September – October Reports 16:
Rubble Findings in Hackney Wick, Orsman Road and Kingsland Road

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Hackney Wick Report

Our members regularly visit Hackney Wick as it has long been one of
London’s most prodigious areas for Rubble, this is only likely to increase.

For the campaign to Save Hackney Wick, see the external link below
https://savehackneywick.org/

S.P.A.R found this prodigious rubble configuration by the A12 in Hackney Wick

This rubble had great variation in scale and consistency

One of the factories being demolished was ‘Sulzer, Dowding & Mills’ on
24-26 White Post Lane, a service provider for brands of rotating equipment such
as turbines, pumps, compressors, generators, and motors,
it is now subsumed by the Hackney Wick Action Plan

This site was using a somewhat slower method to move the rubble

A panorama of rubble can be seen from Hackney Wick Station
Below is a link to Hackney Council’s Area Action Plan
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/hackney-wick-aap

This ground rubble had an impressive range of concrete slabs

This part of Fish Island is largely post-rubble,
below are the current plans, they are looking to build ‘neighbourhoods’
but there is already a neighbourhood in Hackney Wick
http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/the-park/homes-and-living/existing-communities/hackney-wick-and-fish-island/hackney-wick-consultation

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Orsman Road Report

6 Orsman Road had been empty for several years, but is to become a six-storey
office block, the demolition revealed some fascinating rubble

S.P.A.R members were very excited about this rare example of hanging rubble

These blocks held up by steel rebar should be hung from the new development

The rubble was cleared quickly, here is a glimpse of it’s magnificence
According to Maris the developers of the scheme there will be
‘25,226 sq ft of top specification office accommodation developed in
conjunction with a prime residential block, comprising seven residential units’

By mid-September the demolition was nearly complete,
with the rubble gone our members moved elsewhere

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Kingsland Road Report

As austerity hit, the Citizens Advice Bureau closed  on 491-493 Kingland Road,
it was empty for several years but demolition began in the summer of 2016

The Society found much admirable rubble behind the blue and red fencing
The development plan is thus:
Demolition of existing single storey building and erection of a five storey building comprising retail (A1 use)
or financial and professional services (A2 use) unit on the ground floor with 2 x 1 bedroom flats and 1×2 bed flat above

Such a profusion of multi-leveled rubble, but will any of
this remain in the new development?