New affordable housing estate plans for Oldham revealed Reporter: Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter Date published: 16 February 2021
Building on the site could start in March 2022.
Plans for a ‘modern’ new affordable housing development on the site of two of Oldham’s run-down tower blocks have been revealed.
Housing association First Choice Homes Oldham has applied to the council to build 88 homes on land at the ‘gateway’ to the town, off Vale Drive.
The new estate, which would be a mix of apartments and houses, would take the place of 1960s tower blocks Crossbank House and Summervale House.
Residents of more than 240 properties of the 15-storey two blocks were moved out by the end of April last year, and they have since been standing empty.
Where To Get Your Lunar New Year Feast In NYC
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It s New Year s Day today for the more than a billion people around the world who follow the lunar calendar, and I think we all can agree that the outgoing Year of the Rat was, uh, considerably less than auspicious.
So, hell yeah, welcome Year of the Ox! And while there s no big Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade this weekend, nor those wonderfully raucous Lion Dances of Super Saturday, we can, and will, definitely still celebrate with a feast or three.
To that end, here s an extremely non-exhaustive guide to some of our favorite restaurants around town honoring the Lunar New Year. Some are open for takeout and delivery only (all the better for eating during virtual celebrations), others also offer outdoor seating, and some are even inviting diners back inside, in accordance with the 25% capacity rules. But no matter how you choose to celebrate, know that you l
âThe Children Shrieked in Delight as the Honking Train Passed Belowâ
Waiting on a bridge, getting carried away while dining out and more reader tales of New York City in this weekâs Metropolitan Diary.
Jan. 17, 2021
Dear Diary:
On a warm fall evening, a friend took me to the Carroll Street Bridge in Crown Heights for the first time. Unlike its more popular cousin, which crosses the Gowanus Canal, this bridge crosses the open cut of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle.
At the center of the bridge stood a woman. Two children sat beside her in a gray, plastic wagon. After crossing, my friend and I paused to chat and admire the bridge. Curiously, the woman and children didnât budge from their spot.
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March 29, 1970
“A street guy like T is a different kind of person. Everything for a guy like that, for, a member, is different. They’re in that private world of their own and that’s all they want to know. They’re in it all their lives. They’ve got fathers and uncles and cousins inside. They’re many inside and, believe me, they love it. They’re like gypsies, all by themselves with their secrets. They love to sit around and make deals with each other. Make their moves. When you and I are in bed, they’re making their moves.