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Unexpected addition to Kingsland Shopping Centre... musicbooth.io

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'Major redevelopment for Hackney’s iconic New Era estate - residents to be rehoused' harrowonline.org/2025/06/12/maj… via @Harrow Online

Yep, it appears that the Planning Office successfully degraded the original design in many ways.

"Hi honey, good day at the planning dept?" "Absolutely! I knocked a storey off a residential building in the middle of a housing crisis, and made the windows look naff". "Oh that's wonderful dear!"

Plan to build 9 flats took 8 years, seemingly only one and a half of which was construction, and the planning system still knocked it down a peg in the end I wonder why it's so hard to buy a house in this country

'London’s population is expected to exceed 10 million by 2035, with a rise of 345,000 people in Inner London alone. But the projected current supply of new homes will only meet 40% of estimated need, worsening the the affordability crisis...' share.google/ljSEMRzRCAC1mF…

In pictures: dRMM’s mixed-use industrial and residential scheme in Hackney Wick. The east London development brings together 175 homes and 2,250m2  of light industrial workspace as part of a wider regeneration strategy. bdonline.co.uk/news/in-pictur…

Yet another good reason to replace far more parking spaces with sustainable urban drainage...

Estate parking to be replaced with 22 new homes 👍

Scaffolding has been removed from the housing redevelopment at the site of the former High Street Post Office. There will be a shop on the ground floor where the post office used to be.

Government backs upgrade plans for Dalston Kingsland station. (But still no news for Hackney Downs station.) hackneygazette.co.uk/news/25301466.…

Consultation now open for proposed redevelopment of Anvil House site on Matthias Road into storage and light industrial units. See website for upcoming exhibition dates. storexdalston.co.uk/proposals

Another reason I enjoy mid-rise architecture in Iran, is you can have a relatively nondescript street like this, with an *absolute banger* of a building in the middle of it! Designed by Ali Haidari

Different city, same problem. (Though I think I prefer the Parisian candour.) ‘Spoiled children’ of chic Paris neighbourhood block budget supermarket share.google/JZiSnEwcg0RlLs…

Shoreditch High Street junction with Great Eastern Street - Improving safety | Have Your Say Transport for London share.google/blREyzJDeVdXWW…