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Workhouse Building At Southern Grove

This impressive three-storey Victorian building is the surviving main building of the former South Grovevvvv Workhouse, opened in 1871 by the Whitechapel Poor Law Union. The Union’s 1858-59 workhouse was in Vallance Road, but the lack of suitable building sites…

Changes to the Conservation Area

Changes to the Conservation Area READ THE JUNE 15 NEWSFLASH HERE The Regent’s Canal at Bow Wharf will never look the same again if Tower Hamlets Council grants planning permission for Blocks A and C. Feast your eyes on this…

LIMEHOUSE ACCUMULATOR TOWER

URGENT NEWSFLASH – LIMEHOUSE ACCUMULATOR TOWER Please share with others who are interested in preserving our local architectural heritage. Can you please attend the Developement Committee meeting at the Town Hall tomorrow at 7.00 pm. To suport the limiting of…

NEWSFLASH BOW WHARF – 21st APRIL

EAST END WATERWAY GROUP BOW WHARF AND STOP LOCK BRIDGE Following the withdrawal from the Development Committee meeting on 8 March, the applications did not go to the 5 April meeting: mainly because of ongoing negotiations re the existing fire…

NEWSFLASH 2 BOW WHARF

EAST END WATERWAY GROUP NEWSFLASH BOW WHARF – 9th MARCH At about 1 pm on Thursday, 8 March 2012, I was informed that item 7.3 (Bow Wharf) had been withdrawn from the 8 March meeting of the Development Committee. Nevertheless,…

NEWSFLASH – BOW WHARF

Further to my East End Waterway Group letter of 29 November 2011, objecting to the proposed residential development at Bow Wharf (PA/11/03371 and PA/11/03372). The applications are going to the Development Committee on THURSDAY 8 MARCH with a recommendation to…

WILL NEW ROAD TUNNEL BRING MISERY TO LBTH

TFL would like your views on a package of proposed new Thames crossings in east and southeast London, which includes: Gallions Reach Ferry. A new vehicle ferry at Gallions Reach which could replace the Woolwich Ferry; Silvertown Tunnel. A new…

SAVE MOTHER LEVYS’ CAMPAIGN FINAL NEWSLETTER

Having restarted work in the first week of January 2012, Peabody’s demolition contractors completed the demolition of the 1911 cottage at 24 Underwood Road on Friday 13 January 2012. No amount of commemoration by Peabody will compensate for this shocking…