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Short excerpts of our recent news with links to the full stories
Rearranging deck chairs – again
We’ve been alerted to new proposed changes to the parliamentary constituency boundaries, and there’s a distinct feeling of deja-vu. Checking the annals, it was in 2017 when the last proposal surfaced. At the time, Tom said that the “changes to parliamentary boundaries seem bizarre” – …
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Gigabit Broadband – coming to a front garden near you ?
Her Majesty’s Government has decided that Gigabit broadband (FTTP) will help overcome recent economic woes, bridge the digital divide, and level up, and has declared £5 billion public funding for the first million homes and businesses. Initially, it correctly prioritises those most in need – …
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Property Prices & Development: A 25-year review
So-called property porn continues to make up a good percentage of the TV schedules 25 years after Changing Rooms started Building the Dream in a Location, Location, Location for The Poshest Sleepover in Millionaires’ Mansions, then over to The Great Interior Design Challenge, creating some Grand …
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Michael Cartwright
The Hammersmith Society very much regrets the recent death of Alderman Michael Cartwright, Councillor for Hammersmith Broadway ward from 1992 to 2018, Deputy Leader 2014-2018, and Mayor 2017-2018. A diligent public servant, Mike became Deputy Leader of the Council in 2014, leading the Administration to …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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News Topics
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Air Quality & Climate
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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Open House London
Sat 4th Sep - Sun 5th SepDetails TBA
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Committee meeting
Mon 6th Sep | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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AGM
Wed 29th Sep | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Riverside Studios: River Room (Map)Save the date - further details TBA
On Twitter
"White City Living" public consultation this Thursday 4 - 6:30pm @ Exhibition Park, near Wood Lane station. We say just a tad overbuilt. You ? hammersmithsociety.org.uk/about/diary/
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 2 days ago
On the left is the chart @TfL produced for its board showing a great story on walking and cycling. On the right a chart derived from an FOI release splitting walking from cycling. Cycling accounts for 1/10 the No. of trips of walking, but almost all the focus of @TfL.
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 7 days ago
Okay, Houston, we've had a problem... First vax rates are low enough that by late August/early Sept most wards will run out of candidates for a 2nd jab at current rates! @hammersmithandy @ImperialNHS @HealthwatchHF @lbhf hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-co…
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 1 week 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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The images are also available as an online montage or downloadable (large, 40M) pdf montage ...
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