Thanks for the really interesting coverage about the Brockwell Park issue!
I've attended Mighty Hooplah several times and very much match the demographic of the '5 gays with laptops' and ordinarily would describe myself as more of a YIMBY.
However, I've lived very close to Finsbury Park for about 6 years and having experienced the disrupti…
Thanks for the really interesting coverage about the Brockwell Park issue!
I've attended Mighty Hooplah several times and very much match the demographic of the '5 gays with laptops' and ordinarily would describe myself as more of a YIMBY.
However, I've lived very close to Finsbury Park for about 6 years and having experienced the disruption that occurs every summer I feel conflicted.
Every summer in Finsbury park the set up begins, taking over at least 50 percent of the park for weeks and weeks, erecting massive fences that get in the way of thoroughfares, huge trucks roll through, and burly staff in high-vis yell at you if you happen to try and walk or cycle the wrong way.
As someone who has lived without a garden for many years, Finsbury Park operates as my garden, my gym and my social space. I get frustrated when that is taken away from me for big chunks of the warmer months and resent the private companies using a community and public space to make money.
I appreciate that it's an important fundraiser for cash strapped council- but perhaps if we could see tangible results of that money improving the parks it wouldn't leave such a bad taste in the mouth?!
I believe there's a middle ground somewhere that allows festivals to still go ahead, while perhaps minimising the infrastructure, or compacts the set up and pack down time... or perhaps like your piece mentions, it's a case of every other year, or maybe there's alternative spaces that are more suitable?
Not knowing the full details of the money that's being earned and not knowing how much each council is earning really does seem to be a core part of the problem here and one I'm going to put more effort into reporting - and of course, I'll send a reporter to court next Thursday...
It's really hard to find anything helpful on the Haringey website about the costs and profits for Finsbury Park and I have tried. That said I loathe the funfairs and the endless running events but I don't try and ruin everyone else's fun trying to stop them. There is room for a variety of events and space for things that the teenagers and younger adults of Haringey might actually want to do in the Park.
yeah that is the thing - why cannot there be any debate with proper numbers? This is something that was mentioned in the previous article. It's like there is no communication between parts and just festivals giving free tickets to the relevant politicians:?
Thanks for the really interesting coverage about the Brockwell Park issue!
I've attended Mighty Hooplah several times and very much match the demographic of the '5 gays with laptops' and ordinarily would describe myself as more of a YIMBY.
However, I've lived very close to Finsbury Park for about 6 years and having experienced the disruption that occurs every summer I feel conflicted.
Every summer in Finsbury park the set up begins, taking over at least 50 percent of the park for weeks and weeks, erecting massive fences that get in the way of thoroughfares, huge trucks roll through, and burly staff in high-vis yell at you if you happen to try and walk or cycle the wrong way.
As someone who has lived without a garden for many years, Finsbury Park operates as my garden, my gym and my social space. I get frustrated when that is taken away from me for big chunks of the warmer months and resent the private companies using a community and public space to make money.
I appreciate that it's an important fundraiser for cash strapped council- but perhaps if we could see tangible results of that money improving the parks it wouldn't leave such a bad taste in the mouth?!
I believe there's a middle ground somewhere that allows festivals to still go ahead, while perhaps minimising the infrastructure, or compacts the set up and pack down time... or perhaps like your piece mentions, it's a case of every other year, or maybe there's alternative spaces that are more suitable?
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
Not knowing the full details of the money that's being earned and not knowing how much each council is earning really does seem to be a core part of the problem here and one I'm going to put more effort into reporting - and of course, I'll send a reporter to court next Thursday...
It's really hard to find anything helpful on the Haringey website about the costs and profits for Finsbury Park and I have tried. That said I loathe the funfairs and the endless running events but I don't try and ruin everyone else's fun trying to stop them. There is room for a variety of events and space for things that the teenagers and younger adults of Haringey might actually want to do in the Park.
yeah that is the thing - why cannot there be any debate with proper numbers? This is something that was mentioned in the previous article. It's like there is no communication between parts and just festivals giving free tickets to the relevant politicians:?