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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · 19d

If London is to remain a city of neighbourhoods rather than a market of assets, Peckham must be allowed to follow the path of restoration-led regeneration.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · 19d

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The Great Housing Betrayal Already Happened in Brick Lane

How fifteen years of redevelopment along Brick Lane fused architectural loss with cultural erasure — turning heritage into collateral and community into yield.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · 19d

Day 4 at the #BrickLaneInquiry — heritage consultant Michael Dunn, led by Russell Harris KC, affirmed the Truman Brewery scheme “satisfactory on all counts.” Our latest piece unpacks the architecture of power behind expert testimony.

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Brick Lane Inquiry Day 4 – The Architecture of Justification | Conserve Connect News

This was not evidence but reiteration: the legal language of compliance performed as fact.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · 22d

“To conserve is to sustain the relationships that make a place thrive.” — John Burrell

His alternative framework for #BrickLane reminds us that heritage is not about façades — it’s about people

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · 29d

“The city devours its own organs,” Mumford warned. Today, it does so with spreadsheets, not bulldozers alone.

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Architects for Social Housing: Repair, Not Erasure

If demolition is the architecture of finance, ASH’s work is the architecture of resistance.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Oct 5

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The Electric Cinema. The Old Rep Theatre. The Crown.
A century of Birmingham’s cultural life stands on one short street.
Now it faces demolition for a 50-storey tower.

Saving Station Street: Who Benefits When Britain Erases Its Own Memory?

Station Street contains all the ingredients of sustainable urban life: density, walkability, mixed use, and heritage that anchors community identity. What it needs is maintenance, not obliteration.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Sep 22

Britain’s period properties are being revived with chisels, pattern books & patience. Craft carpentry—once eclipsed by PVC—is making a comeback, guided by centuries-old manuals. Read the full story on ConserveConnect 👉 conserveconnect.com/blogs/the-re... #Carpentry #Conservation

The Resurgence of Craft Carpentry in Period Property Revival

After decades in which Britain’s historic homes were patched with PVC units and standard joinery, there is a quiet, determined resurgence of craft

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Aug 29

Britain faces a housing crossroads. Government tax reforms risk tinkering with numbers while Georgian, Victorian & Edwardian homes crumble, skills vanish, & communities hollow out.

#HousingCrisis #Heritage #Community #UKPolitics #Labour

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A Tax Without a Vision: Housing, Heritage, and the Perils of Market Rule

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Aug 27

In Thanet, restoration is more than repair — it’s about continuity, heritage & community.

How Margate’s Victorian terraces, public funding, & grassroots projects offer a path beyond speculation. #Thanet #Margate #HousingCrisis #Heritage #Community

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Restoring Continuity: Housing, Heritage, and Community in Thanet

Thanet today stands at a crossroads. It could become another case study in transience—a place hollowed out by speculative fervor, full of stylish bars and empty flats. Or it could chart a rarer course...

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Speculative Homes, Scorching Lives

Developers build for quick returns, not long-term well-being. The human scale—the experience of living through heat, seasons, community—is priced out

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Our history is not for sale.”

From Cable Street to cultural clearance, Brick Lane has always fought back. Brick Lane is now a Battleground.

“Heritage is not a marketing device. It is memory. It is meaning.”

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#SaveBrickLane #ConserveConnect #RightToTheCity

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 29

Brick Lane is facing not regeneration, but betrayal. Heritage without community is just marketing. In the end, it’s the people who must be served:

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The Battle for Brick Lane

Where heritage meets resistance, and London's soul risks eviction.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 28

Campaign momentum builds against the ACME-led Liverpool Street Station plan. Critics call it a “crushing overbuild” that threatens heritage and scale.

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Update: Campaign Gathers Momentum Against Acme's Liverpool Street Development Plan

As public attention turns once again to the future of Liverpool Street Station, the campaign to protect it stands as a national test case

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Heritage Conservation Services | Connect with Restoration Experts – ConserveConnect

Discover trusted heritage conservation services and connect with accredited building restoration professionals across the UK. From stonework and timber repairs to full project support, ConserveConnect...

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 26

Cliftonville’s shoreline inspired The Waste Land and “Margate Pier”—but its buildings speak too.
Explore how poetry, architecture, and the sea shape a living heritage:
The Shoreline of the Mind

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Cliftonville: The Shoreline of the Mind

“On Margate Sands. I can connect / Nothing with nothing.” The lines, stark and sorrowful, sit at the heart of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land—a fractured modernist poem that helped redefine 20th-century ...

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 25

Meet Emmerson Critchley Ltd – experts in the repair and conservation of historic buildings, from churches and monuments to listed homes. Traditional skills and modern care

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Emmerson Critchley Ltd

Offers heritage property restoration services, working with planning and conservation officers to develop solutions for modernizing properties

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Torquay Pavilion and the Duty of Conservation: A Test of National Will

The Torquay Pavilion is not an isolated case. It is a warning sign. A society that shrugs when a building like this fails is a society that has lost its cultural compass. When we allow places of share...

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Repairing the Past, Investing in the Future: A Call for VAT Relief on Historic Building Restoration

The UK’s VAT policy punishes heritage conservation. This article explains why reform is urgent—and how it can boost sustainability, jobs, etc

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 20

UK needs #VATrelief on period property restoration—when traditional materials & methods are used.

Support local craftspeople.
Revive heritage skills.
Build a low-carbon future.

Let’s value repair over replacement.

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 20

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The Case for Tradition: Why Georgian Restoration Must Honour Original Materials and Methods

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 12

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The Wisdom of Working Within the Grain of a Historic Building

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 7

London is under siege—not by war or weather, but by speculative development that threatens the soul of our city. Across the capital, historic buildings—once considered landmarks of civic pride .. #HeritageConservation #BuildingRestoration #ConserveConnect #PreserveHistory #ListedBuildings

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Built Heritage, Common Ground: Why Protecting Buildings Must Mean Protecting Communities

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ConserveConnect @conserveconnect.bsky.social · Jul 7

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