Jules Pipe (Mayor of Hackney) said that if you opposed developments like the Dalston Square then you were part of a 'keep Hackney crap mentality'. But Hackney isn't crap. Not even close. It doesn't need property speculators to make it a nice place. Don't take our word for it - come and see for yourself.
On Sunday 28 September we will host a walking tour of Gentrification in Dalston and Hackney central, culminating in a picnic in London Fields.
While Hackney Council celebrate the Olympics with the Carnival for the Cultural Olympiad we will have a look at the gentrification of Hackney that the Olympics will exacerbate. From Dalston Lane to Broadway market we will take people on a guided tour of dispossession and hear from shopkeepers, residents and the homeless who are fighting to keep their area a place they can live and work in.
On Saturday the 28th of September meet at 1pm at the Dalston Peace Mural on Dalston Lane, (just after corner with Kingsland rd, near Dalston Kingsland Station).
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