Good article on Brick Lane & its future
Brick Lane was already changing for a variety of reasons pre-COVID as tastes changed as well as external factors like access to staff
COVID will accelerate change
This has been the tradition of the East End, take in a new generation of
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Brick Lane was already changing for a variety of reasons pre-COVID as tastes changed as well as external factors like access to staff
COVID will accelerate change
This has been the tradition of the East End, take in a new generation of
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migrants, they form new businesses but the next generation want to do different things & start to move away
The same thing happened to the Jewish community here & before them the Huguenots
Part of the Chinese community in Limehouse moved to west end
This is natural & in part
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The same thing happened to the Jewish community here & before them the Huguenots
Part of the Chinese community in Limehouse moved to west end
This is natural & in part
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a good thing, the east end continues to fill its role of being a home to new migrants
As subsequent generations become settled & move up the education & income brackets they move away
A new generation of migrants replace them
Today those migrants come from all of the world
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As subsequent generations become settled & move up the education & income brackets they move away
A new generation of migrants replace them
Today those migrants come from all of the world
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and less clearly form a single cohesive group as previous migrants did, that is generally a good thing as speeds up the process of integration
But change can be uncomfortable especially if it happens quickly because of COVID
Role of government should be to help with change
Not
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But change can be uncomfortable especially if it happens quickly because of COVID
Role of government should be to help with change
Not
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pretend it won't happen, but make change more comfortable, easier, less damaging, maybe slower?
But help people to adapt to it not pretend it wont happen
So Brick Lane should if possible maintain some curry houses but also appeal to wider tastes/interests to ensure jobs &
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But help people to adapt to it not pretend it wont happen
So Brick Lane should if possible maintain some curry houses but also appeal to wider tastes/interests to ensure jobs &
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businesses sustainable as tastes change
But the wider area can still be attractive & enticing with a good mix of activities, interests, food & cultures
That keeps people in jobs, keeps the £ coming in for the Council but allows families to evolve with the next generation
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But the wider area can still be attractive & enticing with a good mix of activities, interests, food & cultures
That keeps people in jobs, keeps the £ coming in for the Council but allows families to evolve with the next generation
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being able to compete for any kind of job in the UK or internationally
TH Council needs to work with & support businesses, if for no other reason that business rates is an important source of our income
But that is true of the whole of TH now not just Brick Lane
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TH Council needs to work with & support businesses, if for no other reason that business rates is an important source of our income
But that is true of the whole of TH now not just Brick Lane
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