Environmental Improvement in Urban Area

1. ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT
IN
URBAN
AREA
FULHAM-­‐CHELSEA
WATERFRONT
ON
THE
RIVER
THAMES
The
riverside
area
of
Fulham
–
Chelsea
between
Wandsworth
and
Battersea
Bridges
was
a
bare
land
when
I
moved
there
in
1987.
The
only
functional
building
was
Sainsbury’s
supermarket
near
Wandsworth
Bridge.
The
landscape
was
neglected
and
the
riverbanks
were
not
secured
after
the
Sainsbury
footpath.
On
the
Battersea
side
the
new
and
exclusive
development
site
was
just
built,
The
Chelsea
Harbour
with
marina
which
attracted
rich
people
and
celebrities
to
buy
properties
there.
Only
around
that
site
landscape
was
developed.
I
was
taking
my
baby
daughter
for
walks
along
the
developed
sites
of
the
river.
The
wildlife
was
thriving
along
the
river,
especially
birds,
insects,
rodents
and
foxes.
The
waterfront
was
ugly
and
neglected.
On
the
land
site
there
were
remnants
from
the
previous
time,
power
stations,
gas
cylinders
and
derelict
docks
which
dominated
the
riverside
landscape.
Nobody
enjoyed
being
there
although
it
was
one
of
the
central
ecological
niche
in
London.
Over
period
of
time
it
became
a
dumping
place
for
all
sort
of
refuse
and
unwanted
domestic
appliances,
furniture
even
cars,
material
which
could
be
also
recycled.
In
one
word
it
was
unpleasant
and
health
hazard
area.
When
developers
realised
the
vast
potential
of
the
site
and
possibility
to
make
huge
gains,
they
started
buying
or
taking
land
on
long
lease
and
developing
the
waterfront
as
an
exclusive,
beautiful
and
highly
demanded
urban
development.
Local
Authorities
found
they
benefits
in
developing
ugly
site
into
ever
so
needed
housing
as
benefits
for
local
residents
too
and
they
issued
planning
permissions
for
buildings,
marinas,
river
walks
and
canals
and
that’s
how
one
of
the
most
beautiful
waterfronts
of
London
has
been
born.
This
development
is
now
housing
wildlife
too,
because
there
are
integrated
green
areas,
parks
and
herbal
gardens
which
house
insects,
birds,
rodents
and
foxes
as
before
but
now
in
healthy
environment.
Both
people
and
wildlife
enjoy
being
there.
Me
too.

2. https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/lots-­‐road-­‐power-­‐station-­‐the-­‐glory-­‐
years
Lots
Road
Power
Station
(Also
known
as
the
Chelsea
monster)
is
a
disused
coal
and
later
oil-­‐
fired
power
station
on
the
River
Thames
at
Lots
Road
in
Chelsea,
London
in
the
south-­‐west
of
The
Royal
Borough
of
Kensington
and
Chelsea,
which
supplied
electricity
to
the
London
Underground
system.
It
is
sometimes
erroneously
referred
to
as
Fulham
Power
Station,
a
name
properly
applied
to
another
former
station
a
mile
upriver.
A
power
station
at
Lots
Road
was
originally
planned
by
the
Brompton
and
Piccadilly
Circus
Railway
(B&PCR,
now
part
of
the
Piccadilly
line)
in
1897.[
The
station
was
built
end-­‐on
to
the
Thames,
on
the
north
bank
of
the
tidal
Chelsea
Creek.
Construction
started
in
1902
and
was
completed
in
December
1904,
the
station
becoming
operational
in
February
1905.[2]
The
station
burned
700
tonnes
of
coal
a
day
and
had
a
generating
capacity
of
50,000
kW.[3]
At
the
time
it
was
claimed
to
be
the
largest
power
station
ever
built,
and
it
eventually
powered
most
of
the
railways
and
tramways
in
the
Underground
Group.

3. The
station
was
re-­‐equipped
and
improved
several
times.
During
the
early
1920s
a
sump
&
hopper
system
for
more
efficient
fuel
handling
was
installed.
It
was
designed
by
The
Underfeed
Stoker
Company
and
constructed
under
their
stewardship
by
Peter
Lind
&
Company,
who
still
trade
in
London
today.
The
modernisation
undertaken
in
the
1960s
converted
the
station
to
50
Hz
generation
and
from
coal
burning
to
heavy
fuel
oil.
The
number
of
chimneys
was
reduced
from
the
original
four
to
two.
Between
1974
and
1977,
with
the
discovery
of
natural
gas
in
the
North
Sea,
the
boilers
were
converted
to
burn
gas,
with
the
option
of
oil
firing
if
required.
The
station
later
worked
in
conjunction
with
the
ex-­‐
London
County
Council
Tramways
power
station
at
Greenwich
to
supply
the
London
Underground
network.
The
station
played
a
part
in
the
birth
of
commercial
radio
in
the
UK.
When
the
first
two
radio
stations,
LBC
and
Capital
Radio,
opened
in
October
1973,
the
site
for
their
medium
wave
transmitters
was
not
complete.
As
a
result,
a
temporary
'Tee'
antenna
was
strung
up
between
the
two
chimneys
(transmitting
LBC
on
417
m
(719
kHz),
and
Capital
Radio
on
539
m
(557
kHz)),
until
the
permanent
site
at
Saffron
Green
was
ready
in
1975.
Some
years
later
the
site
was
used
again,
on
720
kHz
(for
a
low
power
MW
relay
of
BBC
Radio
4's
LW
service)
which
was
in
use
until
2001
when
the
radio
transmitter
was
moved
to
Crystal
Palace.
In
the
1990s,
it
was
decided
not
to
re-­‐equip
Lots
Road
again;
rather
it
was
to
continue
to
operate
only
until
the
machinery's
life
was
expired.
It
was
finally
shut
down
on
21
October
2002,
and
since
then
all
power
for
the
tube
system
has
been
supplied
from
the
National
Grid.
NEW
DEVELOPMENT
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