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Below are short excerpts of our recent news with links to the full stories. Scroll down to select from our list of news topics, or to check our Diary, recent Twitter and Facebook postings.
Open House 2021
Open House has celebrated London’s amazing architecture for the last thirty years, starting just two years after our own Awards. There’s always been an eclectic selection of Hammersmith buildings in Open House, featuring some of our Award Winners over the years. Open House 2021 is scheduled for 4th and …
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Hammersmith Bridge – History on repeat
We’re pleased to see that a ferry operator has finally been appointed, and conversely disappointed at a low proposed (peak) capacity of 800/hr. total, i.e. 400 each way, cost – not free – £1.55 proposed, though included in hopper & concessionary fares, restricted operating hours of 6am-10pm, and of course the …
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West London Magistrates Court redevelopment – Update
In April last year we reported on the hotel development proposed for the former West London Magistrate’s Court site at 181 Talgarth Road, a proposal which would include two hotels: a 442-bedroom, 23-storey luxury hotel, and a 440-bed, 10-storey tourist hotel. Permission for the development was agreed in July, and …
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Ravenscourt Park Tea House
The Ravenscourt Park Tea House, a popular stopping point in the park, has been in a dilapidated condition for some time, and been a concern of the Friends of Ravenscourt Park, as well as being on Historic England’s Buildings At Risk register. It closed in 2019 largely because of its …
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The Garage – an endangered species
Garages are an endangered species, locally and across London. Where once council flats would have had rows of garages below – often beloved of British spy and detective dramas where exclusively bad stuff happens – new developments are mandated not only to have bicycle storage, but also to be car-free, meaning …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
It’s now just over six months since the Bridge was closed to pedestrians and cyclists, and over 22 months since it was closed to traffic, yet there is neither a Bridge repair contract nor an alternative crossing facility in place. Repair work will not progress until there is forward funding …
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Hammersmith Bridge – better repairs ?
We’ve made several meaningful and thought-through suggestions in the half-dozen articles, and as many letters to the main bridge protagonists in the last year, from simple widening the pathways to make the bridge more accessible, and to improve public safety, to ways to invisibly fix the 19th century structure for …
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Help! I’m not on Social Media
As membership secretary, I regularly hear the clarion call “I’m not on Social Media so I can’t see your posts…” It’s a popular myth that you must sign up, notwithstanding the fact that our latest Twitter and Facebook postings automatically appear on our home page (have you checked recently..?), all …
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Hammersmith Bridge – Radical temporary bridge proposal
Bridge proposal We were surprised and excited in equal measure to see a radical new proposal published by the council, in partnership with Foster and Partners and Sir John Ritblat of Delancey, the company now owning the Earls Court development site. This is designed to temporarily solve the conundrum of …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
Following the Zoom public meeting three weeks ago, we considered our recent articles on the bridge, and, as promised, wrote to Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Baroness Vere, Chair, and Dana Skelley, Director of the Bridge Task Force, as shown below (click to open).
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Website Improvements
The website continues to be updated with improvements to layout (such as use of tabs on some new pages), usability, and of course, plenty of new material. We mentioned the new guide recently, it’s been renamed more accurately the Website & Accessibility Guide, and updated. Accessibility improvements include the elimination …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
Many Society members joined the Zoom public meeting with the Bridge Task Force a week ago. A FAQ, links to Task Force reports, and a copy of critical correspondence between the Task Force chairman and LBHF immediately prior to the meeting, can be found on the council website, and a …
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Changing the Planning Process
In March of this year the government promised legislation to improve the supply of new homes, including legislation on building safety, rental reform, social housing – and an update to the planning system. Following this, a government White Paper Planning for the Future proposed very significant changes to the planning …
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New Quaker Meeting House
(Click on images for full-sized versions, then scroll through the set) Members of the committee were very pleased to be offered a socially-distanced tour earlier this month around the recently completed Quaker Meeting House in Bradmore Park Road, opposite the Grove Neighbourhood Centre. Designed by Satellite Architects, chosen from a …
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Linford Christie Stadium and Wormwood Scrubs update
We reported earlier this year on plans for the Linford Christie Stadium site, which is right on the edge of Wormwood Scrubs and which, like the open space itself, is Metropolitan Open Land. Last year the Council held a consultation on the future of the stadium, which resulted – with …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
A head of steam is certainly building up for Bridge repairs, especially as winter approaches, but it remains to be seen whether this will translate into action. After much media/social media coverage, including stories on London TV news, a task force was set up on 9 September, chaired by Baroness …
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News Topics
ACV
Affiliations
Airports
Air Quality
Arts/Culture
Avonmore/Brook Green/Olympia
Broadway
Capability Brown
Conservation
Council
Counters Creek/Tideway Tunnel
Crime
Cycling
Environment/Streetscape
Flyunder
Government
Hammersmith Bridge
Local Plan
London Plan
Major Developments
Neighbourhood planning
OPDC
Parks/Open Spaces
Ravenscourt
Riverside
Shepherd's Bush
Smaller Developments
Society/Awards
Town Centre Masterplan
Town Hall
Transport/TfL
Triangle Site
West London Magistrate's Court
White City
Our Diary
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Committee meeting
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Committee meeting
Mon 28th Jun | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
On Twitter
.@LBHF are currently asking residents to share their thoughts on a proposed weekly Parkrun at Ravenscourt Park. Whatever your views, make sure your voice is heard - lbhf.citizenspace.com/environment/pa…
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 2 days ago
Good news @TheStreetTree! @LBHF have had 2 dead stumps replaced with new street trees in King St. #Hammersmith - London Plane & Magnolia. Please @saigonsaigonuk / @Potlirestaurant adopt them, & water regularly this summer? Always opportunities for tree pit improvements too🙄
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 3 days ago
@hammersmithandy @PutneyFleur Thanks for the mention: "A letter from the Hammersmith Society, which is a strictly non-political and very civilised body, to the Prime Minister two weeks ago..." - letter in our recent article: hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-br…
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 5 days ago
Our History
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, described by Horace Walpole as ‘Lady Nature’s Second Husband,’ created landscapes on an immense scale that have endured for over 250 years ...
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Our president Hans Haenlein remembers the Hammersmith Study Group... ...which I set up in 1969 with my students from the Polytechnic of Central London (now ...
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1960s
- The Society is set up in response to the damage done to Hammersmith by the widening of the A4
- Stops a six-lane bridge ...
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Hans Haenlein remembers some early successes of the 1960s and 1970s The Society’s job is to be actively interested on behalf of all Hammersmith residents ...
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A Pictorial Record To co-incide with its 50th anniversary in 2012, the Hammersmith Society ran a photo project in conjunction with the Hammersmith & Shepherds ...
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