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Rippingly good 40s Radio Hour for church fund


STIFF upper lips at the ready... The Fitzrovia Radio Hour “blends comedy, homage and satire to create a heady theatrical cocktail” and it’s in Blackheath this month. The original 1940s-style radio plays are performed by a cast of three, complete with sound effects, dinner jackets and it’s all “Rippingly good fun,” says Blackheath Society spokesman John Bartram. The hour-long shows will raise money for the St Michael’s Church restoration appeal. The evening starts with a fish and chip supper from Vintage Fish, homemade desserts and a licensed cash bar. Doors open at 7pm in the Church Hall in Blackheath Park, SE3. Tickets cost £20 and are available on 07752 303133.


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March 2017 Page 7 THREE-CORNERED CROWNING GLORY OF £8BN PENINSULA SCHEME


COOL: Winter Gardens inside Peninsula Place


THIS is the vast futuristic three- towered skyscraper that will be the centrepiece of the new


THE TRI-SCRAPER


replace bat-winged bus station (right)


Iconic towers will ALL CHANGE:


THE FAN MUSEUM


£8.4billion Greenwich Peninsula. Peninsula Place – by Spanish/ Swiss architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava – has homes, hotels and offices in each of its towers. The 1.4million sq ft building will include a replacement tube and bus station, a winter garden, theatre, cinema, bars, shops and a well-being hub and a new “land bridge” to the Thames. Around it apartment blocks will provide 15,720 new homes, a


But will Greenwich’s new highrise by scuppered by...a bus station?


film studio, design district, schools, offices and public spaces. Developers Knight Dragon say the dramatic new building “signals the intent and ambition for this whole new district.” The firm’s Sammy Lee said: “My ambition is for Greenwich Peninsula to be a unique cultural destination for Londoners and visitors to this global city. Calatrava’s contribution will ensure that the


UK’s biggest regeneration project fulfils its potential to become just that.” The plans were revealed at a launch in Greenwich last month. But The Twentieth Century Society has begun a campaign to protect the award-winning Foster + Partners- designed bus station.


It says the transport interchange – with a bat wing-shaped roof – should be Grade Two listed, which could


stop the Pensinula Place going ahead. It insists “North Greenwich Interchange is a superb example of very late-20th-century transport infrastructure and is of exceptional arc hit ec tural, historic and engineering interest.” Some suggest the structure should be moved elsewhere on the development. Another pre-Millennium building


treasure – the eco Sainsbury’s store at Peartree Way – was demolished despite a similar campaign. A new Ikea store will replace it next year. Tell us your thoughts: Email Matt TheGreenwichVisitor.com


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