Author: Cyndi Himmelstiere
Shoreditch at 3am Is a Different Neighbourhood Entirely and I Have Made the Acquaintance of Both Versions
Cyndi Himmelstiere Documents the East London Experience at the Hour When the Creative Economy Meets the Actual Night Written by Cyndi Himmelstiere for Bohiney Magazine,…
Shoreditch Street Art in 2026: When the Murals Are More Valuable Than the Buildings They Are On
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the Specific Irony of Street Art Becoming the Thing That the Street Art Was Criticising Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat By…
The Old Street Roundabout Has Been Redesigned Again; Nobody Can Remember What It Used to Look Like
Cyndi Himmelstiere Documents the Latest Iteration of East London’s Most Continuously Modified Traffic Intersection Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Shoreditch,…
Shoreditch’s Mother’s Day: When Every Brunch Spot Has a ‘Bottomless Prosecco for Mums’ Deal and Nobody Is Eating Eggs
East London’s Most Commercial Neighbourhood Applies Its Full Commercial Intelligence to the Day’s Sentimental Potential Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat By Cyndi Himmelstiere |…
Shoreditch in May: The Tech Bros Have Discovered Outdoor Seating and Nobody Is Happy About This
Cyndi Himmelstiere Reports on the Annual Colonisation of the Pavement Terrace by the Laptop Contingent Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat By Cyndi Himmelstiere |…
The Shoreditch Brunch Queue: An Anthropological Study of Who These People Are and Where They Come From
Cyndi Himmelstiere Waits 45 Minutes for Eggs and Discovers She Is Now One of the People She Used to Complain About Bohiney Magazine | The…
The Brick Lane Curry Mile Has Lost Eleven Restaurants This Year. The Reasons Are Not What The Standard Story Suggests
The standard story is gentrification. The actual story, on careful examination of which specific restaurants have closed and what has replaced them, is more complicated…
Boxpark Shoreditch Is Quietly Becoming A Different Kind Of Place, And Nobody Has Said So Out Loud
The original concept has been substantially modified. The modifications have, in operational terms, produced a venue with a different relationship to the surrounding neighbourhood than…
The Hoxton Square Pub Closures Are A Symptom, Not The Story
Three pubs around Hoxton Square have closed in the past 18 months. The closures themselves are real. The story they are usually told as a…
The Truman Brewery Development Has Reached A Genuinely Interesting Compromise, And Nobody Believes It Will Hold
After eight years of contestation, the development plan that has emerged satisfies neither side. The dissatisfaction is, on careful examination, the strongest indicator that the…
