Could community-led cooperative housing offer a solution to the borough’s social housing shortage?
As Balfron Tower transitions to luxury rentals, Glenkerry House remains a beacon of affordable, community-led housing, a model that could
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Author: Robert Postings
Examining Poplar’s decline in council housing over the past 20 years
The third article in our series examining social housing in Poplar, reveals how the number of council houses has halved
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Poor doors, busy roads, and little sunlight: How affordable housing gets the brunt end
The second article in a four-part series examining social housing in Poplar, reveals how new housing developments are failing to
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Streets in the sky: The utopian dreams of Poplar’s social housing
The first in a four-part series about the threat to Poplar’s pioneering social housing, we look at how post-war architects
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The Queen’s Head pub in Limehouse reopens with big goals
‘We didn’t want it to turn into more flats’. The Queen’s Head re-opens with big ambitions to be a traditional
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Escape the Chaos of Canary Wharf at Crossrail Place Roof Garden
East meets West for a round-the-world trip of plant life at Crossrail Place Roof Garden in Canary Wharf The first
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The Gun: traditional British food in an excellent environment at this riverside pub
Historic riverside gastropub The Gun offers traditional British food and an unbeatable riverside location. Sitting down at a table on
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Beyond the Denim: Poplar’s Ian Berry on art and community
Ian Berry: Why he no longer wears denim and how in his art “The constant thing, taking away the portraits,
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Rare Victorian steamship SS Robin finally returns home to Blackwall
Just 150 meters from its construction site in 1890, the last remaining Victorian Steamship SS Robin has returned to Blackwall.
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This is Home: Chinese in Poplar
In our series celebrating the diversity of Tower Hamlets, we spoke to Eric from Beijing. Now running a Chinese restaurant
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Poplar HARCA and Tower Hamlets Community Housing boards agree to merger
Around 3,000 homes managed by Tower Hamlets Community Housing to be affected as they merge with Poplar HARCA The boards
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The best Chinese restaurants around Poplar
Everyone loves a Chinese, so here are the best Chinese restaurants around Poplar, Limehouse, and the Isle of Dogs. China
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