Not an April Fool.
As @thegentleauthor.bsky.social knows, this is not the first attempt to force an oversized development beside Bethnal Green Gardens.
This model shows the shadows an 11-storey, 52m tower would cast across the gardens.
Object by Thursday at midnight: bethnal-green.london
This was a sunset view from Bethnal Green Gardens.
You can’t see it now. Tall buildings have blocked it.
Now they want to build another 11-storey, 52m tower beside the gardens.
Once the light is gone, it's gone.
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A 52m student block is planned beside Bethnal Green Gardens.
11 storeys. 520 student rooms. Right by the gardens.
We’ve put together a simple guide explaining what’s proposed and how to object:
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Summer evening in Bethnal Green Gardens.
You can just make out the roofline of the old LEB building silhouetted by the sun.
That is where they want to build a new 52m student block.
This light matters. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
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Bethnal Green Gardens, late Saturday afternoon.
The gap in the middle of this photo — and the building to the right — is where they want to build a new 52m student block.
Even in a bitterly cold wind, people were still sitting in the sun.
Once that light is gone, it’s gone.
