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ConserveConnect (http://conserveconnect.com) is an online community platform dedicated to supporting the conservation and restoration of period and heritage properties.
On Day One of the Aylesham Inquiry, “regeneration” revealed its true face — heritage repackaged as marketing, democracy reduced to process, and London’s working-class districts recast as investment zones. conserveconnect.news/day-one-from... #Peckham #BrickLane #Southwark #Regeneration
Day One: From Brick Lane to Rye Lane
“What is being regenerated if the people who made Peckham what it is can no longer afford to live here?”
conserveconnect.news
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On Day One of the Aylesham Inquiry, “regeneration” revealed its true face — heritage repackaged as marketing, democracy reduced to process, and London’s working-class districts recast as investment zones. conserveconnect.news/day-one-from... #Peckham #BrickLane #Southwark #Regeneration
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.
conserveconnect.news
October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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.
conserveconnect.news/day-4-mornin...
conserveconnect.news/day-4-mornin...
“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
conserveconnect.news/john-burrell... #SaveBrickLane #RightToTheCity #CulturalJustice #LondonHeritage
His alternative framework for #BrickLane reminds us that heritage is not about façades — it’s about people
conserveconnect.news/john-burrell... #SaveBrickLane #RightToTheCity #CulturalJustice #LondonHeritage
ConserveConnect
ConserveConnect.News is the publishing and outreach arm of ConserveConnect.com - a platform dedicated to safeguarding Britain’s historic buildings and supporting the people who care for them
conserveconnect.news
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“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
conserveconnect.news/john-burrell... #SaveBrickLane #RightToTheCity #CulturalJustice #LondonHeritage
His alternative framework for #BrickLane reminds us that heritage is not about façades — it’s about people
conserveconnect.news/john-burrell... #SaveBrickLane #RightToTheCity #CulturalJustice #LondonHeritage
“The city devours its own organs,” Mumford warned. Today, it does so with spreadsheets, not bulldozers alone.
conserveconnect.news/architects-f... #ASH #Regeneration #SocialHousing #BrickLane #StationStreet #LiverpoolStreet #AnnaMinton #JaneJacobs #LewisMumford #NicholasShaxson #Urbanism
conserveconnect.news/architects-f... #ASH #Regeneration #SocialHousing #BrickLane #StationStreet #LiverpoolStreet #AnnaMinton #JaneJacobs #LewisMumford #NicholasShaxson #Urbanism
Architects for Social Housing: Repair, Not Erasure
If demolition is the architecture of finance, ASH’s work is the architecture of resistance.
conserveconnect.news
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“The city devours its own organs,” Mumford warned. Today, it does so with spreadsheets, not bulldozers alone.
conserveconnect.news/architects-f... #ASH #Regeneration #SocialHousing #BrickLane #StationStreet #LiverpoolStreet #AnnaMinton #JaneJacobs #LewisMumford #NicholasShaxson #Urbanism
conserveconnect.news/architects-f... #ASH #Regeneration #SocialHousing #BrickLane #StationStreet #LiverpoolStreet #AnnaMinton #JaneJacobs #LewisMumford #NicholasShaxson #Urbanism
conserveconnect.news/saving-stati... #StationStreet #Birmingham #Heritage #WhoBenefits #Culture #Urbanism
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.
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.
conserveconnect.news
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
conserveconnect.news/saving-stati... #StationStreet #Birmingham #Heritage #WhoBenefits #Culture #Urbanism
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.
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.
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
conserveconnect.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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
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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#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.”
conserveconnect.news
August 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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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#HousingCrisis #Heritage #Community #UKPolitics #Labour
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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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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...
conserveconnect.news
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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
conserveconnect.news/restoring-co...
How Margate’s Victorian terraces, public funding, & grassroots projects offer a path beyond speculation. #Thanet #Margate #HousingCrisis #Heritage #Community
conserveconnect.news/restoring-co...
“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
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.”
conserveconnect.news/brick-lane-i...
#SaveBrickLane #ConserveConnect #RightToTheCity
conserveconnect.news
July 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“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.”
conserveconnect.news/brick-lane-i...
#SaveBrickLane #ConserveConnect #RightToTheCity
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.”
conserveconnect.news/brick-lane-i...
#SaveBrickLane #ConserveConnect #RightToTheCity
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:
conserveconnect.news/the-battle-f... #SaveBrickLane #HeritageNotHype #ConserveConnect
conserveconnect.news/the-battle-f... #SaveBrickLane #HeritageNotHype #ConserveConnect
The Battle for Brick Lane
Where heritage meets resistance, and London's soul risks eviction.
conserveconnect.news
July 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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:
conserveconnect.news/the-battle-f... #SaveBrickLane #HeritageNotHype #ConserveConnect
conserveconnect.news/the-battle-f... #SaveBrickLane #HeritageNotHype #ConserveConnect
Campaign momentum builds against the ACME-led Liverpool Street Station plan. Critics call it a “crushing overbuild” that threatens heritage and scale.
Read the update:
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#HeritageArchitecture #LiverpoolStreet #UrbanPlanning #SaveOurStations
Read the update:
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#HeritageArchitecture #LiverpoolStreet #UrbanPlanning #SaveOurStations
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
conserveconnect.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Campaign momentum builds against the ACME-led Liverpool Street Station plan. Critics call it a “crushing overbuild” that threatens heritage and scale.
Read the update:
🌐 conserveconnect.com/blogs/update...
#HeritageArchitecture #LiverpoolStreet #UrbanPlanning #SaveOurStations
Read the update:
🌐 conserveconnect.com/blogs/update...
#HeritageArchitecture #LiverpoolStreet #UrbanPlanning #SaveOurStations
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 #Margate #TSEliot #Betjeman #BuildingConservation
Explore how poetry, architecture, and the sea shape a living heritage:
The Shoreline of the Mind
conserveconnect.news/cliftonville...
#Cliftonville #Margate #TSEliot #Betjeman #BuildingConservation
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 ...
conserveconnect.news
July 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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
conserveconnect.news/cliftonville...
#Cliftonville #Margate #TSEliot #Betjeman #BuildingConservation
Explore how poetry, architecture, and the sea shape a living heritage:
The Shoreline of the Mind
conserveconnect.news/cliftonville...
#Cliftonville #Margate #TSEliot #Betjeman #BuildingConservation
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
Discover more:
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#HeritageConservation #TraditionalCraft #ListedBuildings #ConserveConnect
Discover more:
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#HeritageConservation #TraditionalCraft #ListedBuildings #ConserveConnect
Emmerson Critchley Ltd
Offers heritage property restoration services, working with planning and conservation officers to develop solutions for modernizing properties
conserveconnect.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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
Discover more:
conserveconnect.com/services/emm...
#HeritageConservation #TraditionalCraft #ListedBuildings #ConserveConnect
Discover more:
conserveconnect.com/services/emm...
#HeritageConservation #TraditionalCraft #ListedBuildings #ConserveConnect
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#buildingconservation #heritageproperty #ConserveConnect #ListedBuildings #CulturalHeritage
#buildingconservation #heritageproperty #ConserveConnect #ListedBuildings #CulturalHeritage
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...
conserveconnect.news
July 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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.
#HistoricBuildings #Conservation #TraditionalCraft #SustainableRestoration
Support local craftspeople.
Revive heritage skills.
Build a low-carbon future.
Let’s value repair over replacement.
#HistoricBuildings #Conservation #TraditionalCraft #SustainableRestoration
July 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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.
#HistoricBuildings #Conservation #TraditionalCraft #SustainableRestoration
Support local craftspeople.
Revive heritage skills.
Build a low-carbon future.
Let’s value repair over replacement.
#HistoricBuildings #Conservation #TraditionalCraft #SustainableRestoration
conserveconnect.com/blogs/the-ca... #buildingrestoration #heritageproperty #Georgian #conserveconnect
The Case for Tradition: Why Georgian Restoration Must Honour Original Materials and Methods
The Case for Tradition: Why Georgian Restoration Must Honour Original Materials and Methods
conserveconnect.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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
conserveconnect.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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
