by the gentle author
Stop the Monster!
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Readers may recall that five years ago there was a plan to built a line of towers of luxury investment flats for the international market along the Bishopsgate Goodsyard which would cast the Boundary Estate into permanent shadow. In 2015, the Mayor of London called in the planning application to give it his approval personally but, fortunately, he ran out of time while he was in office and we were saved from this scheme which would have permanently blighted Spitalfields and Shoreditch.
Now that development has reared its ugly head again and, although it is not quite as bad as before, it is still a monster as you can see above.
Taking their inspiration from the Boundary Estate nearby, Weavers Community Action Group are saying that since this is public land it should instead become the location for public homes. If designed by an architect of vision this could become a flagship project, bringing hope to to Londoners at the time of the capital’s worst housing crisis.
All are welcome at a public meeting to launch this campaign next Thursday 30th January at 7:30pm at St Hilda’s Community Centre, 18 Club Row, E2 7EY. Below you can read more about the monster development and how to object.
The Boundary Estate was Britain’s first Council Estate
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You may like to read about the previous proposal
The Bishopsgate Goodsyard Development
Towers Over The Goodsyard
A Brief History of the Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Ancient Arches
