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Permalink Reply by Paul Lincoln on December 17, 2013 at 18:42

Why would any redevelopment be a disaster? Neither building is particularly distinguished. The need for new housing is acute. The two sites could well be home for are large number of people in housing need.

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Permalink Reply by John Whitehead on December 18, 2013 at 10:54

I would have no problem with new and affordable housing.

This site is now in  the City of London.  (Most of the block was in Islington when the buildings were built). 

I doubt if the developers sniffing around the Welsh Church are planning affordable housing.   How about a 14 storey office block? This would also deliver the best price for the City of London Police site.

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Permalink Reply by Chamberpot Bowell & Pond on December 19, 2013 at 16:35

I think Bernard Manning House is quite elegant, but different strokes for different folks I s'pose... it could surely be turned into housing with not much effort. And the green roof of the church looks like a lovely Welsh hill when I look out of my side window in the morning, before I rub the scales out of my eyes.

They paved Paradise, and put up a parking lot, apparently.

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on December 20, 2013 at 11:20

May I respectfully suggest that you post your views in your real name, otherwise it is meaningless.  Many thanks.  After all you can see who I am, but I don't know who you really are!

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on December 20, 2013 at 11:49

It certainly is Christine.  Very amusing.  I just like to know who the person really is!

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Permalink Reply by Chamberpot Bowell & Pond on December 21, 2013 at 9:33

I am the ghost of Le Corbusier. I haunt the hallways of Great Arthur House, trying to get my hat back. Can't you allow me my little bit of mystique? Besides, how do I know you are the real Maria Elizabeth Prior? I can see your name, but you could be anybody.

At some point, Christine's picture turned into three giant ducks, now I have no idea who I'm talking to. But I still like talking to her.

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on December 21, 2013 at 12:14

I can assure you I am who I say I am.   And, so is Christine.  Of course if you wish to write under a fake profile, then that is your choice.  It just puts the rest of us at a disadvantage.  If I have anything to say then I feel, which is my point of view, that its important to be honest.  However, if you want to 'haunt' corridors, then 'happy haunting'!!
 
Chamberpot Bowell & Pond said:

I am the ghost of Le Corbusier. I haunt the hallways of Great Arthur House, trying to get my hat back. Can't you allow me my little bit of mystique? Besides, how do I know you are the real Maria Elizabeth Prior? I can see your name, but you could be anybody.

At some point, Christine's picture turned into three giant ducks, now I have no idea who I'm talking to. But I still like talking to her.

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Permalink Reply by JM on December 21, 2013 at 16:17

Well, Mr Crow, you'll feel right at home on GLE then!  Leaky roofs,  large glass windows too cold and draughty in winter, too hot in summer, a bit like Villa Savoye.

;-)

Chamberpot Bowell & Pond said:

I am the ghost of Le Corbusier. I haunt the hallways of Great Arthur House, trying to get my hat back. Can't you allow me my little bit of mystique? Besides, how do I know you are the real Maria Elizabeth Prior? I can see your name, but you could be anybody.

At some point, Christine's picture turned into three giant ducks, now I have no idea who I'm talking to. But I still like talking to her.

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Permalink Reply by Chamberpot Bowell & Pond on December 21, 2013 at 17:12

And the weather is Brutalist!

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Permalink Reply by nathan on December 22, 2013 at 12:51

I was just a little curious and wanted to enquire is Chamberpot Bowell & Pond any relative to Camila Parker Bowels?

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on December 22, 2013 at 12:56

Ha! Ha! Nathan.  Had to laugh!

nathan said:

I was just a little curious and wanted to enquire is Chamberpot Bowell & Pond any relative to Camila Parker Bowels?

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Permalink Reply by Chamberpot Bowell & Pond on December 22, 2013 at 15:29

Nathan, no, but I am third cousin to Colon Powell, once-upon-a-time US Secretary of State.

And yes, Stefi, you're absolutely right, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I love the bulbous room at the side (like a tiny Soviet cinema) and the spindly staircases, overhanging a strange concrete garden that reminds me of Dungeness.

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