Talk:Finsbury Park, London

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Contents 1 Photo Mission 2 Opening Paragraph 3 Separating the Park Page from the Local Area Page 4 Terrorist Mosque in Finsbury Park

[edit] Photo Mission

I live just round the corner from Finsbury Park, so I can take some photos... what would you say are the main sights... Candidates include:

• The Mosque
• The front of Finsbury Park station and the Arsenal Shop
• Gateway to the park

Umm... 'sights' is maybe a bit optimistic. I can't think of anything outside the park itself that I would want to look at twice. As for the park itself, a shot of the main path that runs parallel to Seven Sisters Road (preferably on a Sunday afternoon when there are football matches going on), might give a nice flavour of the park's atmosphere. Another idea would be to stand somewhere on the incline to the west of that main path and get a panorama of the front of the park with the busy road and housing estates in the distance. I don't have a camera otherwise I'd have a go at it myself. Good luck, anyway. R Lowry 17:57, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps a picture of the new river, running through the park. The mozaics in the station are also perhaps worth a picture. Francis Davey 1 July 2005 17:10 (UTC)

[edit] Opening Paragraph

I think the inclusion of this sentence is a bit weird within the context: "Persons attending weddings at Finsbury Registry Office (also known as Islington Registry Office), need to be wary of this common confusion: the registry office is in Finsbury, not Finsbury Park". It's seems very particular, seems awkward within the flow of the article (before any information about the general character of the area is made,) plus the general point is made by the preceeding sentence; surely there are loads of ways you could illustrate this possiblity. Is there any need for it at all? 3tmx 18:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Separating the Park Page from the Local Area Page

Most of the major london open spaces have their own page. It avoids confusion. I propse separating the Park entry from the local area entry. Any comments? hjuk 17:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Following some comments on Talk London page and no commenst here - executed today hjuk 10:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Terrorist Mosque in Finsbury Park

- Transferred from Finsbury Park article-

Page 39 of Walter Laqueur's "The Last Days of Europe" reports that there is a mosque in Finsbury Park that has a reputation for a large amount of terrorist recruitment. Can someone more familiar with this integrate it into the article? - MSTCrow 01:19, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

As per disambig note at the top of the article, this is an article about the park NOT the urban area in which the mosque is located. For the article on the urban area go to Finsbury Park, London hjuk 06:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, see BBC News Article on Abu Hamza hjuk 06:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)