Posts Tagged ‘Megabowl’

Here we are – now a couple of days in to 2012 – with clear sober heads. It is time to reflect on the past year. News pundits called 2011 “the year of the news”. There was the Arab Spring, the UK Riots, the Tsunami in Japan, the Earthquake in New Zealand, the Royal wedding, [read more]

Streatham’s Town Centre Manager, Angelina Purcell has got some more news. Angelina previously managed Croydon’s town centre and held the post of Chief Executive of Croydon Chamber of Commerce. It was during this time that she was awarded an MBE for services to business development and international trade in South london. “Spring is finally here and [read more]

Things have been quiet here at Streatham Pulse over the Christmas period but now that it’s all over it’s time to reflect on the events of the past twelve months. 2010… began the same way it ended, covered in snow. Kids completely lost the plot with excitement when schools closed but most adults began to quickly [read more]

Last night at half ten, after a long drawn out planning meeting to discuss the application for the redevelopment of the Caesars/Megabowl site, Lambeth Council’s planning committee voted three to two in favour. The decision has been a long time coming and finally signals the end for the nightclub, Caesars, which, for better or worse, has come [read more]

It came as something of a surprise to me yesterday to hear Streatham’s Councillor Mark bennett tweeting from a meeting (that rhyme was unintentional by the way) with Glentoran, the owners of the Megbowl site. They were presenting their latest plans for the redevelopment, which are due to go before a Council planning meeting in April, [read more]

I recently stumbled across the site 28 Days Later. This is a site for the type of people who like to spend their free time exploring abandoned  buildings, drains and cranes as well as infiltrating active sites. In the words of one of its members ‘Alias’, “Urban Exploration and Infiltration is about learning to appreciate [read more]

3. The last proposal   2. The second proposal   3. The first proposal Property Developer Glentoran has had it’s plans for the redevelopment of the Megabowl/Ceasars site rejected for the third time. The controversial proposal has divided many in Streatham, with a large number of local businesses in favour but most resident associations against it. The Streatham [read more]

This is an artists impression of the revised Magabowl/Ceasars development viewed from the corner of Cricklade Avenue and Streatham High Road. It doesn’t look much different from the previous plans except that the Lantern style gable roofs have been squared off. I preferred them as they were. And here are some more perspectives. [read more]

Read about the new plans for Streatham Megabowl site here. [read more]