Comments on: Cherishing The Fabric Of Arnold Circus

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:26:17 +0000

Hi there – Please help get over 2,000 signatures by 19th january

Next week 20th jan the petition is being presented. This petition Opposing Tower Hamlets non-Consultation on matter such as this – the attempted quick rollout horror that would have been modernisation of arnold circus without Consulting Residents (~1,200 households), English Heritage etc Etc etc

https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=145&RPID=30598924&HPID=30598924

Petition name if the link above doesnt work:
Stop the structurally discriminating Consultation process on Liveable Streets programme

The end date is extended but the council are ignoring the extension to 31st jan (lockdown prevents getting out and telling residents about this petition) and the 20th jan next week it will be presented to the council

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:57:15 +0000

I think blue granite sets and the existing York stone paving should be incorporated into the design

By: Nick Fiveash

Nick Fiveash — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:26:28 +0000

LiveableStreets will ruin this area from Arnold Circus through to Cambridge Heath Rd. The road blocks, the planned pocket parks outside The Birdcage and halfway along residential roads will increase ASB, street drinking, drug dealers and users. The ‘pocket park’ on Old Bethnal Green Rd has already seen a huge rise in youths hanging around littering the area with gas canisters & needles. The low footfall walkways & cul de sacs will create quiet, unsafe areas encouraging a rise in crime across the whole area. Emergency service access along with elderly & disabled transport will be severely re-routed adding time & money to journeys. And the materials planned to be used will not complement the historic conservation areas such as Arnold Circus and the Jesus Green streets close to Columbia Rd. Tower Hamlets must be encourage to hold a moratorium and work with residents, the emergency services, care home and schools to implement a scheme that works for all; not a one size fits all scheme that LiveableStreets is, that benefits the few not the many!

By: sprite

sprite — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:12:43 +0000

I am all for renovations but can not help having feelings thinking it will benefit more hipsters than front line workers, the kind of which the estate was built for in the first place, and who are mainly ignored in urban plannings nowdays despite their flitting moment of glory at the height of the pandemic.

I know there are articles elsewhere on this blog about the diversity of tenants and leaseholders on that very estate but the trend is still strong, pushing out lower income households away from the Borough and the impossibility for most people to get on the property ladder.

By: DR JONATHAN HALBERT

DR JONATHAN HALBERT — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 22:37:00 +0000

Once upon a time people lived on the doorstep of where they worked..

So what went wrong. Why did our society change into Commuters?

Was it because of a Black & White Film showing Residents living above

a Bank drilling through the Ceiling?? And Robbing it.. So to-day all

those properties are EMPTY….. Similar scenario.. The BBC shows

footage of women in Australia fighting over Toilet Tissues at the start

of Covid 19.. Result.. Big rush on Toilet Tissues in the UK.. AM I

disgusted in the Human Race? Yes.. I think it is time for me to leave

this earthly body…….

By: Dr Jonathan Halbert

Dr Jonathan Halbert — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 22:11:51 +0000

I live in a Conservation Area. But you know the Young People do not care
a dam.. They will ride roughshod over it all with their L Plated Mopeds.

Provisional Licences are handed out t0 them every year by the DVLC.
like Lucky Bags..

They are the worst cause of Pollution.. The Air is Blue in the Asian Countries
with their use.. Sort that lot out first……

By: Neil Bartlett

Neil Bartlett — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 22:08:35 +0000

Love this estate and had the privilege of refurbishing one of the blocks many years ago. External works including recovering the roof. Got to know the buildings quite well and enjoy the vibrant community.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:44:37 +0000

The cobble stone streets, the old buildings are So Lovely!! Thank You So Much!!???????

By: Diana Buck

Diana Buck — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 14:50:56 +0000

I love this area of London. Walking there makes me feel as if I am traveling through time I can almost hear the conversations of the past and the people and animals that used to inhabit it.
Cheers
Diana

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:58:18 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, blessed be the memory of those original designers:

“…In this development, the choice of materials was part of the ambition of the architects to deliver decent housing that respected and elevated the lives of the residents, in deliberate contrast to the slum which it replaced.”