Covent Garden London
The heart of London's West End
Covent Garden Community Centre & Seven Dials Club
The Centre sadly closed 'temporarily' on 2nd September 1999 - forced to do so by the disastrous fire which consumed almost the entire Seven Dials Warehouse. Except for two users, the building remains empty 22 months later.
Twelve days prior to the fire, the Trustees had signed a Lease to move the Centre to a new purpose-built space on the 1st floor. This was very good news, but the move is now stalled by the fire. Unsurprisingly, temporary space at an affordable price was not available elsewhere in Covent Garden and whilst we were able to keep the Playgroup going until Summer 2000, it then also had to close.
On the positive side, the Camden Planners called last month to ask if the Trustees were still 'happy' with our part of the planning application, which is scheduled to go to Committee soon. We are, but hope very much there will be no further delays and work can start. Hopefully by the next CGCA AGM we may know when the new Centre will open.
Covent Garden certainly needs a Community Centre and any readers who would be interested to help with its rebirth should write to the CGCC Trustees, c/o the CGCA at 21 Macklin Street.
Christina Smith, Trustee
Covent Garden Community Association Annual Report 2000-2001
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