"... a £16 million project that will see the Hall become an arts centre, featuring a two-screen cinema and performance space. An inner courtyard will be covered with a glass roof and turned into a gallery space and cafe ..."
I'm thinking the person who wrote the article doesn't like Crouch End much either...
"the space out front inhabited by skateboarders, indolent drunks and defecating pigeons", "the area is a wasteland when it comes to posh eateries and drinking holes" and "perhaps the pretentious pronounciation of "crew-shorned" will be dispensed with permanently".
Bit harsh.
I only looked at the pictures.
That said, now you've made me read it, that Londonist article should be a handout in a class called "What bloody awful writing looks like".
It's a bit of an in-joke with people who live there. It's supposed to be "Crouch End" in a Frenchy kind of accent. A bit like Hyacinth Bucket pronouncing her surname as Bouquet in Keeping Up Appearances which I watch all the time because it really knows how to stretch one joke over 72 episodes.
I read "the area is a wasteland when it comes to posh eateries and drinking holes" as being sarcastic.
It really would help if people would [sarcastic]properly tag their sentences[/sarcastic].
@Andy - I'm not sure it's fair to expect good grammar and eloquent prose from a website edited by a man (a real man, not a Chris Morris character) who calls himself "M@".
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Having said that, I do quite like Londonist..
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