Rachel Miller
@RachelofLondon
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RachelofLondon over where the skies are blue now.
London
Joined July 2010
REAL ESTATE, PLEASE DO YOUR THING. @MayorofLondon wants empty offices, shops and hotel rooms in which to house homeless people during this freezing weather. @LdnPropAlliance is rallying real estate companies to help. More in @EGPropertyNews (no paywall)
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Oh nothing just an urban planner from overseas praising the excellent quality of new housing and commercial developments in London. And he’s right. London is a stunning city, and generally (not always) gets new development spot on. Privilege to live here.
I recently spent time in London and visited some new mixed-use developments. I was blown away by what I saw – and there is so much that we can learn in the Toronto context, including the need for better but fewer materials, more colour, less roads and more varied site plans. 🧵
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In the future, everyone will be Housing Minister for 15 minutes.
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Worrying.
🧵🪡 Yesterday evening a balcony collapsed in onto the street in my apartment building, just 4 years after construction. The building, whose freeholder is Barking & Dagenham Council, was constructed by @BouyguesUK on behalf of @lbbdcouncil ‘s social and affordable housing
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This is so perfect
NEWS: St.Pancras station unveiled its Christmas tree today! We know, but it is a beauty. It's covered in books and there are cubby holes around the bottom where you can sit and read.
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“Local builders have been squeezed out of the market,” Berry says. “We know that consumer satisfaction is higher for smaller housebuilders, because their reputation depends on building quality homes. The volume builders just turn up, build, then move on.”
I went on crap homes safari to find out why Britain's new-build housing is so rubbish. Here's what I found
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Now here's a rabbit hole... all the culture on one map. Well, a lot of it, anyway
londonist.com
Ziggy Stardust rubs shoulders with Mrs Dalloway, a Camberwell carrot smoulders away beneath Boris Karloff...
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Hello again #Leeds water taxi. Every time I'm in this city the sun comes out, quite the contrast to Manchester yesterday.
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🔺Investigation: Britain’s homeless children. I’ve spent time with 2 families in Stockport and London with no where to live, navigating a broken housing system. At one primary school, half of the pupils are homeless, living in temporary accommodation.
itv.com
Watch the latest from ITV News - Research by Shelter, shared exclusively with ITV News, found that 172 families are being made homeless every day, totalling 5,223 per month.
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Did a podcast on innovative funding for housing, listen here! https://t.co/d77MKJB8jj Or other podcast provider of your choice. Thanks @andrewjteacher for hosting and John Tatham @pfpcapital for the conversation
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Who would not want to be painted like this, I love it
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Let's do it.
Great to have @SimonPeterHunt of @EveningStandard on board with the idea of reclaiming London's many, and large, golf courses for housing, parks and wildlife. https://t.co/JBeSy7BLoB
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Great interview with @Barker4Kate which starts with inflation and keeps coming back to housing https://t.co/YVUA7VffHy (gift link if you get in quick)
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Just finished watching #ThePower based on the book by @naomialderman. Had such high hopes for this and... massively exceeded. Recommending to everyone!
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“The problem is that nobody ever gave them a deadline, so they are taking their sweet time.” https://t.co/fj4vfrhsyU
theguardian.com
Peabody yet to restore park after finishing construction work in 2020, leaving children with no green space
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Let #Southwark barbecue. Plenty of park space for others.
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