Crystal Palace Park
Public Consultation - The Report ,The Results
Crystal Palace Park
Public Consultation - The Report ,The Results
Published by:
Crystal Palace campaign
33 Hogarth Court, Fountain Drive, London SE19 1UY
Copyright: Day, Kolvin, Sacks 2002
Cover pictures (above): The famous "blotting paper" sketches by Joseph Paxton illustrating the concept of the original Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Page (in paper
copy) 5 7 8 Introduction 11 The
Questionnaire 14 Distribution 18 The Response 20 Methodology 22 The Top Site 24 The Museum Area 29 The Main Park 31 The Sports Centre
33 Conclusions 35 36
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FOREWORD
by Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
This report makes an
important contribution to the debate on the future for
Crystal Palace Park. Crystal Palace Park is one
of the most significant regional parks in South London, with
a world-famous heritage. As such, Londoners should join me
in calling for its future protection and
enhancement. The decline in quality and
loss of green space is of grave concern to me. My London
Plan (spatial development strategy) will seek to protect and
improve parks and open spaces of local and regional
significance. photograph by Liane Harris The quality of the Park in
recent years has not been of a standard fit for a regional
park, or for the communities surrounding it. Improvements
are needed, but not developments of a scale best suited to
an urban town centre. I commend the Crystal
Palace Campaign for their extensive efforts in consulting
the local community on a future for the Park. This
consultation has been wide-ranging and included groups such
as children, who often do not get a say in the future of
their areas. I hope that the community
can now work with Bromley Council and other nearby local
authorities to agree a way forward and I look forward to
being consulted on future proposals.
Ken Livingstone
Mayor of London
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
& THANKS
Consultation
panel Yvonne Dean, Wendy Gomez,
Philip Kolvin, Peter Lawson, Martin Jon Eames, Julia
Dwyer Questionnaire
design Vivien Day, Fred Emery,
Philip Kolvin, Kalina Palka, Ray Sacks Web Questionnaire
design Ray Sacks Distribution
leaders Lorna English, Janet
More Distribution
network The valiant people who
took the time and effort to walk round the area distributing
40,000 questionnaires. Park survey
leader Janet More Park survey
team Peter Archer, Hugh
Blake-James, Vivien Day, Nick Goy, Gillian Hastings, Sheila
Hodgson, Mr & Mrs Jarrett, Lillian Johnson, Gary
Philips, Philip Kolvin, Adrian Moore, Elise More, Janet
More, Diane Redford, Lyn Rietig, Ray Sacks, Tim
Walker. Data
co-ordinator Vivien Day Data handling Vivien Day, Joan Forbes,
Pat Trembath, Janet More, Ray Sacks, Philip
Kolvin Statistical
advisor Prof. I. Kolvin Authors Vivien Day, Philip Kolvin,
Ray Sacks Schools The heads, teachers and
pupils who made the schools contribution so successful:
Alexandra Junior School, All Saints Infant School, Anerley
Primary School, Cator Park School for Girls, Churchfields
Primary School, Dulwich College Kindergarten School (Ducks),
Dulwich College, Kingsdale School, Royston Primary School,
Sydenham High School for Girls. Shops,
libraries Anerley Library, Beckenham
Library, Bookseller Crow, Dulwich Books, Kirkdale Bookshop,
Penge Library, Safeways(Upper Norwood & Sydenham
branches) Sainsburys Homebase(Penge) and Upper Norwood
Library for accepting our questionnaire collection
boxes. Draft report
comments Patsy Barnes, Laurie
Johnston, Wendy Jones, Janet More, Kalina Palka, Pat
Trembath.
Above all, thank you to
the 2,313 people who took the trouble to respond to our
questionnaire. It is you who have made the whole exercise worthwhile.
Editor's
note:
1:- the report on the website is exactly the same text as in the
paper version. Only some formatting changes have been made to improve
legibility and navigation
2:- all tables now included - report on website is complete
3:- Thanks also to Dr Ian Zone (help with table calculations)
