Save The Mall

	THE MALL. CAMDEN PASSAGE
	THE END OF AN ERA?

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	Islington Gazette 23 Jan 08
	Evening Standard 14 Jan 08
	Islington Tribune 01 Feb 08
	Antiques Trade Gazette 14 Jan 08
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A vibrant community now under threat.
The collection of small antiques shops, centres and open air stalls, which make up the area known as Camden Passage, has over the years brought thousands of visitors to this historic, picturesque, area of Islington, to enjoy the charm and shopping opportunities of an internationally famous antiques venue. The influx benefits the whole community. Visitors wine and dine in the numerous local pubs, bars and restaurants and purchase provisions and gifts from the High Street shops. However, the area has lost, over the last few years, two major antiques centres and the largest area of outside stalls.
Now the one remaining antique arcade THE MALL is threatened with closure.
London & Associated Properties PLC, (LAP), the new owners of The Mall, have decided to knock down the interior structures of this imposing, Victorian, grade 2 listed building and convert it into a single retail unit. With the loss of the large number of antiques shops from this flagship venue at the heart of the Camden Passage antiques quarter the charming and slightly eccentric feel of the area will radically change. Visitors will disappear as the remaining antique shops will be unable to offer the variety and choice that has been the mainstay of the market up till now.
“You don't know what you've got till its gone.”
As the 60's song by Jodi Mitchell goes! Has much changed?
Well today it seems Councillors are waking up to the problems of chain stores taking over high streets, creating a bland unishop look to each city centre. They have determined a more enlightened attitude to planning in areas of special interest such as Camden Passage. There is a document, which is now part of the Environmental Policy which contains the following :-“At the heart of a sustainable development is the simple idea of ensuring a better quality of life for everyone.”
Please help Save the Mall and Camden Passage unique antiques venue.
Write or email your support for the preservation of small shops and the Mall and Camden Passage as an important antiques venue. Write or email your opposition to the application for listed building consent for the removal of the existing interior of The Mall and the destruction of the small shops. Emails to:- Councillor James Kempton. Leader of the Council. james.kempton@islington.gov.uk Address letters and emails to :- Lucianna Grave, Case Officer, Islington Development Planning, PO Box 333, 222 Upper Street, London N1 1YA, UK planning@islington.gov.uk Quote application number P080135 (Note:- P/zero/eight/zero/one/three/five) All comment must be received by 21st Feb. 2008