Worst building in ED?

[MrBen]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> There are a few really lovely loft extensions

> which have gone-up of late - sympathetically

> styled in the manner of oversized temporary

> worksite portacabins.

>

> So my vote goes to them - well done.

Seconded. It's not actually that hard to design a sympathetic loft conversion that almost looks like it's part of the original design but 20-35k paid to a bunch of half ar$ed cowboys doesn't lend itself to aesthetic wants.

[the-e-dealer]

The Garage was there in the nineties too. I used fill up there.

[jimbo1964]

Yes... Citroen dealer. I can see it in my mind like a yellowing Hipstamatic print. I remember getting my Esso 'Man in Flight coins' when my old man filled up the Austin with 2 Star.

There was a really hideous care home down there too. I used to think one of the worst buildings was the new flats up Underhill overlooking the cemetery.. But now they're lived in and have plants and look loved I rather like them. My ugliest vote goes to the sad looking conversion of the old Heber Arms... Mainly because closed pubs make me a bit sad.

[Otta]

The flats on the corner of Underhill & Overhill are not so much ugly or anything, as just... wrong it that surrounding.

[nimby]

The ones with windows ? Perfect place for them with that view. I think they are lovely- If a little Public!

[jimbo1964]

The white ones which were vacant for ages .. yes very open to public scrutiny. They look nice now they're lived in.

[El Pibe]

Those owls, that statue, the pants.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Melbourne+Grove,+London&hl=en&ll=51.45747,-0.078417&spn=0.00345,0.00795&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.440851,1.017609&oq=melbourne&t=m&hnear=Melbourne+Grove,+London,+United+Kingdom&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.457475,-0.078233&panoid=PcVxpPg1VzUeXJXE_Cd7nw&cbp=12,345.79,,0,-3.45

[El Pibe]

There's really only the one candidate...

https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.459972,-0.084341&spn=0.006899,0.0159&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.459972,-0.084341&panoid=J2nI3ysJC476SAHoKxRyrQ&cbp=12,181.09,,0,-11.42

(Doubtless this is where ED History tells me that SE22 != East Dulwich or something. That piece of unloved real estate is actually an enclave of Wandsworth after the War of Lambethine succession of 1765)

[nimby]

No it IS East Dulwich.

[edhistory]

East of Greendale is East Dulwich.

John K