Comments on: Masterplan For The Truman Brewery

By: Dr Roger Green

Dr Roger Green — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:43:11 +0000

I am contacting you to ask if you have any current information regarding this development and the ‘Save Brick Lane’ campaign as I gather the Spitalfields Society has been involved in objecting to the development.
I cannot seem to find any current information, or any contacts concerning this proposed development? Are you aware if it is proceeding? Has the campaign folded? and so on.
I spent a few hours on Easter Monday at Brick Lane speaking to a number of shopkeepers without getting any update as to what stage the development is at. Additionally there was no evidence of posters, flyers etc anywhere along Brick Lane.
Myself and a colleague have a book contract with Policy Press. We are focusing on how London is being reimagined by developers with examples of community campaigns fighting their redevelopment/regeneration plans. I wish to include the campaign in the book as one of a number of examples of communities coming together to challenge such developments.
Any help with an update on the development and campaign would be really helpful.
Thank you.
Regards
Dr Roger Green
Goldsmiths
University of London

By: Christine Swan

Christine Swan — Fri, 26 May 2023 07:22:20 +0000

I have now completed the consultation form and will contribute to the campaign. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend the events which is a massive pity. Hopefully, my responses will have provided some food for thought. As a teacher, one of the things I always notice in Brick Lane is how many young people there are but how few children. What is a community without families? I also like the idea of a green space. Even a postage stamp sized space is a habitat for the natural world. There are very few places around the around the area to just sit down and take it all in. I do hope they listen and don’t give in to corporate greed, penthouse-dwelling millionaires and rooftop swimming pools. We’ve had quite enough of that thank you very much! I trust you to speak for me at the events dear GA as I know we have similar views on the area so thank you in advance.

By: Melissa Delano

Melissa Delano — Thu, 25 May 2023 18:51:11 +0000

The gentle author is an all time favorite. Each post is an exceptional learning opportunity to discover a place I’ve never been to and really knew so little about . Made a donation on behalf of Truman Brewery today… and as always wishing y’all the best of luck. Forever fan from New Mexico USA

By: Keith Styles

Keith Styles — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:51:30 +0000

It was sad to read the story of what may happen to Truman’s Brewery in Brick Lane (Masterplan for the Truman Brewery 25th May 2023). Everytime i go pay a visit to Spitalfields something has been planned for its demise and desicration. It’s a centuries old place of interest for the many people who live there and a historic reminder of our past. Why hasn’t Tower Hamlets council and the Mayor of London put a preservation order on all the buildings and land of Spitalfields. As a born and bred Eastender of Bethnal Green and with family ties to the Irish and German families that came over to live in Spitalfields and Stepney to escape famine, disease and wars, i feel part of me is torn apart everytime a building or area of Spitalfields is spoilt by new building projects. Please Preserve Our East End And Our Spitalfields!

By: Cherub

Cherub — Thu, 25 May 2023 12:46:05 +0000

The community deserve something better than shops and offices. A communal space should be developed for all to enjoy and would bring people together in harmony. London has enough shops.

By: Lizebeth

Lizebeth — Thu, 25 May 2023 05:23:52 +0000

A great mobilisation of the local community to save this site from becoming another retail wasteland. Let us hope that similar campaigns, like the one to SAVE LIVERPOOL STREET STATION meet with the same success. All good luck for the judicial review. Keep us posted, and thanks.