Support occupation of cafe on Broadway Market
isa | 29.11.2005 15:44 | Culture | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | London
A local cafe on Broadway market, London E8, is being occupied by locals to prevent its demolition. Tony Platia, who had been running the cafe for 30 years, was evicted in July by a property developer who owns half of the street and now wants to build luxury flats. The occupation needs support.
The selling off of Hackney to property developers and its consequent attacks of the locals continues.
Broadway Market is a lovely and vibrant street in east London which could face the demise of places like Spitalfields, i.e. colonisation by property developers and multinationals who evict the locals and gut the area of life and culture by transforming it into another souless shopping mall and yuppie flats.
Tony Platia has been running his cafe on Broadway market for 30 years and making a modest living from it. He tried to buy the property from Hackney Council but was prevented from it and has now been evicted by Dr Wratten who already owns numerous properties on the street and has led to the closure of several lovely places which were real hubs for locals (Little Georgia is th emost recent ones for those wh know the area). Dr Wratten now wants to demolish the building where the cafe is in order to build luxury flats. However as there are serious questions about his acquisitions of the premises locals have decided to occupy the building to prevent demolition. They demand a full investigation into the corrupt property sales in Hackney, which has seen £225 million worth of properties sold for just £70million (the majority to wealthy off shore developers cartels who made an absolute killing at the expense of the people of Hackney).
Braodway Market and the area have many other locals in similar situations to Tony's.
Come and support the occupation and put pressure on Hackney Council to stop the selling off of the area to developers!
Broadway Market is a lovely and vibrant street in east London which could face the demise of places like Spitalfields, i.e. colonisation by property developers and multinationals who evict the locals and gut the area of life and culture by transforming it into another souless shopping mall and yuppie flats.
Tony Platia has been running his cafe on Broadway market for 30 years and making a modest living from it. He tried to buy the property from Hackney Council but was prevented from it and has now been evicted by Dr Wratten who already owns numerous properties on the street and has led to the closure of several lovely places which were real hubs for locals (Little Georgia is th emost recent ones for those wh know the area). Dr Wratten now wants to demolish the building where the cafe is in order to build luxury flats. However as there are serious questions about his acquisitions of the premises locals have decided to occupy the building to prevent demolition. They demand a full investigation into the corrupt property sales in Hackney, which has seen £225 million worth of properties sold for just £70million (the majority to wealthy off shore developers cartels who made an absolute killing at the expense of the people of Hackney).
Braodway Market and the area have many other locals in similar situations to Tony's.
Come and support the occupation and put pressure on Hackney Council to stop the selling off of the area to developers!
isa
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