Development of John Jones Site / Sketch House

miss annie · February 2014

@KateJones Have you been in touch with Chris Arnold at Crouch End Creatives fb group? They are constantly moaning that there's no arts/meeting/office space for creatives. They will spread the word like wildfire.

Mirandola · February 2014

I like the word 'awesome'. Tony's is an awesome butcher. The rest aren't much cop.

Idoru · February 2014

I like awesome too. And if we're being pedantic, creative is an adjective not a noun.

miss annie · February 2014

Indeed it is.

miss annie · February 2014

Or it is indeed.

Idoru · February 2014

It's one of my pet hates. You can be a creative person, you cannot be a creative. All this verbing of nouns - it's simply not on.

miss annie · February 2014

Medalled, podiumed. Wrong.

Lololala · February 2014

<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">"A creative" is one of the most grating expressions I have ever heard, and it also has a superfluous indefinite article so syntactically it does not make sense. </font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">I also think awesome is the most ghastly, overused word. The only time I find it acceptable is in the Old Testament. There was a brilliant article in the New York Times which commented on how: "</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.0049991607666px;">“Awesome” went from being a risible word used only by stoners and surfers to an acceptably ubiquitous modifier, the Starbucks of adjectives."</span></font><br><font face="georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.0049991607666px;">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/opinion/sunday/ta-ta-london-hello-awesome.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</span></font></span></div>;

Mirandola · February 2014

Words change, forsooth. I only get upset when good ones or distinctions die out. Disinterested was a sad one to see go.

miss annie · February 2014

We still use disinterested at work, is it extinct everywhere else? Bookshops are a bit of a sanctuary for unloved or neglected words.

Arkady · February 2014

I use disinterested quite a lot! +1 vote against the overuse and devaluation of 'awesome'. I'm actively trying to bring back 'splendid' as a modest alternative.<div><br></div><div>On topic: Very impressed with how the new John Jones building has worked out, and look forward to seeing it become a hive of activity. I also look forward to the remainder of the redevelopment. I'd love it if Godfrey's got in on the action and opened a decent butcher there, one that was still open when I got home from work.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

Mirandola · February 2014

Ok, it's close to extinction. What's wrong with the following sentence? If I hadn't joined sg.org, I may never have found out about the local WI.

NorthNineteen · February 2014

Is the Godfrey's unit in Finsbury Park ever open to the public?<br>

dion · February 2014

You can order online and pick up there the next day. They are not really very good at selling this option

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Sutent · February 2014

My colleague who went to boarding school and speaks like the queen uses the word "super". It does make me laugh

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Lololala · February 2014

I like super. My grandmother used to say beastly which made my sister and I laugh.<div><br></div>

miss annie · February 2014

Beastly is a splendid word.

Detritus · February 2014

I say splendid awesome and dude far more than someone from Leeds should. That must make me a twat.

Mirandola · February 2014

Misscara, Yes!

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Detritus · February 2014

Watching the English by Kate Fox talks specifically about the syntax of the upper class if you like social anthropology its a good book to read.

krappyrubsnif · February 2014

So which of the Halal butchers on SGR other than Khans has serious food hygiene issues?

ChangN4N6 · February 2014

C 'mon you'd miss the flies on the meat if they cleaned up those blood houses down from the world 's end. I think only one of them had a grade one rat infestation? WTF. Godfreys are VERY welcome to stay, no matter what the ahem Arts Building lot say. Chang

marko · February 2014

K M Butchers - next to Pak - always has a rank smell emanating from it as you walk past, and has a Scores On The Doors score of 1. Not been prosecuted for hygiene violations yet as far as I know. <div><br></div><div>Guess they won't be displaying their Scores On The Doors sticker in the window.<div><br></div><div>http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/search.php?name=k&M+butchers&address=london&postcode=n4&distance=&search.x=-922&search.y=-33&gbt_id=0&award_score=&award_range=gt</div></div>

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Kate Jones · February 2014

Chang - what do the arts building lot say? We are happy with godfreys being our neighbour, always have been. They are a london family business like us. Have I missed something?

Papa · February 2014

No, I don't mean the units round the back. I mean the back of the John Jones building itself. <br><br>It is just bland, flat and to be honest a bit brutal. On the basis that the JJ building sits higher than others in a square surrounded by roads it is very visible and I think lets it down.<br><br>Especially as the front looks good and adds some character to the area.<br><br>Kate, will anything happen with it to improve the back?<br>

JoeV · February 2014

@PapaL - since it's a commercial building I don't think it needs to be anything other than what it is. Plus, once the student housing goes up, the backs of the buildings won't be that visible from most perspectives.<div><br></div><div>@Kate Jones: I think the building looks great - good luck. </div>

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