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===Hornsey Town Hall=== [[File:Crouch end town hall ed.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Hornsey Town Hall is in the centre of Crouch End]] Among its more prominent buildings is the modernistic [[Hornsey Town Hall]], built by the [[Municipal Borough of Hornsey]] as their seat of government in 1933–35.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/civic-pride-hornsey/|title=Civic Pride in Hornsey|last=Cherry|first=Bridget|publisher=Hornsey Historical Society|year=2006|location=London}}</ref> It is now a [[Listed buildings in England|Grade II* listed building, one of about 21,767]]. The architect was the New Zealand-born [[Reginald Uren]]. The interior and exterior have been used several times as a location by the [[BBC]] series [[The Hour (2011 TV series)|''The Hour'']], written by [[Abi Morgan]], and other TV and films, including a scene in [[The Crown (TV series)|''The Crown'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Haringey on Film - document from Haringey Council|url=http://www.haringey.gov.uk/haringey_on_film_-_full_list.doc|access-date=17 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231060157/http://www.haringey.gov.uk/haringey_on_film_-_full_list.doc|archive-date=31 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Queen and the Kinks have both played at the Hornsey Town Hall when it was a major London venue for bands. The HTH was used as a set in the Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody. The building is currently undergoing renovation and conversion into a hotel, apartments, restaurant and a contemporary arts centre by the [[Far East Consortium]]. Completion is expected to be by Summer 2024.
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