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Wood Wharf? What are these idiots responsible for this doing to East London. Just more rubbish high rise appartments and more slums of the future. Ridiculous. Stratford's the same.

No thought for the people who will live or already live around there, just developers making loadsamoney. I'd like to know whose taking backhanders on all this ill thought development. What ever happened to nice houses with gardens? East London will always be s**t while they do this and they call it regeneration? - RUBBISH!

Rant temporarily over.
You're right, we should leave it as a derelict industrial site and not build those 3,000 new homes. That'd be much better for the "East End".
Please don't let them make it like Stratford. Stratford sold its soul a long time ago and is rather tatty and soulless these days. Even the pubs aren't the same anymore. Not that they would build a pub in Wood Wharf.
My young son and I have attended the Ice Sculpting Festival for the past three years now, for precisely the reason you say -- it's diverting enough (but not "several hours"), and there's nothing much else to do. (Plus, it's just as good each year if you're a kid.)

I'll be sad to see Wood Wharf filled in, it's claustrophobic enough round there as it is.
I had it earmarked in my diary, but didn't go in the end as we had visitors instead!
So close to being at the same event as the infamous DG, yet so far!
You need not worry quite so much... I believe they won't break ground here until the main estate is fully occupied, including the development of the hole-in-the-ground by Westferry Circus that was started for a bank but quickly halted work on. The one thing really worth seeking out round here is The Gun (might that be tomorrow's post?)
I was one of the people who didn't know the location, although it's one of those where I think I'd seen signs.

When you said 'behind the Waitrose' I thought, 'Ahah'.

If the development you describe, plus 'new Beijing', plus the US Embassy and Battersea areas all get developed (over 10+years?) there'll be a whole other London. Maybe time to start looking for an artist composite of the whole thing?
Simon | 13.01.14 - 9:55 a.m

Simon - of course it should be developed but not like as planned. Lets have nice houses with gardens and open space. You know, places where people can live without being put in drawers like sardines and buildings that are carbunkles. Ever heard of Broadwater Farm?
PL | 13.01.14 - 10:10 a.m.

PL - Can't agree that Stratford is "tatty". It much tidier than it was say 30 years ago when it had lots of nasty and smelly industry around the High St, Puding Mill Lane and Carpenters Road.

What they have done wrong is to build too many high rise and block appartments with more to come. As you may see from my other posts, Houses was the right way to go but it's opportunity lost I'm afraid, same in lots of areas of London. It's just a quick and nasty fix for Londons affordable homes needs.
One of my employer's suppliers is based at Wood Wharf, so I was amused by the "very little actually happens there at the moment" comment...
Is the umbrella factory still there, or has the last bit of real industry finally bitten the dust?










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