Tuesday 6 June 2023
News & features published on 6 June 2023
Minerva House: riverside offices to be extended
Plans to refurbish and extend the Minerva House office block next to Southwark Cathedral and St Mary Overie Dock have been given the green light by Southwark's planning committee.
Bear Lane: green light for new office block alongside rail line
Southwark councillors have approved plans for a new office block on the site of the workshop where the orb and cross for the restored Frauenkirche in Dresden were made.
Tweets on 6 June 2023
?Minerva House revamp and extension approved. Quick write-up here: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/10758
(nb live stream cut of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
paul_catherall The National Theatre - probably my favourite of all London buildings. It always puts me in mind of a sleek brutalis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Borough & Bankside Cllr @IrinavonWiese said many of her constituents are reaching "a tipping point … where many peo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
And here’s the SE1 community newspaper’s 1978 report of the mysterious fire that paved the way for the redevelopmen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
And this 1982 image also by @Peter_Marshall shows Minerva House nearing completion (note St Mary Overie Dock was st… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 1979 @Peter_Marshall captured this image of the demolition of New Hibernia Wharf flickr.com/photos/peterma…
Here’s how the SE1 community newspaper reported the planning committee hearing on the Minerva House development bac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
James Shipton of Minerva House developer GPE: "It is estimated that the improved building will support > 1,600 jobs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Amir @livingbankside: "The cathedral and its surrounding conservation areas are Southwark's crown jewels. How can w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
RT @MPSLambethNorth: ?Calling all Cyclists ? https://t.co/46zgfjYUYY
MPSLambethNorth Today a member of the team- PC Partleton whilst off duty and on route to work intervened in a domestic assault at W… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Committee now considering plan for extra floors @ Minerva House next to Southwark Cathedral. Borough archaeologist… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
?Chair’s casting vote used to approve Bear Lane office block scheme after councillors’ vote tied 2-2.
Read more… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
£250k knocked off asking price for Roupell Street house in just a month
rightmove.co.uk/properties/134… pic.twitter.com/4816i1wWwU
Borough & Bankside councillor @DavidWatsonLD told the committee: "This development was conceived pre-pandemic and n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Architect Trevor Morriss described the scheme as "a proposal that respects and responds to the setting of the stree… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The site in Bear Lane - where developers want to build a new office block - was where the orb and cross at the top… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Tonight we're keeping tabs on Southwark's planning committee which is dealing with two SE1 schemes:
➡️ Minerva Hou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
MPSLambethNorth As part of Op Ebracteola we have been out today visiting local shops and talking to staff about how we are going to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
MPSLambethNorth Court Result
After yesterdays arrest on Westiminster Bridge for providing the facilities to gamble Alexandru-Cristi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Similar incident in County Street SE1 last week twitter.com/NewJournal/sta…
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