A Seat At The Table
When London was selected as the host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games it came with the promise of creating a legacy that would last years beyond the sporting competition. The London Legacy Development Co-operation (LLDC) was formed and tasked with that challenge. It now operates as a planning authority for the Queen […]
Affordable art stone studios
Even five years ago, opening a Sainsbury’s on Wallis Road would have been, at best, a poor business idea. Like many things in Hackney Wick, the supermarket is a paradox: cheaper than many of its local competitors, the store is a sign of the area’s increasing exclusivity; it represents development which is shifting the economic, […]
The Wicked One: Luk Man Hon
How did you come to be in Hackney Wick (HWFI)? Back in 2008 I had just started my record business when a friend recommended I take a look at Oslo House as a potential place to work from. He was using it to store speakers at the time, and sometimes he would do gigs at […]
East London’s enterprise catalyst
Just off the River Lea Navigation at the former sweet factory site Clarnico Quay, stands the new Hackney Bridge; a cluster of businesses, restaurants, start-ups, and a new Sunday market (see p.4). Amongst all these commercial traders is the Good Growth Hub, a space to connect businesses with local talent and provide a range of […]
The Great Outdoors
Plenty of Hackney Wick’s existing food and drink venues were already famous for their outdoor seating areas: Queens Yard being first port of call for newcomers piling out of the Overground looking for a pint, or Barge East supplying the canal-side cocktails whenever the sun shows its face. But since the pandemic and its lockdowns […]
Guest Editor: Kaitlene Koranteng
The chair of the Legacy Youth Board, reflects on HWFI’s identity coming out of the pandemic and why it’s time to celebrate
Creative Wick publishes Living Lab report
Entitled ‘We need each other more than ever’, download the research document into the impact of Covid locally
Reinventing the Wheel
Mark Ciavola has been practicing pottery for 37 years and currently makes crockery for the hospitality industry from a studio upstairs in the White Building. He tells us about his innovative circular economy project, Porcelain Glass, that’s born and bred here in the Wick
Your Big Break in the Time of COVID
We’re living through the economic shock of our lifetimes, but East London is a good place to be if you’re in need of inspirational training opportunities and financial support
Designing The People’s Pavilion at Here East
Consulting young people on architectural and cultural plans is often patronising and then regularly gets ignored, anyway. Not so with this new project from Beyond the Box
