Comments on: The Pub That Was Saved By Irony https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-964899 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:39:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-964899 Another fabulously human story reinforcing the life of our very great city. Thks.

]]> By: Clare Moloney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-125542 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:54:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-125542 This is good news and demonstrates the power of collection action and use of social media as a positive tool to facilitate that. It is ironic when you have cultural organisations behaving almost like aggressive commercial entities in their quest to expand. For example, the Whitechapel Art Gallery’s take over and ultimate destruction of the old Whitechapel Library.

]]> By: Martyn Cornell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-110710 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-110710 When the pub does open, perhaps its name could be corrected – it should, of course, be the Marquess of Lansdowne, not the Marquis.

]]> By: Denna Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-110039 Tue, 14 May 2013 21:25:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-110039 Well done and congratulations!

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-108367 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:33:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-108367 Great news and campaign!

]]> By: Sarah Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-107619 Sat, 04 May 2013 09:03:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-107619 Wonderful that for once a mad planing application has been overruled and common sense has prevailed . Hurray for the good sense of the councillors but more particularly congratulations to TGA for flagging it up and employing the gentle art of persuasion so effectively . Restores faith and great cause for celebration . Fantastic news !!

]]> By: Paul Adderley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-107422 Fri, 03 May 2013 20:08:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-107422 Fantastic news. You richly deserve a pat on the back. So many lovely buildings are swept away without a second thought these days. I will have a warm glow every day I go past the Marquis on the DLR. I still can’t believe the Geffrye Museum were planning to do this. Shocking.

]]> By: Chris F https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-107404 Fri, 03 May 2013 18:51:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-107404 Good to see that this protest & the outcome actually made the national press today. It was in today’s copy of the ‘I’ the mini Independent. Even you got a mention GA.

]]> By: Vicky https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-107369 Fri, 03 May 2013 17:03:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-107369 Chipperfields, we understand, have proven themselves very capable of sensitively blending new building designs with existing old ones. But, as David Dewing, Director of the Geffrey pointed out at the recent public meeting – Chipperfields were working to the instructions of their client. Who knows what Chipperfields would have designed for the site, given a freer hand. What arguments were there around the table over the last three years that we were not privy to? Maybe they battled hard to keep the pub, use softer materials, blend the old with the new …….. or have Chipperfields just lost their way?

Amazing to read so many supportive comments! Well done to everyone.

]]> By: Paul Bommer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/02/the-pub-that-was-saved-by-irony/#comment-107213 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:48:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87908#comment-107213 A real heart-gladdening Triumph. Well done Gentle Author and who those who fought the good fight. You get so used to the fat cats always winning that a Victory like this seems almost incredible. Very heartening indeed!

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