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 The Hammersmith Society  / Avonmore/Brook Green/Olympia

Olympia redevelopment, and immediate surrounding area, Avonmore & Brook Green:  Avonmore and Brook Green Ward.
Councillors:
Harvey,
Morton, and
Smith

Olympia

 

66 Hammersmith Road

Published: 18 Jan 2018

Proposals for the adjacent site at 66 Hammersmith Road have now come forward as an application. (Ref 2017/04752/FUL).

We are concerned at the excessive bulk of this building and the adverse effect which it would have on the Listed buildings and Conservation Areas nearby. You can read our response to the application as attached.

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Olympia Redevelopment

Published: 24 Nov 2017
Olympia frontage

Olympia frontage

We also reported in our October Newsletter that new owners had taken over the Olympia Exhibition site. We have now had two consultations on the exciting proposals for this massive site.
 
The new owners are a German based company YOO, and they have appointed Thomas Heatherwick Studios and SPPARC architecture as their principal architects/designers. Their approach seems to be very positive. The team are anxious to retain all the existing main exhibition venues including the Grand and National Halls. Now that Earl’s Court no longer exists as a venue, Olympia is all the more important and the exhibition market seems buoyant.
Grand Hall proposed redevelopment

Grand Hall proposed redevelopment

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October Newsletter 2017

Published: 31 Oct 2017
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Transport Updates

Published: 02 Jun 2017

Transport for London TfL is progressing its Better Junctions and Cycle Superhighway proposals for the Broadway and Town Centre in conjunction with the Council’s Highways Department. There have been concerns raised over various issues including bus lanes in Beadon Road and further consultations are due to take place at the end of June.

The long term ambition for the Flyunder is still part of the Local Plan but needs further and more committed engagement by TfL.

Preparation is still in progress for the major repair works scheduled for Hammersmith Bridge next year : No dates for the repairs and related closure have been announced yet : The Hammersmith Society have asked to be consulted on the colours and lighting of the bridge.

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October Newsletter 2016

Published: 19 Oct 2016
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Archived Newsletters

Published: 01 Jan 2014

Our archived newsletters are shown below (click on an image to view/download the pdf ).  More recent newsletters are available here. 

 

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    Thu 25th Mar | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

    Small Sites policy in the new London Plan

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    Mon 12th Apr | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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    Mon 17th May | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Recent News


Hammersmith Bridge update
Foster & Partners bridge proposal

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, …
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Hammersmith Bridge – better repairs ?
Bridge anchor

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 …
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Help! I’m not on Social Media
Bernie Sanders waits at the Bridge

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 …
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Hammersmith Bridge – Radical temporary bridge proposal
Foster & Partners 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 …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
thumbnail of Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Hammersmith Bridge 16.11.20

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 …
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Website Improvements
Hammersmith Society Awards Map

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 …
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Our History

The Capability Brown Statue
Capability Brown Statue unveiling
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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The Hammersmith Study Group 1969-70
Exhibition: Hammersmith Flyover
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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Notable Achievements
Environment Award
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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50 Years of the Hammersmith Society: An Edited Review
Hamsoc AGM 2012
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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50 Special Places: Images of Hammersmith
Houseboats, Lower Mall
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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The Great River Race 2019 – Hammersmith Riverside
St. Augustine’s – Interior
Dalling Road, St David’s Day 2019
West London College (RIBA picture library)
Hammersmith Studios, Talgarth Road
Bush Theatre
Hammersmith and Fulham Archives
Quaker meeting wooden ceiling
Nancye Goulden Award 2011: Phoenix School Caretaker’s House
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St Pauls Green
The Great River Race 2019
Conservation Award 2013: Olympia
Flyunder visualisation
Conservation Award 2015: Hammersmith Station
Eventim Apollo
The Great River Race 2019
Environment Award 2015: Waldo Road, College Park
Conservation award 2016: Barons Keep
Margravine cemetery: Monument to George Robert Broad (1840-95) and Caroline Broad (1840-1905) by Aristide Fabbrucci
Capability Brown Statue
2018 Environment Award: Helios TV centre
Environment Award 2001: Hammersmith Surgery
River sculpture
The Arches, Ravenscourt Park November 2010 – Neville Collins
Environment Award 2017: King’s House
28-10-16 Bridge Jane Bain
Steam train approaching Ravenscourt Park, June 23rd 2019
Nancye Goulden Award 2015: 21 Banim Street
16th Dec 2016 Planting Tree in Wormholt Park to commemorate the 90th Birthday of the HM Queen Elizabeth Second With The mayor and Cllr Harcourt The tree is a Liriodendron Tulipifera
Hammersmith Highline
Quaker meeting house brickwork
Conservation Award 2017: Bush Theatre
Old Treacle Factory
Quaker meeting house frontage
wormwood scrubs sun
Nancye Goulden Award 2003: Ravenscourt Park walled garden
Capability Brown Statue unveiling
Conservation Award 2014: The Grotto
Hammersmith Bridge
Rutland Arms, Lower Mall “The crowds enjoying unexpected February sunshine and a Sunday roast” February 2012 – by Chloe Poulter (age 15)
Steam train at Ravenscourt Park Arches, June 23rd 2019
Tom Ryland’s Memorial Bench
Guerrilla gardening W6
Olympia redevelopment model in Upper Pillar Hall
Left to right Michael Brindle (1990-1995), Roger de Freitas(1999-2003), Angela Clarke (2006-2009), Rosemary Pettit (2012-2015), Melanie Whitlock (1984-1990 and 2009-2012) and Hans Haenlein (1966-72 and current President of the Society).
Nancye Goulden Award 2014: Temple Lodge
Environment Award 2007 – Vernon Street
Environment Award 2014: Sulgrave Gardens
Environment Award 2015: Waldo Road, College Park
Hammersmith Grove Parklets – East
Water Fountain outside Pallingswick House / WLFS
Tom Ryland plaque – Lyric theatre box
Hammersmith Riverside
Dove passage
Wormwood scrubs fog
The Ark: 1992 award winner
BBC Square, White City
Town Hall extension demolished sunny
Capability river downstream