• MY March 16 letter in support of the Camden Highline was greeted with some criticism and I am happy to correct one point – Jeffreys Street is not, as I stated, “as close to the proposed highline as you can get” – it is a couple of streets away.

This was sloppy writing on my part and for that I can only apologise. However I stand my ground as to the potential of this project.

To Melanie Hill (New York’s High Line is masterful while the Camden proposed highline is not, March 23), yes, of course, this is a much more modest than the magnificent New York High Line, but that doesn’t mean it is not valid in its own right.

I am quite impressed by the designs that incorporate community involvement, sustainability and creativity. The main similarly to the New York scheme is the enormous resistance that the project evoked from the residents initially.

Camden Gardens is a wasted space as, despite the valiant horticultural attempts of the council, its current role primarily is as an unofficial public urinal. Surrounded on all sides by traffic, it will never be a place of tranquillity.

Of course, there are many potential issues with a project like this (the 200-seat auditorium above our heads does seem a bit barmy), but why can’t we have constructive conversations with the proponents of the scheme rather than dismiss it as an outrage long before it is even funded?

The overall negativity is such that can only agree with Patrick Uden (March 23), “the residents just don’t like change”.

ROLAND DENNING
Jeffreys Street, NW1