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Mieka Smiles: Senior Plagiarist for the Daily Express January 5, 2024
As buyers reject a regenerated Balfron Tower, we reveal what’s next as all flats are withdrawn from sale. April 3, 2023
Just how do you get social housing in Tower Hamlets in just 5 months? We asked Apsana Begum MP. August 26, 2020
Shock, hypocrisy, as London housing activism group @Homes4AllUK provide platform for social cleansing. July 1, 2020
Guinness Homes are killing nurses & bus drivers by building Leaside Lock. April 14, 2020
Construction at Leaside Lock during Covid-19 lockdown. April 2, 2020
Tower Hamlets needs social housing, not luxury flats April 1, 2020
The Prince and the Poplar (block of garages) November 26, 2019
Artwashing the Archive with Bow Arts November 21, 2019
We are “all to blame” for the gentrification of Balfron Tower, claims Dr. Owen Hatherley. June 3, 2019
Big Issue issues an award for corruption & social cleansing March 7, 2019
Give me a chance to sort it out: a Poplar Harca Placemaking Case Study February 21, 2019
What Does Balfron Tower Mean to You? February 8, 2019
Doreen Fletcher: artwashing the east end with Bow Arts January 25, 2019
A Researchers Guide to Balfron Tower January 17, 2019
Dispossession: the Great Social Housing Swindle / Social Housing Social Cleansing January 16, 2019
The Battle of Chrisp Street July 24, 2018
The Housing Times by Terry McGrenera. April 29, 2018
CHAT UP An open letter to my female friends by Simon Elmer, Architects for Social Housing aka ASH (with RIBA registered architect Geraldine Dening). April 19, 2018
Artwash and the Rhizome (the Social Cleansing of Poplar) April 16, 2018
Balfron Tower: The Artwash of an Icon by Rab Harling May 10, 2017
Balfron Tower, Bow Arts and the Missing Millions February 11, 2017
If only Balfron Tower could talk, if only we could see September 19, 2016
The Fall of Goldfinger’s Brutalist Balfron Tower and its Social Heritage September 15, 2016
An Open Letter to Secret Cinema from Balfron Social Club March 16, 2016
Historic England – What’s it For? by James Dunnett January 19, 2016
HIGH RISE SUBTERFUGE AT BALFRON TOWER October 29, 2015
Balfron Tower redevelopment video by Hawkins\Brown July 20, 2015
Turning Balfron Tower Inside Out July 14, 2015
Our Area is Nice When it Wants to Be. July 6, 2015
Tweed House RIP July 2, 2015
A View From Balfron Tower June 23, 2015
Just Where Do You Stand On Housing? May 19, 2015
Poplar Harca: Outstanding Landlord of the Year? April 22, 2015
Brutalism [redacted] – Social Art Practice and You April 13, 2015

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Balfron Social Club was founded in December 2014 to examine the ‘regeneration’ & social cleansing of Ernö Goldfinger’s brutalist Balfron Tower in Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Balfron Social Club is fighting to retain 50% social housing after refurbishment, Poplar Harca propose 0%.

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