Bill Nighy and Marc Warren
Seen over the ether, this post on The official Bill Nighy Experience: The Official Website, offers a detailed explanation of what is in store for Little Green Street for the next two years if truck traffic is allowed unlimited access to a construction site. (Permission has been granted by the powers that be.) Little Green Street is the only remaining all Georgian Street in London, with original houses and cobblestones. The road is quite narrow, and the street is used as a pass through by pedestrians and school children. Read my other post about the topic in this link.
Little Green Street is under 10 feet wide, as the photo below attests. How on earth lorries and trucks can rumble through continuously throughout the day without damaging the street with its ancient architecture or affecting the lifestyles of its residents is the question that is being argued. View the rest of the photo set at Flickr.
Little Green Street Protestors
Oh good, I’m glad this issue is getting some celebrity attention/support!
Good old Bill Nighy; it’s such a tragedy that the developers have been allowed to do this. I can’t help feeling that this would have ended in a bloody mob uprising – had it happened in the 18th century – although the economic downturn seems to have kept the work at bay for the time being.
I wondered it the economy had slowed things down. Thanks for the info. Frankly, I would have organized a committee as soon as I got wind of what was happening in my neighborhood and turned that ugly vacant lot into a splendid little communal park. I’ve been wondering why it has been left looking so scraggly – I do think it could have served a better purpose as a green space. Let’s hope it’s not too late for a compromise or solution, but permission has been granted, and there’s the rub.
What a beautiful wee street.
I wonder the extent to which the alternatives have been examined and costed – is this just the cheapest approach?
Presumably, if Little Green Street is not the access for the completed development there are other accesses to the site.
I knew there was a reason why I love Bill Nighy. :)
This is such a tragedy. But I’m so happy to see people getting out and protesting! We need more people who care like that in the world!