"Elegant unused Victorian" Former Toilets — картинки NofolloW.Ru

Alan Stanton • London • 30-01-2017

Описание: Dumped rubbish elegantly displayed alongside the bins outside the disused toilets between High Road, Tottenham and Rawlinson Terrace, Tottenham, London N17. Haringey Council's website carried an announcement on 7 December 2015. "Former public toilets on Monument Way have been earmarked for conversion into a new cafe or bar in a bid to bring the elegant unused Victorian building back into use. Under council regeneration plans, heritage features of the building would be restored, while a new terrace, seating, plants and an accessible entrance would be installed." In December 2016 another Haringey website posted an update on the project. This included a version of the same drawing as before. So there was no intrusion of gritty Tottenham reality into the previous rural make-believe. The website update reported that the building had been renovated and invited bids from businesses who want to use it for a "bar/caf'e". It described the closed toilets as "a much-loved local landmark". Which seems unlikely. I tend to see it more as quirky and curious. The website also described the building as: "in Tottenham’s commercial core". Adorning or embellishing truth? Or a needless falsehood which is quickly obvious to anyone who visits the location? Are these toilets a "Victorian" building? As I've mentioned before, another Council webpage tells us the toilets were built in the 1930s and are "mock Tudor". Although as we learn all the time, history often changes according to who writes it and who benefits from a different version. Cui bono? as lawyers sometimes say. ______________________________ § Wikipedia page about the Latin maxim 'Cui Bono?' to whose benefit? , often used by Cicero. As in this quotation: "The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?' " § Click here to view the December 2016 update fullsize. § The website Derelict London has a section on public toilets.