Comments on: Stables Market. Gone.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:39:46 +0000

Yeah, sort of said that. Thanks for your comments, all.

By: The Tower Bridge Fox

The Tower Bridge Fox — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:06:28 +0000

It has to be said that most of the old stables market was unaffected by this development,
And there are two storeys here, one about greedy land grabs, i.e. the Gilgamesh
building, And certain aspects of the former catacomb area,ie upper floors.

and the quality put in to the reinstated brick work and arches which is no token gesture, and actually breath taking in my view. The ally by the renovated arches is now one of my favourite part of the market.

The character of the market hasn’t changed and the aesthetic consideration put in to the Rebuilding of what is just a part of the stables market is almost unprecedented.
There are negative impacts as well, the size and blandness of the Gilgamesh building(glass building don’t age well)and big basement area, under part of the stables.
It would have been better if they had not demolished anything , but what they have done
In terms of re-instated brick work and imaginative fittings is one hell of a consolation.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:04:28 +0000

The Stables is a total ugly mess!
Shops closing left right & everywhere thanks to ridiculous rent rises in the midst of a recession-see http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23739044-details/75+per+cent+rent+rises+%27will+kill+off+Camden+traders%27/article.do

The Stables ‘acquired’ the Save Camden Stables Market campaign website, took it down, & put it up again with all kinds of c*** on it unrelated to the campaign.

Good news is that the campaign has a new website online soon – along with the complete & original Forum! http://www.savecamdenstables.co.uk

By: ZMoulton

ZMoulton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:46:37 +0000

Hi,
It has made me sad to hear of the demise of the once amazing Stable Markets. I was there not long before the markets closed and made a quick vid with a link to this page and it’s photo of the Stables in rubble. You can find the vid here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jydj9zRTF2U

By: andy

andy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:25:14 +0000

im sorry but it had to go i work in the stables market and it leaked it was damp and was going to fall down if it wasnt pulled down, but trust me the new building has used old victorian brick to creat new archways and little hide aways it is magnificent with over 200% of the space and its full of statues of horses as well as the new cyberdog where i work if u have not seen it u must this summer

By: luna

luna — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:30:38 +0000

havn’t been round camden in ages ! whatever happened to the stables market ? ‘s it still alive ?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:01:53 +0000

Please note this entry was written 8 months ago when demolition began and before the D building opened!

What they’ve done with the place since is certainly much more impressive than I was expecting, but this post wasn’t about the loss of specific stalls (on which note Retro World is still not to be found – I have indeed gone back for a proper look more than once. There are certainly several similar stalls now, but the original seems to have disappeared, changed name or split. Having spoken with a stallholder while I was last there, he confirmed that a number of stalls have sold up or moved on from Camden since the arches and catacombs closed).

This post is about the original site itself and its history – mostly personal to me from my own memories there. In that regard, I am not wrong in saying that the Stables Market I remember no longer exists.

I should repeat however that the redevelopment thus completed is certainly very impressive in keeping with the original feel of the market – much more than I was expecting, if a little more cramped and harder to move through. Whether they have indeed damaged a grade 2 listed property to complete it (redevelopment of the Horse Hospital) remains to be proven.

By: LJ

LJ — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:14:49 +0000

TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE BLOG ….

HELLO SIR,
NICE PAGE BUT YOU ARE A LITTLE WRONG …..
THIS IS NOT TRUE ARMY SUPLUS AND ALL THE OTHER YOU MENTIONED ARE STILL IN CAMDEN ITS
JUST MOVED UNDERNEITH INTO THE D RING SECTION. GO TO CAMDEN AGAIN LOOK PROPERLY YOU WILL BE HAPPY AGAIN
:-) THANK YOU LOU

STALLHOLDER…

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:25:22 +0000

What the hell!!? I can’t believe it. I just found this site. I’m coming for a visit to the UK after being in USA (yes, Bush is an arse)for many years. Planned to take my 16-year-old twins to see Camden. I won’t bother now. What’s the point? The soul is gone. What will I say? Look at this fabulous new shopping mall just like we have at home in Seattle?

By: Eric Winter

Eric Winter — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:39:25 +0000

I used to go there all the the time and have always thought of the place
as almost totally unique, only Greenwich market has a similar sort of
atmosphere but on a much smaller scale. I am absolutely gobsmacked that
developers have been allowed to flatten the place and build what will
basically be (behind the marketing hype) a souless and shit shopping mall.
The stables have been there for so long, how on earth are a bunch of
developers going to replace it with something better?
something better for who? for us the people who live in London and go to
Camden? of course not. I and many people I know are absolutely furious
about what has happened. It’s a fucking disgrace full stop.