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Shoreditch Works Wins Approval From City Hall After Hackney Councillors Backed It Against Their Own Officers – The scheme between Worship Street, Curtain Road and Scrutton Street, now up to 18 storeys, was approved by the Deputy Mayor for Planning in October 2026
Who Objected to Shoreditch Works, Who Backed It, and What the Numbers Claim – Officers, heritage bodies and Islington on one side; Create Streets, the Shoreditch Trust and 61 letter writers on the other
Shoreditch After Midnight: What Hackney’s Special Policy Area Did to Late Licences – A 2019 review of the council’s 2018 policy found complaints from independents; Cyndi Himmelstiere asks what has changed since
Rooms in EC Cost 1,281 Pounds a Month, So Shoreditch Flat-Sharers Watch Cebu With Interest – SpareRoom says City-fringe room rents rose 5.6 percent; Cyndi Himmelstiere considers whether the sea air is cheaper