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Community group takes Crystal Palace Park appeal to court
Crystal Palace Community Association is to get its day in (the High) Court tomorrow morning, as its rearguard battle to prevent housing being built on parkland continues. CPCA is seeking to challenge...
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Crystal Palace author to talk about his macabre book: Dec 14
Tom Brown, the writer of a bone-chilling Victorian tale will be giving a talk at the Upper Norwood Joint Library about his latest novel, Strange Air, which is essential reading for anyone fascinated by...
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Public only get to peek in at the uncertain Palace plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Nearly a year on since Boris Johnson stood on the terracing of the old Crystal Palace to announce a £500 million “investment” and the handing over of a significant chunk of public...
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Crystal Palace residents debate park’s future: Apr 30
With the prospect of a large chunk of Crystal Palace Park being handed over to a Chinese developer to build a vast new palace, a group of residents has started The Information Project to publicise the...
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Greens take a stand against Chinese takeaway of public park
Green Party figures from the five boroughs that meet at Crystal Palace – Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon – have united to oppose what they have called the “privatisation” of the Grade...
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Residents debate the role of Crystal Palace Park: May 28
With proposals to redevelop Crystal Palace Park, a group of local residents have started The Information Project to publicise the possibilities for the park and to help create a critical, intellectual...
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Critic of London’s high-rise blocks heads Palace debate
Peter Wynne Rees, the former chief planner for the City of London who recently criticised planning policy across the capital for allowing too many high-rise blocks that were being marketed by...
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China syndrome is a blight for Crystal Palace Park
ANDREW PELLING reports on (yet another) consultation on the future of the much-loved but much-neglected Crystal Palace Park Sometimes, politicians and public bodies can overdo consultations with the...
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Coe’s company was given brief to bulldoze sports stadium
Sebastian Coe’s company, CSM Strategic, which is undertaking a “consultation” on behalf of London Mayor Boris Johnson, was given a brief to restructure the sports facilities at Crystal Palace to best...
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MP Barwell ducks TV appearance as pressure begins to mount
REVERSE FERRET ALERT! Gavin Barwell, the Tory MP for the Whitgift Foundation, has pulled out of an appearance on this week’s BBC Sunday Politics programme. Barwell has never knowingly declined an...
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City Hall documents confirm Palace park schemes are linked
Attempts by one of Sebastian Coe’s companies to distance themselves from any relationship with China’s ZhongRong Group appear to be in vain after the Greater London Authority published its consultants’...
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It’s all gone a bit Pete Tong for ZhongRong’s Palace scheme
It’s all gone a bit Pete Tong for ZhongRong’s takeover of a massive chunk of Crystal Palace Park. Bromley Council has today issued a press release confirming what had been widely expected for some...
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Crystal Palace stages the first Dino Dash Relay, June 17
There’s a new running event coming to Crystal Palace Park next month: the Dinosaur Dash Relay. Taking place in the beautiful Victorian park, this evening relay – the race starts at 7.30pm on June 17 –...
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Palace revolution as Bromley hands park to community
Bromley Council has agreed to hand over the management and governance of Crystal Palace Park to a community-led trust. The decision has been described as “one of the most important decisions in 30...
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Palace users call on Coe to honour his legacy promises
Within a day of Sebastian Coe winning election to one of the most powerful positions in world sport, users of the under-threat facilities at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre have issued a...
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Trustees abandon free school plan for Crystal Palace Park
Controversial plans to build a free school in the middle of a Grade II-listed public park have been abandoned. The Crystal Palace Primary School wanted the public to pay for its buildings in the middle...
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E Prix at Crystal Palace could offer electric atmosphere
Organisers behind the international Formula E electric car racing series have visited Crystal Palace Park to consider its track as an alternative venue for their London race. Formula E uses specially...
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Light at the end of the tunnel as 1m view Subway film report
A two-minute film about the “secret” Crystal Palace Subway, nestled beneath a busy south London road, has taken the internet by storm, leading to fresh hope that fundraising targets will be met to open...
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Public only get to peek in at the uncertain Palace plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Nearly a year on since Boris Johnson stood on the terracing of the old Crystal Palace to announce a £500 million “investment” and the handing over of a significant chunk of public...
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In Crystal Palace Park, sphinx ain’t wot they used to be
They are painting the town – or at least the sphinxes – red in Crystal Palace this week. For the first time in more than a century, some of the statues on the terracing in Crystal Palace Park are...
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