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Les Medley
Can't see any revised photos - have you got a link please Jord?
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand
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Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Thanks Billy.
Kandi1977
George Hunt
It's just because of a lack of perspective in the image. It's taller than the total hight of the old stadium.
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Kandi1977
George Hunt
Yes it is according to weretheshelfside, who made the mock up
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Incredible really for someone not directly involved in the project.
CAMPAIGNERS say the demolition of Tottenham Hotspur’s club headquarters has “robbed” the town of its history.
The Red House has stood between Tottenham High Road and Bill Nicholson Way for more than 120 years.
But, during the early hours of Saturday morning, it was knocked down as the latest part of the Spurs regeneration of the White Hart Lane stadium and surrounding land as part of their Northumberland Park development.
The plan for the area is to build a larger stadium with 61,000 seats, along with almost 600 flats.
A new club shop and a museum will also be included and the Grade II Listed Warmington House will be demolished.
The regeneration of the club has caused uproar for many years.
In 2009, Spurs fans launched a petition to save the Red House, which was built in the 1850s and was home to the famous badger perched on top of the building's clock.
Justin Hinchcliffe, of Walpole Road, said the demolition was “disgraceful”.
The 35-year-old said: "We were enthusiastic about the proposed new stadium as it would spruce up the area and bring much-needed money and jobs into the area.
“However, there was a proviso. Spurs kept the historic buildings along the High Road and incorporated them into their new design.
“After some to-ing and fro-ing, Spurs agreed with that view, but now they are tearing up this promise quicker than you can say 'red card'.”
Mr Hinchcliffe, who is a member of Tottenham Conservatives, believes the reason the building was destroyed in the early hours was to avoid protests from campaigners.
He said: “When do you see or hear of demolitions taking place early on a Saturday morning?
“They knew that there would be widespread opposition by local people and local and London government.
“Indeed, had I received a tip off I may well have chained myself to it. They have robbed us of our history whilst we were sleeping.
“This sly, underhand behaviour makes everyone wonder what other promises Spurs will now break? How much further will they dumb down their development?”
A club spokesperson for Tottenham Hotspur, who was not named, said the building was demolished for safety reasons.
They said: “They have been removed in order to address and improve crowd safety and crowd flow issues along the High Road.
“This issue has long been a concern for the Club which was largely caused by the location of these three buildings, which narrowed the pavement width to less than two metres, alongside the bus lane.
“The Club has carefully considered the right design for this area in order to redress these safety issues.
“The works took place over the weekend as they required the closing of the bus lane due to health and safety reasons. "
The spokesperson added the reason for knocking it down so early was due to bus lanes needing to be reopened before Monday.
They said: “Works commenced at 7am on Saturday and had to be completed before the end of Sunday in order to allow the bus lane to reopen for the start of the working week.
“The project represents an investment of over half a billion pounds into Tottenham, creating a world-class scheme with significant benefits for the local community.
“With the completion of the Club’s first phase of development at Lilywhite House, there has already been over 600 new jobs and 100 new apprenticeships created on site and around the Borough.
“When the scheme is fully complete, it will support around 3,500 jobs, with £293million pumped into the local economy each year.”
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/...eadquarters_has____robbed____town_of_history/
The Red House has stood between Tottenham High Road and Bill Nicholson Way for more than 120 years.
But, during the early hours of Saturday morning, it was knocked down as the latest part of the Spurs regeneration of the White Hart Lane stadium and surrounding land as part of their Northumberland Park development.
The plan for the area is to build a larger stadium with 61,000 seats, along with almost 600 flats.
A new club shop and a museum will also be included and the Grade II Listed Warmington House will be demolished.
The regeneration of the club has caused uproar for many years.
In 2009, Spurs fans launched a petition to save the Red House, which was built in the 1850s and was home to the famous badger perched on top of the building's clock.
Justin Hinchcliffe, of Walpole Road, said the demolition was “disgraceful”.
The 35-year-old said: "We were enthusiastic about the proposed new stadium as it would spruce up the area and bring much-needed money and jobs into the area.
“However, there was a proviso. Spurs kept the historic buildings along the High Road and incorporated them into their new design.
“After some to-ing and fro-ing, Spurs agreed with that view, but now they are tearing up this promise quicker than you can say 'red card'.”
Mr Hinchcliffe, who is a member of Tottenham Conservatives, believes the reason the building was destroyed in the early hours was to avoid protests from campaigners.
He said: “When do you see or hear of demolitions taking place early on a Saturday morning?
“They knew that there would be widespread opposition by local people and local and London government.
“Indeed, had I received a tip off I may well have chained myself to it. They have robbed us of our history whilst we were sleeping.
“This sly, underhand behaviour makes everyone wonder what other promises Spurs will now break? How much further will they dumb down their development?”
A club spokesperson for Tottenham Hotspur, who was not named, said the building was demolished for safety reasons.
They said: “They have been removed in order to address and improve crowd safety and crowd flow issues along the High Road.
“This issue has long been a concern for the Club which was largely caused by the location of these three buildings, which narrowed the pavement width to less than two metres, alongside the bus lane.
“The Club has carefully considered the right design for this area in order to redress these safety issues.
“The works took place over the weekend as they required the closing of the bus lane due to health and safety reasons. "
The spokesperson added the reason for knocking it down so early was due to bus lanes needing to be reopened before Monday.
They said: “Works commenced at 7am on Saturday and had to be completed before the end of Sunday in order to allow the bus lane to reopen for the start of the working week.
“The project represents an investment of over half a billion pounds into Tottenham, creating a world-class scheme with significant benefits for the local community.
“With the completion of the Club’s first phase of development at Lilywhite House, there has already been over 600 new jobs and 100 new apprenticeships created on site and around the Borough.
“When the scheme is fully complete, it will support around 3,500 jobs, with £293million pumped into the local economy each year.”
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/...eadquarters_has____robbed____town_of_history/
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I love how this apparently happened 'suddenly'. After 8 years of planning applications, court cases and appeals...
And everyone with an interest knew the demolitions were going to happen last weekend - the club even repositioned the cameras to show it.
Why is girly bag dude stealing our bricks anyway?
And everyone with an interest knew the demolitions were going to happen last weekend - the club even repositioned the cameras to show it.
Why is girly bag dude stealing our bricks anyway?
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Cecil Poynton
Don't forget The Royal, I got a right kicking outside there in the 60's
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
The High Road is a Roman Road and there was a lot of late medieval activity in the area (White Hart means it was owned by Richard II and the Northumberland links go back to Harry Hotspur of the same period).
The Victorians vandalised all that heritage though with their bricks and mortar and illusions of progress.
Bullet
Andy Thompson
Indeed, take it all back to forest. We can forage for mushrooms and ride deer to work.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
CAMPAIGNERS say the demolition of Tottenham Hotspur’s club headquarters has “robbed” the town of its history.
The Red House has stood between Tottenham High Road and Bill Nicholson Way for more than 120 years.
But, during the early hours of Saturday morning, it was knocked down as the latest part of the Spurs regeneration of the White Hart Lane stadium and surrounding land as part of their Northumberland Park development.
The plan for the area is to build a larger stadium with 61,000 seats, along with almost 600 flats.
A new club shop and a museum will also be included and the Grade II Listed Warmington House will be demolished.
The regeneration of the club has caused uproar for many years.
In 2009, Spurs fans launched a petition to save the Red House, which was built in the 1850s and was home to the famous roostererel perched on top of the building's clock.
Justin Hinchcliffe, of Walpole Road, said the demolition was “disgraceful”.
The 35-year-old said: "We were enthusiastic about the proposed new stadium as it would spruce up the area and bring much-needed money and jobs into the area.
“However, there was a proviso. Spurs kept the historic buildings along the High Road and incorporated them into their new design.
“After some to-ing and fro-ing, Spurs agreed with that view, but now they are tearing up this promise quicker than you can say 'red card'.”
Mr Hinchcliffe, who is a member of Tottenham Conservatives, believes the reason the building was destroyed in the early hours was to avoid protests from campaigners.
He said: “When do you see or hear of demolitions taking place early on a Saturday morning?
“They knew that there would be widespread opposition by local people and local and London government.
“Indeed, had I received a tip off I may well have chained myself to it. They have robbed us of our history whilst we were sleeping.
“This sly, underhand behaviour makes everyone wonder what other promises Spurs will now break? How much further will they dumb down their development?”
A club spokesperson for Tottenham Hotspur, who was not named, said the building was demolished for safety reasons.
They said: “They have been removed in order to address and improve crowd safety and crowd flow issues along the High Road.
“This issue has long been a concern for the Club which was largely caused by the location of these three buildings, which narrowed the pavement width to less than two metres, alongside the bus lane.
“The Club has carefully considered the right design for this area in order to redress these safety issues.
“The works took place over the weekend as they required the closing of the bus lane due to health and safety reasons. "
The spokesperson added the reason for knocking it down so early was due to bus lanes needing to be reopened before Monday.
They said: “Works commenced at 7am on Saturday and had to be completed before the end of Sunday in order to allow the bus lane to reopen for the start of the working week.
“The project represents an investment of over half a billion pounds into Tottenham, creating a world-class scheme with significant benefits for the local community.
“With the completion of the Club’s first phase of development at Lilywhite House, there has already been over 600 new jobs and 100 new apprenticeships created on site and around the Borough.
“When the scheme is fully complete, it will support around 3,500 jobs, with £293million pumped into the local economy each year.”
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/...eadquarters_has____robbed____town_of_history/
As a bit of a history buff myself, I have respect and support for the organisations that hold developers and big business to account in these situations. Preserving our history and culture for future generations is vital and it is right that any attempt to (literally) bulldoze history is subject to scrutiny. Such organisations perform an important civic and cultural role. There should always an opportunity for the alternative view to be heard. In our case, it was heard, it waslistened to, and the Mayor’s office imposed conditions on us in order to preserve some key elements of the historical buildings. I think the reaction by this Justin Hinchliffe (and Martin Ball earlier in the thread) is OTT and intended to garner some media attention due to our status as a ‘significant’ PL club. He is also way behind the times and if he wanted publicity for his cause he should have made more noise during the planning application stage. It should be remembered that post-riots, Tottenham was designated as an area for regeneration investment. The buildings being demolished now may well have been demolished under a broarder regeneration program in any case.
Whilst our (current) stadium may not be a structure of historical significance in its own right, the presence of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in the area is of incredible historical significance, If the building of a new stadium allows the club to maintain its historical presence in the area, then demolishing those buildings has to be seen as an unfortunate but necessary by-product. If the alternative were to retain those buildings, but see THFC move out of the area, would that really be conducive to maintaining the heritage of the area?
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Craig_J
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Knowing Levy he'll be releasing that in the store for 80 quid and chuck in a life size 3.5 inch action figure of himself.