An opportunity to live in Greenwich...

We are sad to see one of our housemate is leaving and we would wish him all the best for his future undertakings. As a result, bedroom 2 (http://greenwich-tunnelavenue.blogspot.com/p/rent-room_28.html) is now available from 1st October 2011. Please email greenwich.tavenue@gmail.com to register your interest.

Thames Cable Car proposal to go ahead

Construction of the Wilkinson Eyre-designed cable car across the River Thames will begin this summer, Transport for London (TfL) has announced

The £50.5 million scheme will connect the Greenwich Peninsula and the 02 to the Royal Victoria Docks and the ExCeL.

Up to 2,500 people per hour will be able to make the 1.1km, five-minute journey across the river in one of structure’s 34 gondola cabins.

The scheme’s cost was originally estimated to be as low as £25million when it was announced in July 2010 and TfL had said that it would not be paying to build the project.

TFL confirmed it would now be providing ‘upfront funding for the cable car’ and would seek to recoup its costs but could not guarantee that taxpayers would not foot at least some of the bill.

A spokesperson said the decision to pay upfront was ‘to aid the quick delivery’ of the project, which TfL was ‘striving’ to deliver in advance of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.

They said this remained ‘an extremely challenging timeline for a complex project’ and could not provide a date by which they were confident the scheme would be completed.

The spokesperson said that the initial costing had been a ‘preliminary estimate’ and that the £50.5million contract included operational running costs of £5.5million for up to three years.

The Greater London Authority (GLA) has given its final approval for Wilkinson Eyre’s proposed cable car across the River Thames in east London

Capable of carrying 2,500 passengers an hour, the new route will link the O2 arena in Greenwich with the Excel exhibition centre in the Royal Docks - both 2012 Olympic venues.

Last month fears were raised that the £25 million scheme might cross the ‘public safety zone’ of the nearby London City Airport, however those concerns were subsequently dismissed by the National Air Traffic Control Services (NATs).

Expected to complete by July 2012, the cable cars would run 50m above the water and, according to Mayor Boris Johnson, would be ‘as good as a bus route with 30 buses on it’.

Johnson, said: “With permissions signed and sealed we are now a significant step closer to being able to cruise the east London skyline via an elegant cable car spanning the mighty Thames.

Source: the Architect's Journal

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Spotlight on Greenwich and Blackheath

Greenwich indoor market in the town centre has stalls from Wednesday to Sunday

Greenwich Park is surrounded by the buildings of the Royal Naval College

Circus Street is typical of West Greenwich

Blackheath village looks out on to the wide green expanse of the Heath

Greenwich and Blackheath are two of south London’s big surprises - airy green expanses, dissected by roads that give motorists a “wow” moment as they emerge from traffic-clogged Deptford. Take one route for the slopes of Greenwich Park, or another for the plateau of Blackheath.

Both areas have had a loyal following while remaining off most Londoners’ radar, mainly thanks to the lack of a Tube station. Then came the Docklands Light Railway.

Now City workers who prefer the period charms of Blackheath or Greenwich to an apartment in Canary Wharf are moving south and commuters are discovering quick links to the West End via DLR connections to the Jubilee line.

'Greenwich is more studenty while Blackheath has more of a village atmosphere'

Greenwich’s industrial riverfront has also undergone massive regeneration since the 1990s but redevelopment is still very much a work in progress, with luxury apartments overlooking derelict warehouses and crumbling wharves.

Source: Evening Standard 26th May 2010

nearly there...

It's been a long week but as promised, more pictures to come...

Another two more rooms to go!

Finally! After a very long four weeks it's done!

Do have a look at the newly renovated house. It is still partially empty at the moment. Furnitures are coming in at the end of this week!

Here's a sneak preview of what's to come. Enjoy!

more to come!

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