Author: Cyndi Himmelstiere
The Street Art on My Corner Has Been Painted Over, Repainted, and Argued About More Times Than I Can Actually Count
A single wall, six different murals in three years, and a genuinely passionate local debate every single time about whether the latest one is actually…
My Local Pub Quiz Has a Round Specifically About Shoreditch Trivia, and I Am Embarrassingly Bad at It Despite Living Here for Six Years
You would think six years of actually living somewhere would prepare you for a trivia round about that exact place. You would be wrong, as…
The Market Stall Selling Exclusively Vintage Doorknobs Has Somehow Survived Three Years, and I Finally Asked the Owner Why
No, really, exclusively doorknobs. Vintage ones. An entire small business built on a single, extremely specific object. I had to know how. There is a…
Hackney Has Unveiled a Plan for Shoreditch That Runs Until 2040. I Read All Fifteen Opportunity Sites So You Don’t Have To.
Five hundred new homes, eleven thousand jobs, and a very careful sentence about affordable workspace. The Future Shoreditch Area Action Plan is either the neighbourhood’s…
Boxpark Shoreditch Is Gone. What Replaces It Will Tell Us Everything About Whether This Neighbourhood Still Belongs to the People Who Built Its Reputation.
The container mall that started it all has made way for Bishopsgate Goodsyard. The question now is whether ‘meanwhile use’ was ever meant to become…
Redchurch Street Still Has Independent Boutiques Fighting for Space Next to the Chains. I Went to Find Out How Much Longer That Lasts.
A candle brand that started as a Hackney side project. A minimalist fashion studio that feels like a Pinterest board come to life. Genuine independents,…
Shoreditch’s Street Art Made This Neighbourhood Famous. Increasingly, It Is Also the Only Part of the Old Shoreditch Still Standing.
Walk the back streets off Brick Lane and you will find murals that predate half the buildings now surrounding them. Some are protected. Most aren’t….
Shoreditch Nightlife Has Not Died, Whatever the Nostalgic Version of Events Insists. It Has Simply Split in Two, and Only One Half Gets Written About.
Yes, the chains have moved in. But the basement bars, the warehouse parties, and the genuinely strange nights out are still out there, if you…
I Tried Every Rooftop Cinema Screening in Shoreditch This Summer and My Neck Genuinely Hurts
Weather gambles and ambitious cult classic programming define a full summer of skyline film-watching I Tried Every Rooftop Cinema Screening in Shoreditch This Summer and…
I Spent an Entire Saturday Hunting Vintage Clothing Across Every Shoreditch Market Stall
Hidden stalls and end-of-day bargaining reveal the best prices across a full day of digging I Spent an Entire Saturday Hunting Vintage Clothing Across Every…
