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Hatton Garden Faces the Future EC1 ECHO NOV/DEC 2019 N 1 FREE NEWS CULTURE EVENTS EC1Echo.co.uk Come and join The rediscovered Things to do @EC1Echo the ‘Clerkenwell old masters in EC1 this Commons’ of Farringdon November /EC1Echo P 3 P 8–9 P 15 [email protected] Run for your life ollowing a grant to upgrade Islington’s parks and green Fspaces to improve health for the whole community, King Square Gardens has opened a new cycling and walking route. The route itself is made of mark- ers on the ground. It is the third such route in Islington and the first in the EC1 area. It has been funded by a Parks For Health Project grant of £667,700 to both Islington and Camden: part of the Future Parks initiative, which aims to deliver on the prom- ise of the first London parks which hoped to improve public health. Without recourse to an expen- sive gym, EC1 residents can now take exercise – with their GP’s recommendations. “This money will help us to put our green spaces at the heart of the healthcare toolkit,” said Cllr Janet Burgess, Islington Council’s exec- utive member for health and social care. “We need to connect our least active residents with our parks and Jewel Heritage: Summer’s pop-up park in Hatton Garden green spaces and all the activities that take place within them. O p en in g t h e t r a Hatton Garden faces the future c The BID acknowledges that the famous street is changing k atton Garden – District (BID) is shortly to publish cies.” Developers see the area as in the last few years than in the London’s jewellery its annual report for 2018–19. Since a central honeypot for offices and previous 50 years.” centre for hundreds it began in 2016, the BID – which housing – while the recent film According to Karter, there has of years – is rapidly is supported by local businesses about the “heist” increased the been a move away from the Hchanging. With Crossrail on its – has addressed these issues, in notoriety of Hatton Garden in a older kind of jeweller, catering “The physical and mental bene- way in 2021, rents are increasing, the hope that the area can move way that some found unwelcome. to browsing couples, towards a fits of getting out there – whether while globalisation and internet with the times while retaining These circumstances have more crafts-based approach. “The that’s walking the dog, going for a shopping have cut margins for its historic profile as London’s changed the district, says jeweller internet has had a huge effect on jog or breaking a sweat at an out- many of the businesses. Visitors pre-eminent jewellery district. Karl Karter of London Rocks on the industry,” he says. “The retail door gym – are well known, and are expected to triple but the “The commercial mix has Leather Lane, close to Hatton shops are struggling against Indian there are few other community increased footfall is likely to changed dramatically,” says a Garden. “The BID has been and Chinese competition.” facilities that have such universal favour different businesses. spokeswoman for the Hatton controversial in certain areas,” Instead, some newer jewellers appeal at low or no cost.” With that in mind, the Hatton Garden BID. “There has been says Karter. “But the fact is there’s are targeting the “artisanal” Garden Business Improvement an influx of new creative agen- been a lot of change – more so Continued on Page-4 Visit islington.gov.uk/sportinparks EC1 ECHO NO.1 November/December 2019 N 1 NEWS 2 NOV / Our ever- DEC changing 2019 district 1st Nov 31st Dec Thomas Neumark, CEO of The Peel Waxing Waxing Crescent Crescent he first impression that 22% / 0.51 26% / 0.49 Tone gets on arriving in Clerkenwell is the general look of monotony in the place: the apparent sameness of one street EC1 Echo is the area's with its neighbour, and the ever- free community lasting grimness and grayness of newspaper. We publish the houses, wherever one goes”. bi-monthly and Those were the “impressions of distribute 5,000 free a visitor in Clerkenwell” written copies door-to-door in 1934 by “an Oxford Graduate in Clerkenwell as well who spent a week at The Peel”. as 500 copies to cafes, How would that same person pubs, community react if a time machine brought centres, libraries and them to EC1 in 2019? Safe to other venues say that they wouldn’t notice a Out To Lunch: The market’s food stalls are too dominating Credit Bruno Healy “general look of monotony”, from Sadler's Wells to Exmouth Mar- Publisher David Floyd ket to Amwell Street to the Spa Green Estate, a five-minute walk Editor Hemingway’s reveals architectural marvels. Oliver Bennett The faces you see are more mixed than the buildings. There Designer Jonathan Duncan are households whose families have Leather Lane lived in EC1 for five generations and Project Manager people who moved in two minutes Anna Merryfield ago, interacting with the people Contributors Call for market layout to change who work, travel or study here. Bruno Healy, David This diversity and variety makes Blazquez, Ross Willoughby- report from Cam- number of non-food applications each other, enjoy more trade Clerkenwell a great place to live Young, Dominika Langova, den Council and and may have become over- throughout the day and attract or work. Luigi Indri, Kate Coombs, Hemingway Design dependent on the lunchtime trade a more diverse clientele – most T Matt Nathan, Tim Jones, has recommended a during the hours of 11am–2pm. notably serving local people o m Cass Horowitz, Meg rethink of Leather Lane market. Even other caterers on the doing high street shopping on N A e u Howarth, David Wilcox, Published this year to address street find it difficult, added the Leather Lane rather than just m a r Mike Franks, Lucy the issues facing all the markets report. One restaurateur said: catering for office workers on k o f Chapman, Thomas Neumark in the borough of Camden – “…the buffet food has got so far lunch hour. T h e including the famous Camden out of control that my restau- Practical suggestions for the P e e Market, where Wayne Hem- rant has been completely market included the provision l ingway of Hemingway Design of different sized stalls from CONTACT began his career in fashion small carts to large, semi- Email and design – Camden Markets "There is a permanent lockups; better It also presents challenges. Peo- [email protected] Vision & Recommendations storage, so that dismantled ple do not always feel like they Post 2019 cites particular flashpoints fundamental stalls and vans don't clutter the belong or are able to participate. 7 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow E17 7HA facing Leather Lane, which has need to consider streets, and different zones for They may think that certain places become a destination for lunch different types of merchandise. or activities are “not for them”. time food stalls and buffets. the needs of the It also proposed that as Leather That’s why The Peel, a charity ADVERTISING As the report notes, Leather Lane is only busy on weekdays, that has been working in Clerken- well since 1898, is looking at how Contact David Floyd: Lane is a financial success. entire street” it could be bought back to life Across Camden market trad- as a flea market or community we can build a more connected Call 020 8521 7956 ing generates around £964,000 blocked off so customers can market at weekends. Local community where everyone ben- Email per year [a figure from 2016–17] no longer get through the stalls traders could be encouraged, efits from living here. [email protected] with 38 per cent of that income into my restaurant”. in order to provide greater It’s also why we are supporting from Leather Lane alone. The recommendations from neighbourhood benefit from the launch of EC1 Echo, a paper But it also found a degree of con- Hemingway Design are for the market. that can tell the stories of this flict between shop owners and the market’s layout to change, “There is a fundamental need remarkable part of the world and newer food and drink outlets that so that stalls don’t block out for the layout plan to consider hopefully bring us a bit closer EC1 Echo is a member of IMPRESS: populate the famous market in the shop-fronts. It also sug- the needs of the entire street and together. I hope you enjoy the The Independent Monitor of The EC1. As well as complaints about gested that a wider “traders all who reside and trade there,” paper and are inspired to tell Press. For more information on the EC1 Echo’s complaints policy and how to waste disposal, noise, and the res- community” should emerge, suggested Wayne Hemingway. your story. make a complaint visit: idues of food and oil on the road, where the stalls and shops EC1Echo.co.uk/complaints To download the report: Tell us what's on your mind: Leather Lane now only has a small become more considerate of Visit camden.gov.uk/documents Email [email protected] November/December 2019 EC1 ECHO NO.1 NEWS 3 Two EC1 residents call for interest in the ‘Clerkenwell Commons’ wo EC1 residents St James’s Church, as seen in a digital ‘flyover’ Credit Daniel J Wilcox people together, and that con- are enlisting people vivial environments encourage interested in devel- people to talk to each other.
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