Features Archives — Poplar LDN

The travel and travails of Henry Moore’s Draped Seated Woman ‘Old Flo’ from Stepney, to Yorkshire and back to Canary Wharf

Henry Moore carved his ‘Draped Seated Woman’ for a Stepney Council Estate, so is its current home in Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf may look like a financial powerhouse, but the reality beneath the surface is much more complex, with both

Developers want London’s lonely island to become a residential hub but locals are sceptical about growing the concrete jungle before

There are plenty of ideas proposed for the island’s reinvention, but with blurred lines between regeneration and gentrification, what can

How a close-knit community of Islanders have come together and campaigned to ensure they aren’t pushed out of Canary Wharf’s

As developers expand the boundaries of Canary Wharf and flood the Isle of Dogs with high-priced flats, we investigate the

Once a bustling dockland and later a financial powerhouse, Tower Hamlets’ Isle of Dogs faces yet another wave of transformation.

Luba Lukhanina, who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion in 2022, reminisces about her childhood along the Dnieper River, the

As Balfron Tower transitions to luxury rentals, Glenkerry House remains a beacon of affordable, community-led housing, a model that could

The second article in a four-part series examining social housing in Poplar, reveals how new housing developments are failing to

The first in a four-part series about the threat to Poplar’s pioneering social housing, we look at how post-war architects