East End Watch

[George Hutchinson]

Hi both.

The workmen today were great. I asked them and they said they had just been told to dig a 'bloody big hole'. It looks like another set of gates are going in next to the large gates they've already inserted. This suggests to me that the current playground is due to become a car park. I think that DY is in no danger of being built upon at present.

Andrew - not so much news on the Bell Lane house, as it's now common knowledge the Bell Lane side has been demolished and only the facade remains in Tenter Ground (which is probably going to stay with some modern structure behind it, rather like the Wash Houses in Old Castle Street).

What I needed to do - and still do - is put up the photos I have of it being demolished.

PHILIP

[halomanuk]

Philip,what is going to replace the Liz Stride site ? Just nothing at all now ?

[Andrew Firth]

Philip,

Thanks for these updates. Did I read somewhere that you had some news regarding the "spookiest house on Bell Lane", that you were planning to post here?

All the best
Andrew

[George Hutchinson]

Well, I agree it's out of keeping but my personal opinion is that the current Whitechapel station is one of the messiest and ugliest in London. It's horrible, but it does lead appropriately to what lies outside...

Whilst the thread is resurrected, there's major stuff going on down in Berner Street.

Work on the playground of the Harry Gosling School continues. I spoke to some workmen there this afternoon, who were digging deep holes right where the front of the next building up the street from the IWEC stood (and layers there suggested we were looking at part of the old foundations).

The flower bed over the top of Liz Stride's murder site has gone. It's totally ripped out and there's no tarmac on the spot. I had hoped that maybe what I was seeing was cobbles from DY, but it turns out its the footing for the flower beds they've taken away. A lot of the wall is gone and it's easy to see inside at present.

I've bought a new Flip camera for taking videos and it's SO much better in quality than my previous one. I made a few clips today I'll upload to YouTube, including of Henriques Street.

The final thing is that one of the guys who works in the London Fruit Exchange had a chat to me last week. He told me there is nothing underneath the current building, so hopes of old foundations are lost. It's a big, open, concrete celler in long rows. He also gave me a copy of the 2004 plans to totally demolish part of Brushfield Street, the Fruit Exchange & White's Row car park. It's a bloody good thing it didn't happen as, although a nice building in keeping with the area aesthetically, it would have had a bleeding great office right on the MJK site with no public access.

PHILIP

[Jenni Shelden]

i was expecting the Doctor to appear - oh my - that's interesting...

[halomanuk]

Oh bugger .
That is as far away from the East End that you can get..
Looks like a bloody space-station.

[John Bennett]

Just found this on an architecture blog.

"Aedas are currently working on the redesign of Whitechapel Station. The project involves the station redesign providing interchange with the existing East London line and London underground’s District and Hammersmith & City Lines, together with a new ticket hall. "

Just look at one of the ideas:



I'm not really one to get all lacrimous over the changing East End, but this is SHITE.

[George Hutchinson]

Latest development - the pavement directly outside the relevant Goulston Street doorway has just been widened at that point. It's added about another two feet and is about five feet long, right at the point of the door. Good news for me, as that's more standing ground for the tourists.

PHILIP

[Suzi]

He he....John....... no doubt conducted by Trident Security!!!!!!!! (Sooooooooooo sorry you missed that!...Adrian MAY have it on film!!)

Yep get into the car park- top floor and use a good cam with a zoom and BINGO!


Is that chap a relation of Nosmo King??? xx

[John Bennett]

I thought it was called 'H.J.Taylor No Parking'.

[AdamWalsh]

wow - thats really annoying - I usually walk through there after The Ten Bells - never actually tried going into the car park and looking over - doing it that way is possible presumably?

[George Hutchinson]

The closest you can give it a name is 'The service road for the London Fruit Exchange next to White's Row car park'.

Or, if you're De Locksley, Mitre Square.

PHILIP

[The English Gardener]

What is this service road named?

Regards,

Adam

The street itself has no name nowadays, but it's the little road that runs between the Crispin Street refuge {as was} and Commercial Street just to the south of Brushfield Street and immedately north of White's Row car park. That's all that's left of the once notorious throughfare.

[Uncle Jack]

The City have now barred all public access to the service road that was Dorset Street PERMANENTLY

What is this service road named?

Regards,

Adam

[Suzi]

How odd- PM me your name and will try to add you