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Croydon: connected, capable and confident. Unrecognisable?
A press release whizzes across the desk here at Inside Croydon Towers. We weren’t sent it directly, but hey ho…. The release was sent apparently on behalf of Develop Croydon, the organisation of big...
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Yuppies, riots, the half-priced £1.5m flats and Rouse’s Folly
A constant theme in our council’s various “masterplans” is a massive increase in the number of people living in the centre of the borough – mainly in high-rise blocks. In doing this, CR0 CRUSADER asks,...
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Time to cast off Croydon’s Concrete Jungle image
Prominent Purley-based architect TARSEM FLORA has seen many visions for the borough left to gather dust. But he believes that Croydon can shed its reputation for brutalist architecture I am convinced...
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I am a rock! But new kids on building blocks have problems
The IYLO BUILDING has awoken from its slumbers… The construction crane is back and builders in hi-viz jackets, like worker ants, are climbing all over it. But the oft neglected, unfinished tower in the...
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Batman summoned to the aid of Barwell’s political ambitions
The ConDem government’s efforts to create a property market bubble to win re-election in 2015 are now bearing a little bit of fruit even here in Croydon, a timely boost for the hopes of Gavin Barwell...
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For she’s a jolly good fellow, but no one seems to know why
Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s new chief executive, has been made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Trouble is, no one seems to know quite why… RIBA made its announcement...
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