Spitalfield, Bricklane Flashcards
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Spitalfield
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- Tower Hamlets
- Most deprived borough in England,2010
- Highest rate of child poverty in the country = 49% this year
2
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Gentrification
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Brought relative improvement
3
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Brick Lane
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- Originally called Whitechapel Lane
- Renamed as local earth was used by brick and tile manufacturers in the 15th century
4
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17th century
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- Increase of French Huguenots driven out of France
- area to escape persecution abroad
- Looking for a better life
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19th/20th century
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- Best known for its Irish and Jewish population
6
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More recently
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- Known as Banglatown - immigrants from Bangladesh
- Weekly Bangladeshi paper - The Sylneter Dak
- Guide books - Place to go for curry in London
= traditional, authentic Bangladeshi cooking
7
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What’s there
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- People/communities = Unique character
- Huguenot Church
- Methodist chapel
- Jewish Synagogue
- Muslim mosque
- Traditional + new shops, restaurants markets and homes
8
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Demographic characteristics
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- High proportion in the economically active age bracket (16/64)
- Notably high proportion of people in their 20s
9
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Census
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- Residents of Bangladeshi origin = 41%
- Higher than borough average
- Lower proportion of residents who are white British than borough average.
- Muslims make up highest proportion at 41.5%
- Rich ethnic + religious mix from migratory moves by different groups since 19th
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Economic characteristics
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- Tower Hamlets population is 76.6% economically active = Datashine census
Gross Disposable Household Income steadily increased since 1997-2013
CDRC maps, spitalfields is a highly dense area filled with people who live there = large urban area
11
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Example of gentrification
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Cereal Killer Cafe
- Opened by 2 brothers from Belfast
- Pricing of a bowl of cereal - £3.20 in London’s poorest borough
1/2 children grow up in poverty - Premium pricing is a strategy
Tourism = out of the ordinary experience
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Tower Hamlets
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- 2nd highest unemployment rate in London
- High rates of long term illness
- Highest paid people in London, working in the financial district of Canary Wharf, headquarters of HSBC, Barclays
