South East London Projects

[Officer Dibble]

Another terrific photo by Chest, which I hope he won't mind my reposting here. His website the construction chest is well worth a look.

[mogwai83]

Not keen on this tower's cladding, it'll look quite prominent from the river, really should be going with something a little more tasteful.

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Untitled by Docklandsboy, on Flickr

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Untitled by Docklandsboy, on Flickr

[Officer Dibble]

More tasteful? I haven't seen a very recent pic of the cladding up close, but it looked good to me (although the glass is very green) judging from shots like these two and the comments below.

Originally Posted by *Nurse*

Ok. Lots of photos today with my new camera. The square behind the library really seems to work, tying together the library the flats and the station. Finally it feels like it's connected. The only view I'm not showing is the shopping centre with the BHS sign emblazoned on the side. Barratt's have become really good at making the exterior of flats look pleasant.

Originally Posted by ill tonkso

Checked out the Cladding today when I changed at Canada Water, very surprised! It looks great.

Originally Posted by *Nurse*

Yes. I went at the weekend and I agree.

[Officer Dibble]

With thanks to london lad for tipping me off (I was slow off the mark on this one)...

British Land is buying the Harmsworth Quays printworks site in Rotherhithe (where the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard and Metro are printed).

The printers (DMGT) will move to a new site in Thurrock in 2013, and BL will then take possession of the land.

BL kind of dominate the area, through two joint ventures - they own (and will be extending and refurbishing) Surrey Quays Shopping Centre jointly with Tesco, and of course they and Barratt's are now completing the Maple Quays development. All much covered in this thread.

I like what they've done at Maple Quays, so I'll be happy if they stick with Barratt's and simply extend that development to the printworks site. But by the time BL takes possession of the land, Sellar's plans for the Decathlon site should be more advanced, which might raise the bar a bit. One to watch.

http://www.build.co.uk/construction_...?newsid=146494

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f32397cc-c...#axzz1zBTNj2DB

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/b...s-7892438.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ing-works.html

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=3116

[SELondoner]

Southwark Council keen to have their say though...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...il-print-works

[Core Rising]

Top comment:

Probably need a priest to exorcise the demon spirits there before any sort of development can take place

[Officer Dibble]

I can understand that the council might want to get involved in masterplanning, but since they'll have to approve any development there, surely the planning system already gives them that right. I don't see why they should want to block the purchase of the land.

Edit: Looks like they really are preventing the sale, though. An update from SE16.com: http://www.se16.com/405-harmsworth-q...thwark-council

[drplokta]

Originally Posted by Officer Dibble

Yeah, Fairmont is just a hotel chain as far as I know. It is a Canadian one, at least, and includes some famous hotels (Banff Springs, the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, the Savoy in London...) Strange choice, though. And nothing from Atlantic Canada...

Fairmont Hot Springs is a resort town in British Columbia.

[Officer Dibble]

Oh so it is, thanks. Population 476 - eccentric to be naming a building in London after it...

[Officer Dibble]

I'm probably late with this, because it's not in the usual place, I happened across it on the Canada Water Campaign site.



And a closer look at that pic...

[Officer Dibble]

Not news, but I don't think anyone's posted this before - a great aerial shot of Rotherhithe in 1983.

From the London's docklands, past and present blog, which has plenty of interesting stuff - and a few of SELondoner's photos (any relation?).

[Light Parade]

That's extraordinary. It looks as though at least part of the old basin (leading into Albion Dock) was filled in, and then re-excavated to create "Surrey Water", north of the old gasometer (which is still there). And the canal that now leads to Canada Water (and was the edge of ALbion Dock) is missing too.

Four years later, I was a Rotherhithe yuppie flat-dweller. £46000 - paid the last endowment payment last month!

[Officer Dibble]

Well I'm no real estate expert, but I think it's safe to call that "a good time to buy"...

[SELondoner]

Haha thanks Officer Dibble! Yes that's my occasional blog which I don't find as much time for as I'd like. I thought I did post that pic here a while back but not 100% sure. Glad you like it anyway

[Officer Dibble]

Ah maybe you did. Anyway it's a great shot, and I like your blog.

Here's an approximately equivalent view pulled from the amazing Nokia Maps 3D:

[lumberjack]

I just noticed this popping up behind Tower Bridge...

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P7050048 by Lumberjack_London, on Flickr

[SELondoner]

Nice pic!

[chest]

[Officer Dibble]

Very good sir. And I see from these little pics stolen from waymarking.com that the cladding is coming on well:



I'm back in England, and should be reinstalled in SE16 in the next couple of weeks. Looking forward to taking some pics in person...

[Officer Dibble]

... but in the meantime here's one by Pawel Paniczko on flickr:

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