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4 hours ago, Nigello said:

No, let’s be realistic and base our predictions on ample evidence. 

So let's never do anything that might improve an area, because it will just be dragged down to the level of what's presently there?

Is that what you are saying?

I don't have the time or the inclination to do the research, but I'm pretty sure that I have read  that when people who had lived in a very run down area  were given  nice surroundings, they appreciated and looked after them.

I think there's a similar square-type thing around Queens Road Peckham, which has stayed in pretty good nick. It was certainly a vast improvement. 

Having said that, it would be terribly sad if small businesses suffer in the process. I love the fruit 'n' veg stalls & shops on Rye Lane, and the atmosphere in general atmosphere and very much hope that a new station square and the stalls aren't mutually exclusive. 

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Yes, the Council's scheme for Peckham Rye station square is going ahead and is welcomed. However, the major project for the rebuilding of the station itself to provide improved accessibility has not received government funding and is being 'paused'. There seems little prospect of that scheme now going ahead in the current Parliament. This is regrettable as it is one of the busiest stations on the network outside central London. 

I know this ship has passed but I prefer the arcade. I like the Art Deco building, which matches a lot of buildings of a similar age and style all along Rye Lane. The big problem is that it's filthy. The TSB along one side has blank windows so that shop, although occupied is a dead zone and it's dirty and scruffy. Meanwhile the units on the other side are closed. If all the units had shops trading in them and everything was kept clean and shiny then the arcade would be nice. 

When you look back at Rye Lane on streetview the oldest images date back to 2008 mostly and to 2012 in parts. 

 

There was no graffiti or closed down shops at all then. It looks like a pleasant, clean and thriving high street, and the arcade around the station looks much better. 

 

What has happened to it in the last 20 years?

 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/mfaUkdzG4qZVYxFMA

 

And the state of it most recently

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ecVHvh6UwsoBt1uu6

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Yes, sad how Rye Lane has taken a dive, interesting to see those pics CPR Dave. It's shocking how the section between Choumert Road and the Nag's Head in particular has lost its vibrancy, meanwhile the next section to the top of Peckham Rye Common has gentrified. Wonder why such a distinction in fortunes?

Anyway the station square plans have fallen behind yet again, demolition won't now start this summer. The only "work" that will now take place this summer is surveying of the arcade, which they've had 10 years since planning permission to do. At least the replacement TSB branch has progressed but the Blenheim Grove corner building still looks unfinished, despite claims it "is now complete".

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/planning-environment-and-building-control/current-and-future-development/peckham-and-nunhead-2

Yes - remove shutters and put them behind the glass; apply resins or sprays that make it easier to remove paint; oblige landlords and shop owners to take action; patrol nightly, etc. There’s always a way. 

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