Brick Lane Place Study

Question 1

Where is brick lane?

Answer 1

London borough of tower hamlets

Question 2

Describe the locale of brick lane

Answer 2

Breweries
Curries
Huguenot church, methodist chapel, synagogue, mosque
Art and fashion - old Truman brewery

Question 3

Describe why brick lane is also known as bangla town

Answer 3

Heart of London Bangladeshi population 41% Bangladeshi

Question 4

Describe the social characteristics of brick lane

Answer 4

Wide spread deprivation in tower hamlets
Within 10% most deprived areas
39% of children are in poverty

Question 5

Describe brick lanes artsitic representation

Answer 5

“Stik “ is a street artist who paints on walls often to show the integration of the community in brick lane

Question 6

Describe the media representation of brick lane

Answer 6

Lonely planet : “ full of noise colour and life brick lane is a vibrant mix of history and modernity”
Truman brewery.com “hive of creative buisnesses”
Brick lane film in 2003 by monica ali best seller and depicts the life of a new migrant in the city

Question 7

Describe accounts of lived experience within brick lane

Answer 7

The gentle author is a daily blogger about the bricklane area - positive blogs on why she likes to live there

Interviews with people on their experience e.g. 7th June an interview with adam dant who is releasing his second map of brick lane - “many of my maps depict the locale of a place”

Question 8

Describe the cause of culturural and demographic change in brick lane

Answer 8

Gentrification- cereal killer cafe set fire to in protest towards the gentrification process that has forced many from their homes.

Migration - influx of french in 1700s
Then in 1800s jewish and irish migration
More recently the Bangladeshi population has risen