5
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	I hope so - what with this, the Alsop creation et al, City Road/Old Street roundabout could be an exciting area over the next 2-3 years.

March 15th, 2007, 02:36 AM	#6
london lad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 8,155 Likes (Received): 45	Hopefully commonsense will prevail on this . As has been mentioned there's a few towers going to go up around here in the next few years. It would be disastrous if the local NIMBY'S got these Old St towers stopped, they would then go on to attack the other towers proposed for the rest of the area with their battle cry ' It will be like a mini-manhatten & this must be stopped'.

June 29th, 2008, 10:05 PM	#8
Steve87 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 45 Likes (Received): 0	Does anyone know what happened to this one? I quite like the City Road Basin development.

June 30th, 2008, 08:11 AM	#9
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,515 Likes (Received): 257	err there has been some vague activity around the site for a while now, boarded up, but with no developer information. Ive seen work around the site but it looks like utility work perhaps they have to sort out some infrastructure work before they can progress? :shrugs:

June 30th, 2008, 02:10 PM	#10
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	I see the galcial progress on this one every day: some hoardings with the name of a demolition firm appeared a couple months ago. Then some works have gone on at the entrance to City Road that would lie between the towers - looks like the one story utilities buildings there have become some kind of platforrm at street level. The Access storage bulding, which would be the site of the shorter tower, has been vacated and is boarded up. All in all very disappointing progress and it looks like the pressure groups have won the day.

June 30th, 2008, 02:35 PM	#11
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,515 Likes (Received): 257	hoardings! Thats the word!

July 7th, 2008, 08:13 PM	#12
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	Well this passsed me by: http://www.waterscape.com/features-a...ity-road-basin Explains what the work going in as all about, and explcitly refers to the building of the 2 towers at the City Road end of the basin. Encouraging news - if a little old.

July 7th, 2008, 08:57 PM	#14
london lad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 8,155 Likes (Received): 45	Lets hope they start this quicker than their Millharbour development http://www.pembrokere.com/results10.html

July 8th, 2008, 05:33 AM	#16
Black Cat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,495 Likes (Received): 14	Looks very nice!

July 8th, 2008, 11:54 AM	#18
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,424 Likes (Received): 103	Actually I thought Prescott was great, especially when he punched the egghead...thanks for the info __________________ 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)

July 8th, 2008, 04:21 PM	#19
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	Sorry - i got political - never a good idea!

July 8th, 2008, 11:21 PM	#20
london lad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 8,155 Likes (Received): 45	Another pic & info here http://www.tibbalds.co.uk/tp_216_city.html

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