Work has now started on Gillett
Square. The Gillett Street car park area
is being transformed into Gillett Square - a vibrant
town square full of retail and cultural attractions.
Completion is due in the Autumn of 2006. The
Dalston Culture House, already standing on the southwest
corner, is one of the first projects in this exciting
programme.
The Square is being promoted as one of Mayor Livingstone's
new urban spaces, and supported by his Architecture and
Urbanism Unit, headed by Lord Rogers. The Square
recently featured
in the GLA's exhibition “Civilising Spaces” at
the New London Architecture Centre.
Gillett Square is being developed by the Gillett Square Partnership which comprises HCD, Groundwork East London, Hackney Council and developers MacDonald Egan. Through Groundwork East London, the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has approved £850K for the development of the Square, along with £75K
to support a sustainable development framwork and clear
set of design principles for Dalston as a whole. The rsulatant
Dalston Area Action Plan is curently in the later stages
of public consultation.
For more information about our vision for the future of Gillett Square click here.
For more information contact
Adam Hart.
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