The squatters' flag flies outside the Black CAp

Here’s how to reopen the Black Cap

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A win/win approach to the shuttered icon: reopen it as an LGBT+ venue whose profits support its leaseholder’s wider plans

#WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015

Open letter from Black Cap campaigners to owners: let’s talk

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#WeAreTheBlackCap offers to work with iconic LGBTQ pub’s freeholders to resolve deadlock over shuttered venue

The Black Cap on Monday April 13 2015, the day its closure was announced

Black Cap keeps council protection despite owners’ efforts

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Camden Council has rejected an attempt by the owners of the shuttered LGBTQ venue to overturn its protective ACV status

#WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015

Black Cap’s council protection hangs in the balance

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The owners of the iconic LGBTQ venue ask Camden Council to remove the community status blocking its redevelopment

#WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015

Black Cap closure sparks rousing protest outside iconic venue

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The Black Cap’s shock closure inspired a large, rousing protest with a range of voices defending the venue’s importance

The Black Cap (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

The Black Cap closure: what we know so far

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Some clarification about the closure of the Black Cap – and it’s not all bad news

The Black Cap (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

EXCLUSIVE: Black Cap regains protective community-asset status

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conic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap has had its status as an asset of community value restored by Camden council, giving some protection against redevelopment

Plans for redevelopment of the Black Cap have been rejected by Camden Council

Black Cap saved from redevelopment… for now

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Camden Council has rejected a scheme to turn the first-floor bar and terrace of iconic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap into flats

Plans for redevelopment of the Black Cap in Camden

Now it’s the Black Cap’s turn to face redevelopment

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Camden Council plans to approve a scheme to turn the upper floors of the iconic Black Cap into flats. But will noise levels be too high for new occupants?

 
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