Comments on: Andrew Scott’s East End, Then & Now

By: anna

anna — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:06:57 +0000

hi I am a student at The sir John Cass faculty of art and design in Aldgate East. I am currently doing a project on how the building of all these over sized glass towers, that are currently taking over the city that are built by big corporations and are threatening the history of the east end and its population particularly because one of these corporations wants to buy my university and the university has actually already sold our building in commercial road and now they want the other building on white chapel high street and move the campus that i am in to Holloway. I have been trying to find some imagery of what the city looked like before all the construction work started and of how it looks today. I was just wondering after reading your article if you would be able to point me in the right direction. i would be very appreciative of your assistance in this.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 20:30:12 +0000

Fascinating, great work!

By: Jannet

Jannet — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:19:47 +0000

Absolutely brilliant, really enjoyed looking at these.

By: Caroline Gilfillan

Caroline Gilfillan — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:49:27 +0000

Interesting to see the contrast. Yes, many of the streets have been improved, and they certainly needed improvement. But something has been lost, which is the diversity of those who lived here. Money is now required – lots of money. But perhaps it was always so.

By: frank hadley

frank hadley — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:48:57 +0000

it maybe a coincidence that some of the photos are of streets which have a history of murder, jack the ripper writing on wall in goulston st. siege of sydney st. near the george, kray bros. murder at the blind beggar whitechapel, fascinating non the less.

By: Dave06

Dave06 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:08:33 +0000

Greta work.

It looks much more attractive in black and white in my opinion.

By: David Ransom

David Ransom — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 09:48:36 +0000

Fascinating selection of photos, and so interesting to see the comparisons between then and now. I agree with the comments about it looking better now, and I was rather surprised by that. Even more surprising was the thought . . . where did that tree come from?

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:49:14 +0000

Agreed about the improvements. It is only too easy to get stuck in the “leave it as it was when I was young” frame of mind. Best improvement? Trees. Most importantly, it shows that London is still thriving and not just in the City where progress is measured by building height.

By: joan

joan — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:36:30 +0000

I grew up off Bromley Street (Chudleigh Street) in the 60s and 70s. What I remember is the punk graffiti on those houses in response to the silver jubilee of 1977. I also remember G.S. Fish’s next to Marion Richardson School. There were a row of prefabs behind it.

Had occasion to visit the Troxy (across the road from Bromley Street) last weekend and was remembering how in my youth it was the London Opera Centre and had a kind of seedy glamour about it.

Joan

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:55:47 +0000

Love the Bromley Street images in particular and congratulations to the people that started the regeneration. Thank you again for a great post!