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Spaces

The Hackney Society newsletter

Spaces is a quarterly newsletter produced by the Hackney Society for its members. Back issues can be purchased by non-members. Spaces covers planning and historic building issues in the borough. It also covers topical issues, forthcoming events, building watch and updates on Hackney Society projects and events.

First page of Spaces, issue 86

Spring 25: Hackney Design Awards, Grade II listed Colvestone Primary School building

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Winter 24: Holborn Studios, Nick Perry, Bollard

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First page of Spaces, issue 84

Autumn 24: King’s Hall, St Chad, Haggerston, The Swan pub

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First page of Spaces, issue 83

Summer 24: Frampton Park Estate, Benyon Estate, Historic buildings and climate change

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 First page of Spaces, issue 82

Spring 24: Woodberry Down regeneration; Dalston Kingsland proposals

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First page of Spaces, issue 81

Autumn 23: Agapemonite Church; Sutton House revisited; The Elderfield Pub

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First page of Spaces, issue 80

Summer 23: 195 Mare Street; Shoreditch Church; Ash Grove Bus Garage

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Spring 23: Abney Park special edition

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First page of Spaces, issue 78

Autumn 22: Yorkton Workshops, Clapton Portico, Alexander Baron’s memoirs, Hackney Revealed festival

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First page of Spaces, issue 77

Summer 22: Windrush Sculptures, Britannia Project, Stamford Hill Area Action Plan revisited, Hackney Central Plan

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First page of Spaces, issue 76

Spring 22: Hackney Bridge, Stamford Hill Area Action Plan, Vincent Stops – Planning Committee, Holborn Studios revisited, The Peace Mural

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First page of Spaces, issue 75

Winter 22: The Mole House; Hackney Peace Mural; Trustees Needed

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First page of Spaces, issue 74

Autumn 21: The Library House; Dalston Eastern Curve Garden

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First page of Spaces, issue 73

Summer 21: St Mary’s Centre; Christchurch Estate; The Laburnum Mosaics and the Legacy of Freeform Arts in Hackney; CAAC Volunteers Wanted

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First page of Spaces, isse 72

Spring 21: Three Rooms Under a New Roof; Morning Lane People’s Space; 96, 98 and 98a Clapton Common; Beecholme Estate; Hackney Design Awards 2020; Women from Hackney’s History

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First page of Spaces, issue 71

Winter 21: 6 Broadway Market Mews; Buildings at Risk: 98 Clapton Common; Phase 3 Woodberry Down; Central and South Hackney CAAC

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First page of Spaces, issue 70

Autumn 20: PEER Gallery; Buildings at Risk: The Clapton Portico; Statue of Sir Robert Geffrye

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First page of Spaces, issue 69

Summer 20: Wrong House; Buildings at Risk: St James the Great; Holborn Studios; Openness and its Collective Value; East London Line

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First page of Spaces, issue 68

Spring 20: Pitwell Mews; Mind the Gap; Buildings at Risk: The Tin Tabernacle; Book Review

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First page of Spaces, issue 67

Winter 20: Kings Crescent Estate; Buildings at Risk: St Columba Church; St John at Hackney

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First page of Spaces, issue 66

Autumn 19: De Beauvoir Block; New Gravel Pit Burial Ground; London’s Anatomy; Bohemia Place

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First page of Spaces, issue 65

Summer 19: 146A Rushmore Road; Buildings at Risk: 195 Mare Street; Hackney Disinfecting Station; Green Spaces Walks

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First page of Spaces, issue 64

Spring 19: Hackney Town Hall; Hackney Design Awards 2018; Holborn Studios; Talks at the Tower; Pitcairn House

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First page of Spaces, issue 63

Winter 19: Black Stone House; Building Watch – St John’s Churchyard, Boris Building

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First page of Spaces, issue 62

Autumn 18: Garden House; Hackney Characterisation Study; Picture from a Portrait: Broad Street Nocturne; Toynbee Hall

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First page of Spaces, issue 61

Summer 18: Hackney Wick Station; Hackney Wick; Picture from a Portrait: Demonstrators calling for an inquiry into the death of Colin Roach

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First page of Spaces, issue 60

Spring 18: Woodberry Wetlands; 50 Years of SPACE; Small Sites; Picture from a Portrait: Stoke Newington West Reservoir

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First page of Spaces, issue 59

Winter 18: Vex; Holborn Studios; Picture from a Portrait: Bums Poster; Lower Clapton

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First page of Spaces, issue 58

Autumn 17: Grange Hall; Whither Shoreditch? Picture from a Portrait: Hackney Wick Stadium

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First page of Spaces, issue 57

Summer 17: 55A Kyverdale Road; Swifts; A Hackney Autobiography; Heart of Hackney

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First page of Spaces, issue 56

Spring 17: The Makers House; A Tale of Two Basements; When is Reproduction Good Conservation?; Champion for Hackney Heritage

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First page of Spaces, issue 55

Winter 17: The Cube Building; Hackney Central Masterplan; Hackney Design Awards 2016

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First page of Spaces, issue 54

Autumn 16: Barretts Grove; Amhurst Road Rescue Home; Hackney Design Awards 2016; 200 Years of Methodism in Stoke Newington; People’s History of Lower Clapton

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First page of Spaces, issue 53

Summer 16: Corten Extension London Fields; Building Watch – Hackney Fashion Hub, 195 Mare St, All a Façade, Former Hackney Police Station; Derek Baker 1936-2016

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First page of Spaces, issue 52

Spring 16: Blackbox: Building Watch – Hackney Pubs, Bishopsgate Goodsyard; Lower Clapton’s Heritage, Castle Cinema; Hackney CAACs

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First page of Spaces, issue 51

Winter 16: Passivhaus; Building Watch – A Tale of Two City Buildings, Holborn Studios; Hackney’s Pillories

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First page of Spaces, issue 50

Autumn 15: St Mary of Eton; 197 Mare Street; Hindle House War Memorial Project; The Boundary

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First page of Spaces, issue 49

Summer 15: Church Walk; Building Watch – Haggerston Baths; Amhurst Road: Gibbons Department Store

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First page of Spaces, issue 48

Spring 15: Writer’s Shed; Building Watch: Old Street/City Road, Old Schoolhouse; Dalston Conservation Area

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First page of Spaces, issue 47

Winter 15: Clonbrock Road; Building Watch: Dalston Lane, Wilmer Place, 195 Mare Street; Sponsored Walk; Hackney Design Awards; Review of ‘The Hackney Scout Song Book’

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First page of Spaces, issue 46

Autumn 14: Curtain Road; Building Watch – Dalston Lane, Bishopsgate Goodsyard, Chesham Arms, Leyton Marsh; Hindle House War Memorial Project

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First page of Spaces, issue 45

Summer 14: Pond House; Hackney Design Awards; Building Watch – Saving Dalston Lane, Wilmer Place, Northchurch Road

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First page of Spaces, issue 44

Spring 14: The Urswick School; Building Watch – An authorised vandalism?, Wilmer Place, 195 Mare Street; Rarely Seen Hackney Murals.

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First page of Spaces, issue 43

Winter 14: The Gingerbread House; Poor Hackney Central; Regeneration and Planning in Dalston; Building Watch – 195 Mare St, Haggerston Baths.

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First page of Spaces, issue 42

Autumn 13: Bridport House; Building Watch – QECH, 195 Mare Street, Old Schoolhouse, Wilmer Place; Trustees for HHBT

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First page of Spaces, issue 41

Summer 13: Woodberry Down; Chats Palace; Building Watch – Geffrye Museum, Dalston Development, Chesham Arms

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First page of Spaces, issue 40

Spring 13: Tramshed; Building Watch – St Mary’s Lodge, St-John-at-Hackney; Pickwick Bicycle Club; Abney Park Cemetery

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First page of Spaces, issue 39

Winter 13: Haggerston School Refurbishment; Love Local Landmarks; 2012 Hackney Design Awards; Building Watch – Chesham Arms, Holborn Studios, Dalston Development, Pond House

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First page of Spaces, issue 38

Autumn 12: Matchmakers Wharf Studios; Building Watch – Developing Hackney, A Building Worth Fighting For (Queen Elizabeth Children’s Hospital); Harold Pinter Plaque; Review of ‘The Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State’; Haggerston Routes; Open Letter to Hackney Society Members

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First page of Spaces, issue 37

Summer 12: Telling the Truth through False Teeth; Building Watch – Leyton Marsh, 86-100 Mare Street, Queen Elizabeth Hospital; Review of ‘Acquired for Development By … A Hackney Anthology’

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First page of Spaces, issue 36

Spring 12: Clapton Girls’ Academy; Building Watch – Corsham Street, Clapton Cinematograph Theatre, London Fields; Lea Bridge River Heritage Centre

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First page of Spaces, issue 35

Winter 12: Hackney Service Centre; Building Watch – Churches at Risk, Wenlock Arms, Pembury Estate; Love Local Landmarks

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Autumn 11: 39 Parkholme Road; Building Watch – The Lee Valley, Upper Clapton United Reformed Church

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First page of Spaces, issue 33

Summer 11: Bateman’s Row; Building Watch – Pond House, Haggerston Baths; Entertainment in Hackney – Hackney Empire

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First page of Spaces, issue 31 and 32

Winter – Spring 11: Eastern Curve; Where shall we all live?; Chatsworth Road Neighbourhood Plan; Building Watch – The George, Clissold Park; Love Local Landmarks; Entertainment in Hackney – Rio Cinema, Hackney Picturehouse, Arcola Theatre, Clapton Arts Trust, Clowns Church; 2010 Hackney Design Awards

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First page of Spaces, issue 29 and 30

Summer – Autumn 11: Shoreditch Rooms; Tea Building and White Swan; From Dalston to Shoreditch; New Lansdowne Club; Hackney Design Awards; Ship Aground; LBH Training Centre; Review of ‘The Green Guide for Historic Buildings’

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First page of Spaces, issue 28

Spring 10: Lauriston Primary School; Building Watch – LBH Training Centre for Adults, Ship Aground PH; Anna Barbauld

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First page of Spaces, issues 25 to 27

Summer 09 – Winter 10: The City Academy; From Fever to Consumption; St Leonard’s Hospital; The Mothers’ Hospital; Ivy House; Hackney Hospital; John Scott Health Centre; New Lansdowne Club

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First page of Spaces, issue 24

Spring 09: Shoreditch Prototype House; Manor Garden Allotments; Building Watch – Clapton Square, Haggerston Baths, Pond House

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First page of Spaces, issue 23

Winter 09: Adelaide Wharf; Restoration of Clapton Library; Boundary; Hackney Design Awards; Building Watch – Light Bar, Clapton Cinematograph Theatre, St Mary’s Lodge, Clarence Mews

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First page of Spaces, issue 22

Autumn 08: Bridge Academy; From Fever to Consumption; West Hackney Recreation Ground; London Fields Lido; St Augustine’s Tower; Building Watch – Tram Depot

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First page of Spaces, issue 21

Summer 2008: Clapton Cinematograph; Woodberry Down Estate; CLR James Library; Discover Hackney’s Heritage; Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored; Building Watch – Dalston Lane

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First page of Spaces, issue 20

Spring 2008: M-hotel; Urban Design and Conservation News; Park Buildings; Healthcare in Hackney; Tree Watch – Planners versus Trees

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First page of Spaces, issue 18 and 19

Winter 2008: Rivington Place, Swimming in Hackney, Buried by the Blitz, Children’s Centres, Building Watch – Clapton

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First page of Spaces, issue 17

Spring 06: Greenwood Road, Discovering Loddiges, Shoreditch Town Hall, Building watch – Central and South Hackney

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