Comments on: The Good News & The Bad News https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lizebeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375456 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:44:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375456 Having already written twice to Tower Hamlets (no reply!), I can only assume, like many of your correspondents, that the Council is in the pockets of developers. This is wrong in every way — ruining your local area with huge buildings that are a glut on the market now, should not be tolerated. Unfortunately there is no way to recall these representatives before they presumably will pass this new development proposal. Get ready for yet another hideous bloc of mostly empty office space, and the same chain shops as everywhere else.

Very sad…

]]> By: Charlotte Wassermann https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375450 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:53:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375450 This isn’t the only horrible development in the area which could be about to go ahead. There’s a massive 56m building about to get approval on the north side of Bethnal Green Rd right behind the Owl and the Pussycat and Redchurch Street conservation zone. The impact on light and heritage in the conservation zone will be horrible. The development is outwith the council policy for tall buildings. Somehow it snuck through to planning meeting during first wave of the pandemic. I hope people start hearing about this and objecting before the decision (I think in May). The heritage of this corner of the east end is being swamped by commercial interests and no consideration of what is being lost and can’t get replaced.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375261 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:26:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375261 Very sad to hear of the attitude of Tower Hamlet’s Council. They are probably after higher rents to pay for services, including health and social services but the irony is that the rising rents are creating mental stress and contributing to the gutting of cultural communities. To say nothing of blocking out the light with ridiculous tall buildings.

On the building front, perhaps the preservation society should get Prince Charles on side?

Quite depressing really.

]]> By: mlaiuppa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375255 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 17:59:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375255 What is it with Tower Hamlets?

Are they in the pocket of developers?

How is the composition of Tower Hamlets done? Are they voted in by the community, appointed by elected representatives or what? Because it seems to me they do not represent the community, do not have the communities best interests as their focus and in some cases are downright corrupt, violating laws and ignoring protections.

I’ll say it again. The root of the problem is those sitting on the Tower Hamlets board who are making these decisions. They need to be replaced, no matter how they got there. Either petition your representatives to replace them with your chosen candidates or run your candidates in an election and get them elected. Once you’ve cleaned the Tower Hamlets house you won’t be fighting as many of these battles.

BTW what is going on with the bell foundry?

]]> By: Saba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375232 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:38:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375232 Even though I do not live in England, I deeply appreciate the efforts of everyone who works to preserve cultural heritage. The videos bring Spitalfields Life to even more vibrant life! Saba

]]> By: the gentle author https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375231 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:17:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375231 In reply to Linda Granfield.

THe decision will come in May

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375223 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:07:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375223 Perhaps I’ve missed one of your communications.

Was a final decision made about the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry?

So much destruction!

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/22/the-curry-houses-of-brick-lane/#comment-1375191 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:13:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186640#comment-1375191 I can’t believe that the Tower Hamlets planning department are recommending approval for the horrendous shopping mall and office development proposed for the Truman Brewery site…

It is wrong, wrong, WRONG in every way!!

Not only because of the devastating effect it will have on the existing businesses in Brick Lane, the detrimental effect it will have on the residents of Woodseer Street, and the destruction of the unique local heritage (this has already started with the ripping up of the wonderful old cobbles – substantial harm indeed!)

But it is also WRONG because it will be totally out of character for the area. Visitors and tourists come to Brick Lane because it is different, unique, gritty and quirky, not to visit yet another bland shopping mall. One only has to look at the empty shops in what used to be the Fruit and Wool Exchange to see that big corporate chains do NOT work in Spitalfields…

And as for building yet more offices – what a ridiculously misguided idea!

Please add your objections to the scheme if you haven’t done so already, and help save the character and life of the East End.

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