The historic Shepherd’s Bush Market in West London is set to be refurbished – with a new nine-storey building and 40 new homes sparking some accusations of ‘rampant gentrification’. The revamp will... Read more »
‘A runway between Broadway Market and Brick Lane’: the glamorisation of East London’s gentrification
Home to the emerging creative class, independent coffee shops and beanies in more colours than you can name, East London has been crowned as one of the capital’s trendiest locations. London Fields,... Read more »
Brick Lane has been at the heart of the East End for hundreds of years, from the Truman Brewery’s glory days as beer capital of the world to the rows of iconic... Read more »
Senior Labour officials in Newham have dramatically quit the party in anger at the council’s push for “gentrification” with “luxury flats springing up at unaffordable prices”. One of the outraged officials says... Read more »
Community campaigners claimed victory this week in their attempts to save one of London’s most historic markets. Ridley Road Market in Dalston has been serving Londoners since the 1880s, but it came... Read more »
Gentrification can sometimes feel inevitable. Areas that were once run-down and left to fend themselves, are sometimes given a makeover and in an instant, become an attractive place for outsiders. Hackney is... Read more »
Hackney residents are fighting back against “gentrification” in the area after developers proposed replacing a Tesco superstore with offices and housing. Hackney Walk Ltd has expressed an interest in building offices, housing,... Read more »
Perusing the depths of Reddit is not normally an activity I would recommend to most self-respecting citizens, but I recently happened to be doing just that when I stumbled upon a rare... Read more »
Shoreditch is one of London’s trendiest and most iconic areas, but this status has come at the cost of increased ‘gentrification’ in the area. The district overlaps the boroughs of Hackney and... Read more »
Working class communities are in flight from the East End’s mass redevelopment and “gentrification” amid encroachment from the City, a report on social traits has revealed. The London borough that has develop into “gentrified” essentially the most is Tower Hamlets, on the... Read more »
