Thursday 4 December 2014
Sunday 12 October 2014
Saturday 31 May 2014
Wrapped!
Taberner House is now fully wrapped up, never to be seen again.
I was hoping to document its gradual demolition but it will be more like a shrink-wrap!
Thursday 29 May 2014
High St shopping
Say what you like about Croydon, the shops are great! Not!
The planned Westfield can't happen sooner, more choice, more reason to come to the town and a boost to jobs and property prices.
Saturday 24 May 2014
Taberner plans
The new plans for the buildings to replace Taberner House look very ambitious, although Croydon will lose some of Queens Gardens.
With all the extra flats in central Croydon I hope the town planners have thought about parking and traffic congestion! No, just because people live in a town centre it doesn't mean they don't want cars too!
lSaturday 19 April 2014
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Tuesday 15 April 2014
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Friday 14 March 2014
Taberner House is falling down!
Following on from the Xmas photo, Taberner House in Croydon has now been fenced off and its demolition has begun.
I will be documenting its disappearance from the Croydon skyline. Some will think it's a good thing, but it has been a prominent feature of Croydon for the last 50 years, and I'll be a little sad to see it go.
It is the archetypal 60's skyscraper and should really be a listed building, but what could be done with it?
A new complex of buildings is planned for the site, mainly flats for sale and to rent http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Vision-Taberner-House-s-future-unveiled/story-19853530-detail/story.html
Taberner House was built between 1964 and 1967, designed by architect H. Thornley, with Allan Holt and Hugh Lea as borough engineers. Although the Croydon corporation had needed extra space since the 1920s, it was only with the imminent creation of the London Borough of Croydon that action was taken. It has its upper slab block narrowing towards both ends. It was named after Ernest Taberner OBE, Town Clerk from 1937 to 1963. (source: Wikipedia).
I will be documenting its disappearance from the Croydon skyline. Some will think it's a good thing, but it has been a prominent feature of Croydon for the last 50 years, and I'll be a little sad to see it go.
It is the archetypal 60's skyscraper and should really be a listed building, but what could be done with it?
A new complex of buildings is planned for the site, mainly flats for sale and to rent http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Vision-Taberner-House-s-future-unveiled/story-19853530-detail/story.html
Taberner House was built between 1964 and 1967, designed by architect H. Thornley, with Allan Holt and Hugh Lea as borough engineers. Although the Croydon corporation had needed extra space since the 1920s, it was only with the imminent creation of the London Borough of Croydon that action was taken. It has its upper slab block narrowing towards both ends. It was named after Ernest Taberner OBE, Town Clerk from 1937 to 1963. (source: Wikipedia).
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