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Peckham Vision is facilitating the emerging new Peckham Town Centre Forum and encouraging informed discussion about the future of Peckham Town Centre, particularly ideas on transforming the central area of Rye Lane around Peckham Rye station, Copeland Industrial Park and the Bussey building. See also alternative vision.
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Peckham Vision - "an important force for change' - August 2010, Architects Journal 5th September 2010 |  - celebration of station Old Waiting Room restoration
The AJ article "...juxtaposes a top-down development in Elephant and Castle with ground-up localism in Peckham". It says: Localism can, and does, improve the quality of the built environment by enabling professional skills and community ideas to coalesce. For example, Peckham Vision, a consortium of residents, artists, businesses and The Peckham Society, campaigns for a renewed Peckham town centre. The consortium is an impor... More... |
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| Peckham Rye Station square
Striking new images of plans to create a modern public realm in the heart of Peckham town centre were presented in 2007 to the Nunhead & Peckham Rye Community Council. For the powerpoint presentation see here and a summary here.
Valerie Shawcross, Southwark/Lambeth elected representative on the Greater London Assembly (GLA), made a strong case for dramatically improving the area around Peckham Rye Station. The image above shows something of what this vision could look like, with an open piazza surrounded by shops to replace the shabby buildings which currently occupy the site. Central to this work would be the restoration of the outstanding 1860s station building to its former glory, as well as transforming the first floor room into a community use. The proposal would also help reduce crime and serve to boost local usage of the area. More...
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