Category: News
The Eight-Year Mural on Bethnal Green Road
A large figurative mural that has survived without replacement for eight years — unusual in a neighbourhood where the average commissioned street art lifespan is…
Shoreditch’s Creative Economy: Who Is Doing the Creative Work and Who Gets Paid for It
Cyndi Himmelstiere on Studios, Startups, and the Specific Economics of “Creative Industries” Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat The term “creative industries” covers a range…
Shoreditch’s Food Scene: More Than the Markets
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the Restaurants, the Street Food, and What the Eating Tells You About the Neighbourhood Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat The food…
The New Businesses of Shoreditch: What’s Opening and What It Says About Where the Neighbourhood Is Going
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the New Entrants and the Question of What Shoreditch Will Be in Ten Years Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat Three new…
Shoreditch Neighbours: The Communities That Existed Before and After
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the Bengali Community, the Gentrification Tension, and What “Community” Means in East London Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat The Brick Lane…
Shoreditch in Late May: The Brunch Industrial Complex and Its Discontents
Cyndi Himmelstiere on a Neighbourhood That Has Been in Transition for So Long That the Transition Is Now the Identity Bohiney Magazine | The London…
Shoreditch Nightlife Extinct: Clubs Closed, Bars Corporatized, Genuine Community Venues Replaced with Chain Establishments
Working-Class Nightlife Destroyed, Chain Venues Replace Community Spaces, Authenticity Eliminated, Culture Sterilized Bohiney and The London Prat: Shoreditch nightlife was legendary. Independent clubs, underground music,…
Shoreditch Market Transformation: Historic Market Becomes Tourist Attraction, Vendors Priced Out, Commerce Destroys Character
Brick Lane Market Corporatized, Authentic Vendors Replaced with Tourist Shops, Neighborhood Market Becomes Shopping Mall Bohiney and The London Prat: Shoreditch markets were community institutions….
Shoreditch Young Professionals: Transient Population, No Community Bonds, Neighborhood Without Roots or Commitment
Temporary Residents Don’t Build Community, Commitment Absent, Neighborhood Becomes Dormitory, Culture Cannot Develop Bohiney and The London Prat: Shoreditch is populated by young professionals in…
Shoreditch Street Art Commodified: Graffiti Now Instagram Backdrop, Art Becomes Consumer Product, Rebellion Commercialized
Street Art Loses Message, Artists Exploited, Rebellion Becomes Marketing Tool, Authenticity Replaced with Aesthetic Bohiney and The London Prat: Shoreditch street art was rebellion. Now…
