Whitechapel LDN

01/08/2024

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation confirms review of Tower of London heritage site

Historic England said it and The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) have in the last few years sounded the alarm ‘about a number of proposals for tall buildings that would affect the Tower of London.’

UNESCO has confirmed it is seeking more information over concerns about the impacts of high-rise buildings on the Tower of London.

17/07/2024

Tower Hamlets Council will review the way it handles housing register applications after it took six months to review a decision not to place a woman who was fleeing domestic abuse on the housing register.

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The council will review the way it handles housing register applications after it took six months to review a decision not to place a woman who was fleeing domestic abuse on the housing register.

21/06/2024

Miriam Moses gave her life to the people of Stepney, pioneering what was then Tower Hamlet’s future, and now its innovative past.

Miriam Moses, born at 4 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, was the first female Jewish Mayor in the United Kingdom, serving in Stepney from 1931-1932. Furthermore, she was the first female mayor in Stepney.

Throughout her life, she accomplished phenomenal achievements. She was a champion of the community and provided a key support network for Jews, women, and victims of both world wars.

04/06/2024

Dancers flow through Whitechapel’s streets in Andrew Pierre Hart’s multidisciplinary exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery.

This immersive exhibition by Pierre Hart at Whitechapel Gallery represents Whitechapel’s migrant history and tells a story through dance, music, sculpture and painting.

The ‘Bio-Data Flows and Other Rythems – A Local Story’ exhibition is free and run until 7 July 2024.

31/05/2024

Janna Cafe: Cheap eats and friendly smiles at Whitechapel’s backstreet Somalian cafe

Inconspicuously located on quiet Fieldgate Street, just opposite the perma-popular Tayyabs, Janna Cafe offers homemade East African dishes that delight the stomach as much as the purse strings.

Read more by following the link in our bio.

28/05/2024

The best saree shops to visit in Whitechapel.

Check it out. https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/best-saree-shops/

17/05/2024

This is home: A Norwegian in Aldgate East

Norwegian living in Aldgate East. Victoria Brustad on moving from Norway’s capital city of Oslo to London's multicultural East End.

24/01/2024

Historic riverside gastropub The Gun on the Isle of Dogs offers traditional British food at an unbeatable riverside location.

24/01/2024

From market stall traders to lovers in the dim-lit corners of members’ clubs, Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi archived in*******al intimacy in post-war east London.

09/01/2024

After being forced into administration following HMRC’s ‘unreasonable demands’, founder Alex Wolpert has bought his independent business back.

13/11/2023

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13/11/2023

Have you heard of this disused railway station before? Serving people from 1876-1949, we dive into the lesser-known history of Bow Road railway statio

01/11/2023

The Chinese Association provides a space in Limehouse for the local Chinese community to join activities, be active, and meet friends.

30/10/2023

A petition has been launched calling for Clarion Housing to bring back a garden centre at Wick Lane following the closure of Growing Concerns

30/10/2023

At the Sailors Palace in Limehouse the Chinese community has built a slice of China in a very British building.

02/10/2023

Since opening earlier this year near Aldgate East Station, Mehmet Efendi 1953 has become a go-to for anyone in need of some baklava.

Don't you love finding a new place to get a sweet treat?

Turkish chain bakery shop, Mehmet Efendi 1953, has opened its first London branch near Aldgate East Station in Whitechapel.

30/06/2023

In the final article in our Truman Brewery series, we look at future plans for development in the Brick Lane area and their power to alter the fabric of the East End.

Part 5/5, "Plans that will Alter the Fabric of the East End"

The controversial Truman Brewery development turbocharging gentrification in the Brick Lane area is only the beginning.

29/06/2023

We look into The Truman Brewery's complex, offshore-based ownership structure and ask, who will benefit from the wealth it generates?

Part 4/5, "From East End to Offshore"

The rise of the Zeloofs, the family who built a Brick Lane property empire, and the complex, offshore ownership of the Truman Brewery.

28/06/2023

The Spitalfields Neighbourhood Plan and referendum sought to protect the interests of the Brick Lane community. Did it?

In Part 3/5, "The Silencing of a Community"

Truman Brewery development: How the Spitalfields Neighbourhood Plan, a planning document drafted by the local community, was stymied.

27/06/2023

Plans to develop the Truman Brewery estate will change the face of Brick Lane. We investigate the Council culture that led to the decision being permitted despite fierce opposition from locals.

In Part 2/5, "The Committee Meeting: Council, Councillors and Property Developers"

How the Council’s reached their decision to permit the Truman Brewery development and the close ties between developers and local authority.

27/06/2023

Following the Save Brick Lane demonstrations about the controversial Truman Brewery development on Brick Lane, the jewel of the East End, we have been investigating who has the power and influence to reshape our neighbourhoods and whether they are protecting the interests of the local community.

In Part 1/5, “How the Community Reached Boiling Point”

Why the Truman Brewery redevelopment was the last straw for an East End community being displaced by large-scale corporate development.

18/07/2022

Click the link below to read a story that inspires awe and hope, the story of the Bengali squatters movement 👇✨

https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/bengali-squatters-movement-brick-lane/

Brick Lane’s Bengali community again face possible displacement; the 70's squatters struggle may contain the key to the community’s survival.

06/07/2022

One of Jamie Oliver's favourite stores is among the many independent family run shops that activists and locals feel may be under threat in the wake of the controversial Truman Brewery Development’s approval.
https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/taj-stores-brick-lane/

The shop is located at 112 Brick Lane, a cornerstone of Brick Lane and a vital part of the complex ecosystem of its Bengali community.

01/06/2022

Whitechapel and Brick Lane are lauded for their pulsating street life and much lauded curry houses.

However, what is so rarely mentioned about the environs is that one of London's most varied selection of affordable bookshops also resides here.

Read more below 👇

https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/eclectic-whitechapel-brick-lane-bookshops/

20/05/2022

In 1986 Wapping was transformed into a mini-police state when it became the centre of a monumental political struggle.

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