please empty your brain below
I had a shock when I checked the date and think it was back in 1985, time passes quickly.
Admittedly, the only bit I've seen is from the Olympic Park to the station, but that's the bit that people are most likely to see, the bit that shouldn't be totally inhospitable.
Then again, maybe the blame lands on the heads of those who time after time believe that what is written is "reality" rather than just hogwash.
And into Hackney strode
There was a mixed community
In every street and road
A merry road, a locals road
But now it makes you sick
'Cause what they build is blocks of flats
All over Hackney Wick
A great deal of the listed buildings have been vandalised by persons hanging over the roof parapets and painting pathetic messages onto the beautiful brickwork, artists windows, street signs and information boards all get the tagging treatment, even the really nice artwork and murals of which there are many in the area get vandalised by the taggers who turn them into an unreadable mess, the true "Artists" on Fish Island and Hackney Wick are just as fed up with it all as I am and it is unfortunate that it will be the real artists who loose out as with the spiralling land values it is many of them who will have to move on as the area is gentrified.
Just keep it a good thru route, from Olympic to Victoria Parks and finish with both sides of all canals and rivers walkable.
The government splurged £10 billion on this area, then by god it will get it's regeneration results it want's. Besides combine this with London's population boom what do you think will happen to low value land uses.
Well maybe. Though regarding Vittoria Wharf LLDC do seem to be blindly pushing ahead with a wasteful scheme to build 2 bridges close together, so destroying what they themselves acknowledge is 'an essential hub in the area which truly meets the needs of the diverse range of local communities and visitors'.
"Currently the whole area of Hackney Wick is covered in mindless tagging, ugly offensive graffiti and piles of rubbish left by people who appear to have no idea what a rubbish bin is meant to be used for. A great deal of the listed buildings have been vandalised by persons hanging over the roof parapets and painting pathetic messages onto the beautiful brickwork, artists windows, street signs and information boards all get the tagging treatment, even the really nice artwork and murals of which there are many in the area get vandalised by the taggers who turn them into an unreadable mess, the true "Artists" on Fish Island and Hackney Wick are just as fed up with it all as I am..."
Those homes have got to be for ordinary people and not beardie trendies who make a racket,drop posh litter then move on at the drop of a palette, AND...
There's a lot of light industry here, which is employment. Those buildings are ugly and graffiti makes the place look unloved and dangerous. I'm now 65 and won't go there after dark - no Overground then, only buses for me after sunset. But people make a living there from ordinary jobs.
What's missing is the balance between housing need, development and employment. If LBH and LBTH could get their acts together, as the boundary runs right through this area, we might have a sensible outcome.
The Olympic Development Corporation (or whatever title they hide under this week) has to be either made accountable or was wound up. Their planning applications are incomprehensible to the lay person like me, and I have to traipse miles for a viewing of materials which tell me two-fifths of f---, sorry not very much at all.
I like Hackney Wick but that's 'qualified'...
Petrol
By the way, you are in East London.
The correct word for the comestible you are missing is beigel (pronounced bygle).
A movie by the excellent John Rogers.
I think it is a shame that some old buildings will be ripped down, as there is a certain charm to an aged facade. As a young person I actually like the graffiti but who is going to stop this being done after the new buildings are there? If that's your thing, go for it. I have even heard that some areas will be built specifically to accomodate artwork. The artists paint over each others work everyday anyway so there really isn't much lost.
However to pose counter arguments:
1) Much of the architecture is being retained (any that is worth keeping).
2) It is shame that many small businesses will have to move out temporarily but there is more much small commercial space being built in its place that is part funded by the Goverment and the sale of the flats which will therefore provide cheaper rental rates in more suitable and sustainable buildings. This will bring more
3) There is a housing crisis in London/UK and how else do you propose to solve this if you think that building on waste sites and run down industrial sheds is not even part of the answer? In my opinion your view is very shortsighted and biased.
If you really care about saving the area then please stop spreading negative messages which will push people out of the area and actually contribute to the planning decisions which are made as every person in this country has the right to do!
Amen
I notice that although sustainable development was mooted... most of these developments are bland money makers - with limited architectural merit... and not going to massively help the housing crisis... (affordable housing targets being missed) and with limited ties to the local area considered and minimal environmental considerations... a missed opportunity given the scale of development.
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