From Peckham Vision
Welcome to Peckham Vision
Peckham Vision encourages informed discussion about the future of Peckham Town Centre, and stimulates ideas on transforming the central area of Rye Lane around Peckham Rye station, Copeland Industrial Park and the Bussey building. See especially here and here. contact us through our contact page or email: info@peckhamvision.org
|
|
Random article
|
| A Tram Depot is a desolate place
In April 2007, Peckham Vision took Peckham residents for a ride on Croydon’s tram before visiting the tram depot.
The journey through Croydon by tram was as smooth and pleasant as I would have expected from such a modern form of transport. The service was prompt, quiet, clean and green. But as we arrived at the depot itself, I have to say my heart sank. This desolate place was a kind of ‘industrial suburbia’, clinging to the edge of the city and surrounded by large warehouses and car showrooms.
Security was tight, and a galvanised steel fence shut the site off to the passing public. As we entered through a small gate the vast maintenance shed loomed ahead. At 100 metres long, a street of two storey houses could fit under its huge roof. Read More..
|
|
