Three years ago...

...A post appeared on the old original Tottenhamista, recalling my first experience with the building called Union Point and how the place had been a touchstone for me during my time in this manor. 

At the time, Union Point had just been destroyed by fire during the Tottenham Riots: nothing remained but a gutted, smouldering shell. 

I walked past the site today. This is Union Point, three years on: 

Look at it. Barring the inclusion of 'penthouse' flats, it's exactly as it was when we first met.

Some will tell you that the renovation of Union Point is down to the urban regeneration funding promised by the Mayor of London after the riots. 

That's not true: The Clown Johnson and his office wanted a new design, one made of soul-free glass and steel and fake wood cladding that peels after a year or two. Haringey Council, an entity for which I have neither time nor respect and which to me is the epitome of institutionalised incompetence, for once did something laudable; they rejected The Clown's demands and insisted that Union Point be rebuilt as a modern copy of its original. 

So here it is. 

The best part? This. Even though there was no need to do so, even though the Co-operative Society has had no presence in the building or anywhere in the borough barring one shabby funeral directors further along the High Road, the council insisted on the reconstruction of this original feature: 

Welcome back, old friend. Even though there's no likelihood of CarpetRight employing a slightly chubby man in a cotton-wool beard come Winter, it's good to have you back.