The only way to prevent this sort of thing is to force everyone to stay in the area they were born, ban fashion, abolish art, and shoot anyone with a haircut on sight.
Seems reasonable enough!
Can't do these things by halves, that's what I say......
Giles..
that's a different thread altogether, dalston being quite some way from the foundry.
this ^^ though another even worse place is to replace it .. but hey that is the deal with gentrificationthe foundry's long been a good example of what's wrong with shoreditch and hoxton. it's a place which has posed as a sort of countercultural venue while attracting a clientele generally composed of the type of people who are the advance guard of gentrification. having been there more times than i care to recall over the past 10 or so years because some groups have thought it a good place to hold meetings or drinks, i certainly won't mourn its closure. it's never been somewhere i would have gone by choice.
and this ^^To be honest I think the Foundry is a wanker's paradise and has been for years, but I'd rather have it there than a bloody hotel for wankers, hired and paid for by rich wankers.
the advance guard has had their day and it's time for the main force of gentrification to take their place.this ^^ though another even worse place is to replace it .. but hey that is the deal with gentrification
Entertainment is better at The George
i expect the only "on" evenings are the ones 5t3IIa hostsI think I must have gone there on an "off" evening
*flees*
i expect the only "on" evenings are the ones 5t3IIa hosts
Sounds like it'll be all over by early Jan but it looks like it might spring up somewhere else as a more sorted bar/arts centre, with proper license , so it's not all doom & gloom.
This is possibly the funniest thing you've ever written.i live down the way from the foundry, and places like charlie wright's or maybe the macbeth have a far more mixed crowd than the foundry.
Dear all,
The long awaited planning applications have come through.
This means that you now have until 20th November 2009 to give your feedback to the council.
Dear all,
The long awaited planning applications have come through.
This means that you now have until 20th November 2009 to give your feedback to the council.
Please find below links to both the applications
2009/2405
(planning application to build the hotel)
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/...les/Skins/hackney/Menus/PL.xml&DAURI=PLANNING
2009/2407
(planning application to demolish The Foundry)
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/...les/Skins/hackney/Menus/PL.xml&DAURI=PLANNING
Please send letters to:
Hackney Planning Services
Dorothy Hodgkin House
12 Reading Lane
London E8 1HJ
It is important that they know how people feel about these plans.
Please pass this on.
Thank you.
i don't think the council really care about the objections to the plans- they will get lots of money for getting rid of the place. fortunately there are whispers of a replacement location somewhere closer to pickmans