Apologies…here’s the more up-to-date doc;

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Documents/Hackney_Central__Area_Action_Plan_Feb_2012.pdf

p112;

“Buildings on Lower Clapton Road at the top of the Narrow Way are the only site to offer potential scope for new built development. The majority of the existing buildings are or poor or […]

@nightboat

“.. I think if the Co-op had refurbished it so that it looks like one of their newer stores, its fortunes would’ve improved.”

I wrote to them expressing that view a year or so ago – no […]

Has anyone else noticed that the Somerfield opposite St John’s Church is closing down for good in June? Does anyone know what’s happening to this block? The long sequence of vacant shopfronts suggests imminent […]

 Would you be kind and give us couple of suggestions of where to look for sustainable/eco share accommodation in your area, please.

The long-empty shop once occupied by FJLord (more recently the Squat shop) is currently undergoing a complete revamp and will be opening as a hairdressers. They seem to have uncovered the remnants of the Victorian […]

@rushmorer the last thing they published on their site was the findings of the consultation submitted to Hackney Council and Viridian Housing <a href="http://hackney.thepeoplessupermarket.org/press-releases/13460792&quot; […]

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This was the last I heard;

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/feb/peoples-supermarket-put-risk-imminent-closure-council-talks-bailiffs

Haven’t heard anything about the People’s Supermarket lately – have I missed out on news?

and the fantastic Hackney Marshes and Lea Valley Park are on the door step!

@hackneylad

This thread isn’t about our subjective tastes. It’s about how some local campaigning groups conduct themselves. Is it good that some pretend to represent the neighbourhood as a whole, when there […]

dawntreda – I couldnt really comment on what it will turn out like, all ive seen is the outline plans. If done sympathetically it could be a really interesting use of the building, but if anyone has some detailed […]

Gavin and Benjamin – Lads, I really think you’d be much happier moving to that nice Olympic development site a mile or so down the road which seems to encapsulate much of what you hold dear -  high rise flats, […]

@Gavin, well said,

id be happy with just a normal cinema to be fair, and also despite my picture showing a besuited moustachioed figure i am in fact  working class. i am a tailor. i also pay council tax, live […]

Well seeing as the Ethiopian church bought it, I guess its Ethiopian church, because its theirs now. It would be good if at least any of the original Victorian parts of the building were preserved, but as there […]

so what about these cupcake recipes

This might be an idiotic question that’s been answered somewhere else but is there actually an alternative proposal to the church which is missing out or are the options either Ethiopian Church or NOTHING?

dawntreada, I don not presuppose that my views are representative of the Community (god forbid that they were, to be frank). Others it seems, do. That’s not such a bad thing, potentially, as long as you do your […]