Wards+Corner

Wards Corner is set to be demolished if current plans to build 8 storey blocks of flats go ahead. To find out more, please visit the Wards Corner website (see below) which outlines the community's wish to preserve these buildings and regenerate the area through investment in local people. http://wardscorner.wikispaces.com/ http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/14551.html code The former Wards department store building on the corner of Seven Sisters Road and the High Road is an early twentieth century example of a steel-framed three-storey structure with large internal spaces. It is the only example of such a building in Tottenham and thus a significant part of Tottenham's architectural heritage. The building has been stripped of its exterior decorative features and has stood empty since the 1970s, but retains many elegant Edwardian features such as large glass skylights and wide interior spaces supported by pillars with interesting carved decoration.

Although the petition was conceived independently of the fight to save Seven Sisters Market, it has now become part of the alternative community plan being put forward for the redevelopment of the Wards Corner site. Anyone who supports the preservation of Tottenham's heritage may sign the petition, and is able to leave comments which can be read by others visiting the website.

The signatories include David Schmitz, the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for the Tottenham constituency, Justin Hinchliffe of Tottenham Conservatives, and Michael Hammerson, a member of the Haringey Design Panel which adjudicated on the Haringey Design Awards 2007. All three have left comments supporting the aims of the petition and demanding that the Council revise its plans for the site to ensure that the building is preserved and restored as part of any redevelopment proposal.

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