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Brick lane
Fun facts
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on Brick Lane there were eight cafes and restaurants but after the city challenge scheme this grew to 41
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time line
17th Century- Influx of French Protestants because they were facing persecution from the French Catholic government. They brought the silk weaving industry
19th century- Irish and Jewish immigrated to the area. The gov allowed the Sunday market to open for the Jewish. They developed the silk weaving trade into the rag trade, creating sweatshops where masses of cheep clothing was produced.
20th century- Bengalis immigrated to the area. Due to global shift the rag trade ended resulting in the migration of Jewish factory owners. Brick lane turned to catering, the Bengali set up cafes and curry restaurants.
21st century- The area has become more gentrified, becoming higher end and more catered to tourism. There are many night clubs, art instillations, office, retail and leisure spaces.
City challenge scheme
In the early 1990s the London borough of Tower Hamlets successfully bid for the city challenge regeneration scheme. It was worth £7.5 million a year for five years. It aimed to strengthen the areas links with the city, draw young affluent visitors, encourage diversification of the economy creating a corporate creative culture. The southern end of Brick Lane was rebranded as Banglatown, this brought eastern style gateways to the street, painted St lamps, grants to up grade existing shops and restaurants and business advice for their owners. The north side was rebranded with a creative corporate culture creating many office spaces.
However there was an inappropriate juxtaposition of land uses and activities such as alcohol licenced premises near a mosque creating a culture clash. The Bengali community had no voice in this but are being used for tourism. Older Bengali women felt unsafe as there were too many male tourists although it is their area they feel excluded from it. There were lots of convenience shops. The new tenant contributed to the tremendous growth in the house market and changing the character of the neighbourhood. This is called gentrification when knew higher income residents move in and force out the original residents. More than 7,000 people have objected to the plans to turn the Old Truman Brewery into a shopping mall and corperate offices.
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59 Brick lane
The first community to use brick lane were the French Protestants who used it as a protestant church along with a small school. With the large influx of Jews in the 19th century it was converted into a Synagogue as brick lane was the heart of London's Jewish community. However, as the Jewish population dwindled it closed down. Since the influx of the Bengali, 59 Brick lane has been one of the largest Mosques in London.