Does anyone know what's happening to the Sobell Centre?

By kemblek at 08:54 on 05/07/09

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Does anyone know what's happening to the Sobell Centre?

By kemblek at 08:54 on 05/07/09
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It was widely reported at the end of last year that the Sobell Centre was expected to be bulldozed at the end of this year and rebuilt; a scheme that was scheduled to take 2 years.
Council leaders claimed that the building was dilapidated and would be cheaper to rebuild than repair.

Is this still happening? When the Clissold Leisure Centre was rebuilt local people were left without facilities for years as it was rebuilt and had to be closed for a further year or so to correct issues with the original rebuild!

By kemblek at 09:00 on 05/07/09
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The latest claim by Islington Council seems to have been that the consultation process was completed, a decision reached, but that the next stage would take at least 18 months to complete and that during it the centre would stay open qurl.com/548fj

This seems to have been published in Jan09, so I guess we have at least a year of access to the facilities before they get around to doing anything in particular.

By vardebedian at 22:05 on 05/07/09
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Apparently it has a stay of execution until the economy improves.

By lela34 at 12:02 on 06/07/09
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Frankly having visited it last week bulldozing it would be the best answer!

By mikeyn7 at 14:14 on 06/07/09
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The whole hairbrained scheme was based on selling part of the land for property development - something that would have had Michael Sobell turning in his grave.

The collapse of the market has happily scuppered the scheme, at least for now.

By ohrockyrocky at 18:00 on 06/07/09
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It is poorly designed. The way there is no pavement is annoying. It is a landmark -- I remember iceskating to Teena Marie many years ago -- but so was Highbury. They could do a lot more with that space, as well replace the centre.

By PorkDumpling at 15:25 on 07/07/09
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