03923oam 2200685I 450 991046267960332120210622094731.01-283-97272-70-203-07552-81-135-12071-410.4324/9780203075524(CKB)2670000000325583(EBL)1114677(OCoLC)827208940(SSID)ssj0000866898(PQKBManifestationID)11448107(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000866898(PQKBWorkID)10879141(PQKB)10875124(OCoLC)826803720(MiAaPQ)EBC1114677(Au-PeEL)EBL1114677(CaPaEBR)ebr10650301(CaONFJC)MIL428522(EXLCZ)99267000000032558320180706e20131976 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe battle for Tolmers Square /Nick WatesAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (245 p.)Routledge revivalsFirst published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.0-415-65893-4 0-415-65892-6 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; The Battle for Tolmers Square; Copyright; Contents; Maps and diagrams; Introduction; A place called Tolmers Square; 1. Conflict of interest; The mechanics of property speculation; Introducing Stock Conversion and Investment Trust; What's wrong with office development; 2. The First Attack; Tolmers Square Tenants win round one; The Euston Centre; 3. Die slowly, you'll enjoy it more; Stock conversion buy into Tolmers Square; The authorities' contribution; Blight; 4. Forced into a deal; The Council tries to plan; Starting a partnership; The Levy Deal; 5. Claudius to the rescueThe Claudius OfferCamden's reaction; 6. The 'stop the levy deal' campaign; Party split; An assessment; -7. Don't let them do it to us; Student intervention; The birth of the Tolmers Village Association; Formulating a community plan; Talking to architects; Maintaining and enhancing the community; Direct action; Publicity; Trying to be a strong representative body; Successes and failures; 8. Squatting; The invasion; New Energy; Reversing decline; Avoiding eviction; 9. Council take control...; Why it happened; 10 .... or do they?; A monstrous proposal; The struggle continuesAppendix-A little local historyThe Manor of Tottenhall; The Southampton Estate development; Tolmers Square; Tolmers at the end of the nineteenth century; The twentieth century; Notes to appendix; Sources; Photograph sources; Photograph location map; Chronology of eventsFirst published in 1976, this book tells of the dramatic struggle between tenants' groups, community associations, students, squatters, intellectuals, political parties, and property developers at Tolmers Square in north London. The author describes how property developers, interested only in maximising profits, attempted to redevelop the Tolmers area for offices, while the local authority, pressurised by local tenants and faced with a housing shortage, tried to redevelop for housing. This book is about the politics of central city redevelopment.Although this text focuses on one partRoutledge RevivalsUrban renewalEnglandLondonReal estate investmentEnglandLondonHousingEnglandLondonElectronic books.Urban renewalReal estate investmentHousing333.3370942Wates Nick.937985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462679603321The battle for Tolmers Square2113088UNINA