Author: Cyndi Himmelstiere
I Spent an Entire Summer Working Through Shoreditch’s Rooftop Bar Circuit and My Liver Has Filed a Formal Complaint
A weather-dependent summer project reveals the genuine gap between promised and actual rooftop views I Spent an Entire Summer Working Through Shoreditch’s Rooftop Bar Circuit…
I Furnished My Entire Shoreditch Flat With Only Secondhand Finds for a Month and Never Looked Back
A month-long secondhand furniture rule produces a genuinely distinctive flat and considerable logistical chaos I Furnished My Entire Shoreditch Flat With Only Secondhand Finds for…
I Ranked Every Shoreditch Brunch Spot Within Walking Distance and Genuinely Regret Nothing
Six weekends of eggs benedict produce a definitive if financially irresponsible ranking I Ranked Every Shoreditch Brunch Spot Within Walking Distance and Genuinely Regret Nothing…
I Counted Every Coffee Shop On One Shoreditch Street and the Number Broke Something In Me
Eleven coffee shops in four hundred metres, and not one launderette left standing between them I Counted Every Coffee Shop On One Shoreditch Street and…
The Shoreditch Warehouse Party Is Dying, and I Am Not Entirely Sure How I Feel About It
The scene got absorbed rather than killed, professionalised into ticketing platforms and dynamic pricing The Shoreditch Warehouse Party Is Dying, and I Am Not Entirely…
Brick Lane’s Bagel Shop Wars Are the Most Honest Thing Left in Shoreditch
A rivalry conducted with warmth for decades, and the most levelling three am democracy left on the street Brick Lane’s Bagel Shop Wars Are the…
Every Wall In Shoreditch Is a Battlefield, and I Have Started Taking Sides
Taggers, established artists, and commissioned brands negotiate the same wall in an ongoing, ever repainted war Every Wall In Shoreditch Is a Battlefield, and I…
The Sunday Market Crowd Has Changed, and I Am Trying Not to Be the Person Who Complains About It
More footfall means better takings and a different, less satisfying kind of trade for the stallholders caught in the middle The Sunday Market Crowd Has…
The Independent Coffee Shops Are All Owned by the Same Three People Now
Cyndi Himmelstiere traces the ownership behind a strip of cafes that still market themselves as fiercely local and independent Four coffee shops within about six…
The Street Art Is Protected Now and Nobody Asked the Street
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the heritage listing that turned a living, changing wall into a fixed museum piece overnight A mural that has been painted over…
