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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:45:45 +0000, Roland Perry wrote:
In message . com, at
02:04:06 on Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Andy Kirkham
remarked:
I would say that the Spitalfields area (quite near Liverpool Street
Station) is particularly atmospheric unless it has been redeveloped
since I was last there.

When were you last there? The market itself was undergoing considerable
rebuilding when I was last there (about 3 years ago). Perhaps they've
finished now. Brick Lane nearby is an interesting place, in any event;
exit the Aldgate East tube at the lesser-used eastern end and take the
first left.

Spitalfields market is barely a shadow of what it was 7 years ago,
a large amount of it was grabbed by the greedies so they could build
more offices which they so urgently need, thus squeezing everyone into
an ever diminishing (and expensive) space, they now plan to gentrify
it even more by building trendy shop units in it, thus further squeezing
the small traders. And despite the money that must have been got for
the part of the market that vanished the roof on what is left still leaks
like a sieve to everyones discomfort. Still there are lots of nice new
offices and the aforementioned greedies are doing quite well, so that
is ok then.


--
Martin