Changing Spaces Making Places Flashcards
What makes up a place identity?
Demographic, Culture, Built Enviroment, Natural, Socio-Economic, Political
Built Characteristics of Brick Lane
- 3/4 stories high
- Attached buildings
- Mostly shops or restaurants
- Graffiti and modern art in streets
Socio-Economic characteristics of Brick Lane
- Serial Killer Cafe
- Increasing Knowledge economy
- Lots of family owned shops
- Gentrification threatens diverse demographic and culture
- Still poverty but increasing affluence
- Large chain shop numbers increasing
- Large percentage of economically inactive people compared with rest of london
Demographic characteristics of Brick Lane
- Equal numbers of males and females
- Youthful population (largest age range is 20-24)
Ethnicity: Spitafields and Banglatown 2011 - 41% Bangladeshi
- 27% White British (47% London, 81% England)
- 16% white other
Cultural characteristics of Brick Lane
- 41% Muslim (12% muslim in London)
- 18% Christian (48% London)
Place of worship:
- Church early 1700s (1749)
- Synagogue 1897
- Mosque 1978
- Lots of art and vibrancy in the area
Political Characteristic of Brick Lane
- Predominantly labour 72% (44,000 votes)
- Street art is associated with being anti-establishment giving political proactive messages
Brick lane connection to british empire
PAST
- UK’s previous colonial Empire means more immigrants arriving in Brick Lane are likely to be of these nationalities
Brick Lanes connection to EU
PAST / PRESENT
- When UK was in the Schengen zone and EU large amounts of migration occurred without border control from other EU countries - led to cultural hubs
- 70% of Brick Lane voted remain in the EU
- Lots of political graffiti about Brexit vote
- Trading and tourism from the EU benefited Brick Lane
Brick Lane connections to rest of London
PAST / PRESENT
- Tourism bringing flows of money
- Historical connection with London docklands - imports and exports for silk weaving industry in the past
- UK government gave £50m to invest in East London’s tech city - to start gentrification and aim for a UK silicon valley
Brick Lane connections to SE Asia
PAST / PRESENT
- Huge flow of people impacting identity of BL
- Pull factors of BL being cheap, chain migration caused them to cluster in the area
BL connections to technology
PRESENT
- East london tech investment they gave tax breaks to encourage people to move here
- Build new connections for communication
- Set up of new trade and media
- Makes brick lane more globalized
Brick Lane flows of money connections
PAST / PRESENT
- Trade building new connections
- Chain restaurants increase flows of money
- Premier Inn £21.4m invested - this attracts tourists which increases multiplier effect
- £50m into east london silicon valley
Where is BL located?
East London, Tower Hamlets, Spitafields and Banglatown
Used to be called Whitechapel lane
Established in 1550
Brief summary of BL history
- 1700s: Huguenots were first wave of immigration from France (protestant)
- Distinctive houses built for silk manufacturing as silk industry boomed
- Eastern European Jews replaced Huguenots in 1881 after assassination of the Tsar
- End of WW2 bought Muslims from Bangladesh who had served in the UK navy (part of BE)
D6 location
- Former inner city residential area in Cape Town SA
What was D6 like before the apartheid?
Built Enviroment - High density of residential 2-4 story housing - Services and shops on first floor - Constructed in 1930 SE - Affluent - Evidence of cars and electricity Natural - Mountainous - Table Mountain, - Costal - Small green open spaces among houses Demographic - Mix of age groups - Evidence of a black population - Large mix of ethnicities (Dutch, English, German, French, Indonesia, Caribbean) - last 2 from slavery Culture - Bustling streets and community feel - Jazz music and bars popular - Langram Sokkie
What was the apartheid and what did it consist of?
When did it begin & end?
- Began in 1948
- No interracial marriages
- Segregation and white only areas
- Black people forced to move out of their homes
- White people became officially superior
- Black people forced to live in homelands
- Ended in 1994 (after work of Nelson Mandela and ANC)
Important dates that led to segregation
1948 - Immorality Act, Mixed Marriage Act, Group Areas Act
11th Feb 1966 - D6 area declared white
1967 - Started forcing people to leave for the Cape Flats (60,000) 25km away
How many families were in D6 before removals
Around 1800
How many people were relocated to the cape flats from D6
60,000
How many people were relocated in total from D6
150,000
How far away are the Cape Flats from D6
25km
How much did it cost to relocate people from D6?
30million Rand
What was the population of D6 in 1985
3500