Rich Suvner
Skint years RIP
According to radio in SW London, Croydon was awarded this 'status' in 1980 -even the radio DJ was taking the piss. The last 30 years clearly haven't been kind.
Croydon - UK's most modern skyline!
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The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
Maybe I’m biased but I think Croydon’s skyline is pretty impressive. It’ll be even more impressive when they finish the new 42 floor residential tower.
bhaexpress
New member
If it's so impressive then how come Al Kyida haven't attacked it yet ?
I remember that skyline being built in the early 1960s. We were all VERY proud of it and it was called 'mini-Manhattan', there was a fly-over and an underpass and EVERYTHING! I lived up the hill in Sanderstead and I could see the buildings going up from my back garden in Church Way.
A much-maligned town Croydon for those who don't know it. Unlike Brighton where it takes DECADES to get anything approved and built Croydon is quite a progressive town not scared of change (it put a new tramway in as well)
A much-maligned town Croydon for those who don't know it. Unlike Brighton where it takes DECADES to get anything approved and built Croydon is quite a progressive town not scared of change (it put a new tramway in as well)
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
It does have a hell of a lot of hideously ugly buildings though. When are they going to knock that monstrosity of a post office next to the station down?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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When are they going to start building that super-duper development by the station? Or was it only viable before the Global Financial Crisis?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Gotta love the trams tho eh? 
bhaexpress
New member
I've always quite liked the 50p building
Yes but to bring it into line with current Croydon accounting practices it's now known as the half pence in the pound building.
Hunting 784561
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- Jul 8, 2003
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The problem is that Croydon changed massively in the 60s and 70s, but it looks horribly dated already.
bhaexpress
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Gotta love the trams tho eh?
Anything that gets you out of Croydon quickly has to be a good idea. Still the trams don't go near Selhurst for some reason.
The Hon Sec
New member
Got relatives in Church Way. But anyway have lived and worked in Croydon over the years and always found the continuous development impressive. Even more being planned I understand around East Croydon. Always amazed by the number of ex-croydonites I have bumped into around my part of the county having moved out with their families.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
looks like a Russian airport......
I've always quite liked the 50p building
When I had the misfortune to live near there in the '70s we used to call it the threepenny bit building. That's inflation for you I suppose!
Because there's a train that goes there already you fuckwit. You can't connect with Wimbledon or Beckenham on a direct train from Croydon.
Surrey Seagull
New member
Useless fact coming but I used to work there during the late 80s and early 90s. It was far better than the building which replaced it on Beddington Farm road built very close to the sewage works (smell of which was piped directly into the work area) and had these very cheap and nasty flickering flourescent lights. The management were puzzled by the sudden rise in sickness days there compared to the old site.
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tonymgc
Banned
City of 1,000 dreams!
Pat McCrotch
Lurker
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
It's on the way now - I work on Cherry Orchard road, alongside the railway line, and the houses next to the road have just been all demolished, and Any johnson house is on it's way down. the royal mail building and the Porter and Sorter are next. Once they've all gine they have a huge area both sides of the raillways line to develop.