Beech Gardens update

From the BEO:

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Dear residents 

Please be aware that VolkerLaser will be continuing with snagging works on Beech Gardens. VolkerLaser will be continuing the excavation and repairs to a small area along from Mendelssohn's Tree close to John Trundle Court and Lauderdale Tower there will be some noisy works. The working hours will be 9.00am to 5.00pm. 

Barbican Estate Office

Wardmote moved to 11th March

The date of the 2016 Cripplegate Wardmote is now 11th March (was previously planned for the 16th March).

The time and venue remains the same, the Barber Surgeons Hall at 19:30.

See the earlier post and the house group calendar (on the upper right of the blog page) for more information.

Beech Street closed - 23 and 30 January

From the BEO:

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Dear Residents 

Beech Street is scheduled to be fully closed for tunnel maintenance between 9am and 4pm on Saturdays 23 and 30 January 2016. 

There will be no access to Beech Street between Golden Lane and Aldersgate Street during the hours stated above. All vehicular traffic will be diverted via Aldersgate Street, London Wall, Moorgate, Finsbury Pavement and Chiswell Street. Access to pedestrians shall be maintained. 

Access to both Defoe/Shakespeare car park and Lauderdale Place during the planned road closures will be maintained via Golden Lane. Vehicles will be escorted by the site operatives. 

If you have any queries, please contact Andrea Moravicova, Streetworks Communications Officer on 020 7332 1893. 

With regards
Barbican Estate Office

Rattle Hall "rejected by leading musicians"

An article in the Guardian discusses the proposed location of the new concert hall which the City would like to be built on the current Museum of London site.  It seems that "leading musicians"would prefer a riverside location.

Leading musicians prefer to be beside the riverside

Substation Alarm before Christmas

We have an update from a City officer about the substation alarm which disturbed people for a few days over the Christmas period:

I had hoped to bring more detail to my reply before responding to your note but I'm aware time is passing so wanted you to assure you that we have not let matters rest on this event. We are still following up on the activation occurrence to establish root cause. I will be in touch as soon as this piece of work is complete. In the meantime I would wish to extend our sincere apologies to all residents who were inconvenienced by this alarm.

The alarm in question

Bernard Morgan House Proposals

As discussed on Barbican Talk:

Taylor Wimpey will be presenting their proposals for "returning (the site) to non-institutional residential use" (sic) on the premises 5pm - 8pm, Friday 29th January and 10am - 4pm on Saturday 30th January.

Bernard Morgan house used to be a police section house (e.g. accommodation for visiting officers) but was sold by the City last year.

Here is the letter mentioned in the Barbican talk thread:

Click image to read the whole letter

Baggage Stores - A Survey

The Estate Office have sent out a link to a survey-monkey survey about baggage stores ...

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We are looking to provide additional store facilities for residents.

In order for us to look at all the options, we would appreciate your assistance in responding to this survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/baggagestoresurvey

Survey to close on Monday 25 January 2016.