1. Forest Hill Urban Renewal
1 Introduction – Simon/Michael/Bruno
Simon – good evening, my name is SMcC. I live in FH and work in Sydenham. Like Michael & Bruno, my colleagues in DA, I am an architect. We have been working with the FH Soc on a voluntary basis over the past year developing these proposals for the centre of FH .
Michael – my name is MB. I also live and work locally. Tonight is the public launch of our joint endeavours. We have not set out to provide definitive answers, but instead we have tried to understand the development of FH and identify opportunities for improving the town centre for the benefit of local residents & businesses. We have raised questions about the future character on FH and we would like your involvement in shaping a vision for the town centre
Bruno - my name is Bruno Tonelli. As you may guess from my accent, I do not live locally. I am an architect with my own studio in Brescia in N Italy. I know Michael and Simon through social media. We work together remotely, communicating with s, drawings and Skype. We only have 20 minutes, so this will be a whistle-stop tour of our efforts, after which we will take questions for 5 minutes. If you would like to find out more, you can see an exhibition of our proposals here, at *** from Thursday or by following links on the FH Society website
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2. Forest Hill Town Centre - Today
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Forest Hill Town Centre - Today

3. We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Recent development

4. Opportunities to improve a degraded environment
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Opportunities to improve a degraded environment

5. Building on Previous Studies
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Building on Previous Studies

6. Historic Development Croydon Canal 1809-1838 The Canal at Sydenham
The station 1883
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Railway 1839 to present
Historic Development
The station 1970’s

7. We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Potential Sites

8. Proposal Main Station Perry Vale Station
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Perry Vale Station
Proposal

9. Connections Existing - the railway and underpass act as barriers
Proposed – pedestrian routes improved
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Connections

10. Improvements to the underpass
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Improvements to the underpass

11. We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Station

12. We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Station

13. We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Town Centre

14. Station Entrance – Perry Vale
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Station Entrance – Perry Vale

15. We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Access – Perry Vale

16. Perry Vale – housing & parking
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Perry Vale – housing & parking

17. Perry Vale – Station & Housing
We all love FH: the Horniman, the pools, the shops, cafes & bars. There are so many good things to enjoy – we think that it is great place! But when you look at the area around the station it is a dump! The station buildings are nondescript and surrounded by surface parking. Pedestrian access across the railway is squalid and impassable for anyone with heavy shopping, a buggy or restricted mobility…
Perry Vale – Station & Housing

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1 Introduction – Simon/Michael/Bruno
Simon – good evening, my name is SMcC. I live in FH and work in Sydenham. Like Michael & Bruno, my colleagues in DA, I am an architect. We have been working with the FH Soc on a voluntary basis over the past year developing these proposals for the centre of FH .
Michael – my name is MB. I also live and work locally. Tonight is the public launch of our joint endeavours. We have not set out to provide definitive answers, but instead we have tried to understand the development of FH and identify opportunities for improving the town centre for the benefit of local residents & businesses. We have raised questions about the future character on FH and we would like your involvement in shaping a vision for the town centre
Bruno - my name is Bruno Tonelli. As you may guess from my accent, I do not live locally. I am an architect with my own studio in Brescia in N Italy. I know Michael and Simon through social media. We work together remotely, communicating with s, drawings and Skype. We only have 20 minutes, so this will be a whistle-stop tour of our efforts, after which we will take questions for 5 minutes. If you would like to find out more, you can see an exhibition of our proposals here, at *** from Thursday or by following links on the FH Society website
What do you think?
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