Day 5 (Afternoon) – Third-Party Submissions - The Wall Still Stands
“Housing — especially social housing. Green and open spaces. Safe, walkable streets. Support for small businesses. More community and cultural facilities. GP surgeries and childcare. Sensible height and density — and the celebration of Bangladeshi heritage and stories.”
Day 6 - The Conversion of Place — Data, Value and the Truman Brewery Data Centre
By excluding questions of ownership, profit, and displacement, the inquiry preserves its image of neutrality. In truth, neutrality is the mechanism of capture.
Day 5 — The Heritage That Matters: Cross-Examining Historic England’s Legacy
Who now decides what 'heritage that matters' means?
Part II — The Financialisation of London
When housing, heritage and open space are treated as investment classes, moral boundaries are replaced by yield curves.
The Truman Brewery Inquiry: When the London Plan Meets the Market Plan
This is not a story about appearances; it is a story about rules — who writes them, who abides by them, and who believes they are optional.
John Burrell’s Alternative Vision for Brick Lane: Regeneration Without Erasure
“To conserve,” Burrell wrote, “is to sustain the relationships that make a place thrive.”
Brick Lane Public Inquiry — Day One Summary
The architects’ presentations — however elegant — cannot conceal the structural truth: this is not heritage-led regeneration; it is displacement by design.
Architects for Social Housing: Repair, Not Erasure
If demolition is the architecture of finance, ASH’s work is the architecture of resistance.
