The London Fruit and Wool Exchange building faces imminent destruction. On the 1st March, Tower Hamlets Planning will decide whether to allow Exemplar Developers to construct a new brick office building in Spitalfields. If it does, the Fruit and Wool, a 1920s Portland stone building, constructed in 1929 in a neo Georgian style by Sydney Perks, the City Surveyor will be demolished in its entirety barring only a part of the facade. Also facing demolition the Portland stone Barclays Bank building, and the Gun pub. Moreover Exemplar plans to wipe the 17th century Dorset Street – home to Wedgewood’s first London showrooms – from the map.
In common with the Spitalfields Trust, the Spitalfields Community Group believes that the proposed buildings are of extremely poor quality. We also believe that this site should provide homes and shops. We oppose the removal of the historically important Dorset Street and wish to see it re-opened and used by local people.
Please sign our petition – your vote counts. Over 200 people have registered their opposition to this ill thought through scheme. The deadline is approaching fast and numbers will count.
