Swan Wharf is an Edwardian multi-storey stable block with a 1960s extension and a wharf on the River Lea, just below Old Ford Locks. Having written several letters of objection to the London Legacy Development Corporation (last dated 17 July…
East End Waterway Group Special December 2016 Newsletter from Tom Ridge HELP STOP THE DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE 1855 MAIN BUILDING’S ROOF AND VENTILATION TOWER AT THE FORMER LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL (LISTED GRADE II APRIL 2016) Compare the existing…
EAST END WATERWAY GROUP FISH ISLAND SPECIAL DECEMBER 2016 The LLDC has submitted four planning applications to itself for two new bridges over the Hackney Cut. The narrower bridge requires the unnecessary demolition of Fish Island’s second oldest canal-side industrial…
AT THE FORMER LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL Since the Special October Newsletter, a November Supplement has been published, followed by a Post-Script to the November Supplement. All three have either been emailed to you via the East End Waterway Group OR…
FORMER LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL 1. The developers have recently submitted their planning application to Tower Hamlets. The proposed ten-storey block has been reduced to seven storeys, and the proposed seven-storey blocks are now between five and six storeys. Instead of…
EAST END WATERWAY GROUP SPECIAL NOVEMBER 2016 SUPPLEMENT TO OCTOBER NEWSLETTER This supplement provides further information for those who have already sent their email (for which many thanks) and for those who have still to write – please do so as…
Petition by iPetitions // Algha Works is London’s finest surviving example of the flat-roofed, multi-storey printing works. With its tall, stallboard lights, deep light wells and distinctive flat roof with ventilation stacks (and other flat-roofed brick structures) the 1908…
EAST END WATERWAY GROUP COUNCIL-OWNED BUILDINGS FOR SALE AND DEMOLITION IN TOWER HAMLETS Mayor John Biggs and his Cabinet agreed on 3 November 2015 to dispose of several council-owned buildings to finance a new Civic Centre at the old London Hospital,…
Newsletter Number 1 November 2014 At least 50 objections have been made against Council’s own application to convert the public shelter to a private cafe, and only 10 letters have been sent in favour. However, there is a petition in…
Swan Wharf is at the eastern end of Dace Road next to Old Ford Locks. The wharf, with its three existing buildings, was included in the very small Fish Island Conservation Area designated by Tower Hamlets Council in 2008. As…
