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Hands off our park
A petition has been launched to challenge the fencing off of half the park for July:
https://www.change.org/p/hands-off-our-park
https://www.change.org/p/hands-off-our-park
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It is outrageous - whether you feel it shouldn't happen or the opposite - the relative pittance haringey Council have negotiated for this borough is bizarre. If you look at the figures, paranoia does kick in somewhat to why these events are happening.
In reality, the entire layout of the park needs rethinking - digging up the road that runs through it, the 200 trees ripped out, replanted. I'd take years of festivals, more than we have if the roadmap was to eventually turn Finsbury Park in to a properly green space that works for a large population of inner city London and eventually had no need to ruin the park for four weeks out of a 12 week summer.
As it is, with its current layout, council mismanagement, crime and issues with drainage throughout the winter - it's at best the worst major park in London and at worst, not fit for purpose.
Police I spoke to were blaming promoters.
The fact that nearby streets are totally overwhelmed just shows what an unsuitable choice of location it is.
But it's dirt cheap for the promoters, and I'm sure the police crowd control comes free of charge, so they don't need to care.