Jan – March 16 Reports: Aldgate, Oxford St & Clapham – Spitalfields Update
Members Report Birmingham

Further rubble creation in Aldgate, E1

The rubble in the foreground is created by Barratt Homes and British Land but
Central House, Sir John Cass Art School in the background is also likely to become rubble.
Sold recently for 50 million pounds to Frasers Property UK (FPUK) by London Metropolitan University.
The department is to be moved to the Holloway Road Campus in late 2017
Join Save the Cass – www.savethecass.org

One of our members said this could be called ‘Urban living at it’s vilest’
But the Society thought it worth taking a closer look at the rubble

We found a great variety of rubble within the prodigious soil distribution,
there are bricks of many hues, steel rebars, and beautiful rough-hewn concrete slabs

There are many  ‘interests’ in Aldgate, here Barratt London
‘stunning’, ‘urban’, ‘penthouses’ – 463 one-bedroom suites, one, two & three-bedroom apartments and luxury penthouses.
From £695,000 to £1,135,500!
S.P.A.R would like the rubble retained in the foyer of this new development

Aldgate Place entrance (Barratt Homes)
Many new developments are defined by how far other places are from
them. S.P.A.R members will not have to travel far to find rubble from here

 

Metropolitan (Housing Association not the University)
are to provide ‘affordable’  homes for the scheme comprising 105 rented
and 45 shared ownership properties. Hand-over is Dec 2016 – June 17
These will surely be above £400,000 each!

S.P.A.R support truly affordable homes

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Oxford Circus: Rubble Report

On Oxford Street there are many demolitions
and not just for Crossrail, here at the corner of Hanway Place
and Oxford St is a facade, is there rubble behind it?

S.P.A.R saw that homes are being built here,
Galliard Homes provide ‘affordable’ homes from £300,000 – £500,000
Surely these are going to be in the ‘luxury’ bracket!

The interior building had been cleared away as construction had begun
but here you can see  the geological substrata of Oxford Street,
showing rubble from the past, there will be more rubble to come

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Clapham Report

The White House in Clapham, it is managed by Clapham Park Homes (CPH)
there is a fine pile of rubble nearby, it is worth seeking for SW4 members

It was a very even pile of rubble stretched over 20 metres
Clapham Park Homes say
“By the time the masterplan is completed in 2025 there will be well in excess of 3,200
homes on the estate, made up of a combination of
refurbished and new build homes for rent, shared ownership and outright sale.”
Clapham Park Homes are owned by Metropolitan (see Aldgate above…)

The Society thought this rubble was a sight to behold, with the colour bled out,
individual shapes and consistency came to the fore.
Here is a list of the demolition plans, useful reference for S.P.A.R members
https://www.metropolitan.org.uk/start-of-next-phase-of-clapham-park-regeneration

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Spitalfields Update

Local campaigners have been fighting to stop Spitalfields Market’s
1929  London Fruit Exchange (LFWE) from being redeveloped, but now
only the facade here on the left opposite the market remains.
There is some rubble left but new foundations are coming,
there is not long for members to see this

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Members Report – Birmingham

                History in the Making! Photo: Mr L Scully

Mr L. Scully from Bow, London visited Birmingham and noticed that the  Central Library
which opened in 1974 (after five years construction) is
rapidly being demolished to make way for ‘Premier Office Space’
West Midlands members should be able to see some classic 1970’s rubble over the first part of 2016

History in the Making! Photo: Mr L Scully

Paradise Circus is being redeveloped by The Argent Group who have owned the site
since 1999, this will be largely office space with  plans to rebuild the square phased
over the next ten years. The Library has moved to nearby Centenery Square,
but rubble from this building should be retained for any new development

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