Comments on: Return To Trinity Green

By: Shawdian

Shawdian — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 07:42:09 +0000

The neglect of Trinity Green is a model reflection of just how much society is hammered into walking away from its past and flogged into a pit of self regard and ignorance by the elected few who choose to remain blind for self attainment. When once ‘Town & City Pride & Self Worth”, ‘all’ they see now is “£££££££”. Speaks volumes of self self self and hypocrisy. Shame on them all.

By: Jan Marsh

Jan Marsh — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:55:35 +0000

Can SPAB be re-energised once again in defence of Trinity Square?

By: Ros

Ros — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:48:56 +0000

Surely it is not just the Council’s fault – central government is deliberately starving local authorities of money with which to run services, telling them that instead they can and should set their own business rates and make their money from those business rates instead. And the Mayoral system adds to the problems when the Mayor of London and doubtless other Mayors are allowed to override decisions made by local authorities. This is what he has just done again in Tower Hamlets in the case of Norton Folgate. Public service and the upkeep of assets that do not make a financial ‘profit’ have become concepts consigned to the scrap heap. The government imposes ‘austerity’ on spending that benefits the less well off but doesn’t demand austerity from the wealthy, does it?

By: Caroline Gilfillan

Caroline Gilfillan — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:13:02 +0000

Thank you, GA, for another timely and important piece of investigative blogging. It’s shameful that these beautiful buildings should be allowed to fall unto this state of decay. Perhaps the East End Preservation Society could do more to publicise their fate. Their post on FB brought your report to my attention.

By: ROBERT GREEN

ROBERT GREEN — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:56:08 +0000

I have no wish to argue with Mr Chris Dyson but the comment of –> ” anything that is considered adjacent to this project must COMPLIMENT ? ? this context not CONTRAST” made me burst out laughing, Mr Dyson have you visited this place RECENTLY ? ?

By: Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:41:58 +0000

Chris what is the difference between the Sainsburys development and the Goodsyard. Of the two Whitechapel Square (Sainsburys) is actually much better architecture and will be less damaging to Whitechapel than the PLP Goodsyard design will be to Spitalfields and Shoreditch.
I guess the difference is your company is being paid to add local credibility to the Hammerson team for the Goodsyard. There is rumour that you are working on the Whitechapel Estate redevelopment and if that is correct it would great if you could persuade them to drop the Miami style towers PLP have designed and go to planning with something that at least attempts to belong to East London. In the meantime playing the conservation card whilst working on the single most damaging project that will ever happen to Spitalfields lacks a certain amount of credibility.

By: Nicholas Keeble

Nicholas Keeble — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:13:00 +0000

Truly shocking, and thank you GA for publicising this. Tower Hamlets has a statutory duty to maintain the fabric of the almshouses it owns, but the council is hardly going to serve a Repairs Notice on itself. I remember visiting Trinity Green as an architectural student in the early 1970s, and the buildings seemed to be meticulously maintained at that time. As unauthorised work or alteration to a listed building the removal of the chandeliers constitutes a criminal offence.

Like Tony Wheeler, I cannot take Chris Dyson’s comments seriously having watched on youtube his contribution to the destruction of the Fruit and Wool Exchange.

As for the proposed tower, words fail.

By: Chris Dyson

Chris Dyson — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:42:31 +0000

This group of buildings is SO special the quality of workmanship can not be matched the choice of materials is a joy anything that is considered adjacent to this project must compliment this context not contrast …take a look at Portcullis house against Westminster Palace.

This maybe an ambitious ask but then this will be the new west end of the east end in a matter of years the sun is shining in the glorious east end of London, so let us not build things cheaply, let us make things to last the test of time as has been proven by Trinity Green ….

with buildings we rarely have a second chance let the share holders at Sainsbury’s take a little less profit for all our gain – for too long, the east end has suffered from a lack of investment in its buildings.

By: Catherine Morris

Catherine Morris — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:20:28 +0000

Please tell me who I can write or where I can sign a petition. I think both LBTH and English Heritage should both be contacted. Whoever manages Trinity Green should have a record of what happened to both the brass chandeliers and the clock hands. If not placed somewhere for repair or safekeeping, then it was a theft and should have been reported so at the time to the police

By: Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:49:06 +0000

Chris Dyson that is a little rich coming from yourself who supported the demolition of the wool exchange and is working on the Goodsyard development.