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29
Sep
2023
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16:53
Europe/London
A public garden will be renamed after an inspirational local figure who helped change the lives of hundreds through sport. Joe White Gardens, named after the successful basketball player and coach raised in Hackney, will replace the former Aske Gardens. The renaming is part of a wider review in ...
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24
Jan
2023
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10:03
Europe/London
Thousands of people in Hackney will enjoy less traffic and pollution, healthier travel and new liveable neighbourhoods as a result of Council plans to make three-quarters of the borough low traffic. Hundreds of new bike hangars; better walking routes; new shared bikes and cars; tens of greened ...
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09
Dec
2022
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08:00
Europe/London
The winners of the 2022 Hackney Design Awards were announced at a ceremony in Hackney Town Hall this week to celebrate the best new buildings and architecture in the borough. Launched in 2004, the biennial Hackney Design Awards were set up to recognise innovative and sustainable building design ...
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30
Sep
2022
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15:06
Europe/London
This year’s Black History Season, which celebrates Black culture and achievement in Hackney, is themed ‘Stories Untold’ and will showcase the stories and journeys of influential and inspirational people that have left their mark on the borough.The theme was developed by Hackney Council’s Chi ...
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04
Nov
2021
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15:51
Europe/London
Kit Crowley Gardens - the first public space in Hackney to be renamed in the borough’s Review, Rename, Reclaim project - was unveiled today in front of local residents and pupils from Wentworth Nursery where community stalwart Kathleen ‘Kit’ Crowley had worked for more than 30 year ...
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22
Jul
2021
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08:44
Europe/London
A public garden will be renamed after a community stalwart who spent six decades supporting her neighbours after a vote by local residents – the first place to receive a new name in Hackney Council’s Review, Rename, Reclaim project.Kit Crowley Gardens will be the new name for the former ...
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25
May
2021
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10:42
Europe/London
On May 25 2020 George Floyd became one of the disproportionate number of Black men who have been killed by the unjust force of the police. The murder took place in Minneapolis, US, yet has ignited the world in a global demand for action. Here in Hackney both in the Council and the community, we ...
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22
Feb
2021
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14:43
Europe/London
Four new names have been shortlisted to rename the green space formerly known as Cassland Road Gardens and residents are now invited to vote for their favourite. Since the announcement of the renaming of the gardens in July 2020, submissions have been sent in by local residents keen to help mak ...
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10
Feb
2021
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20:15
Europe/London
A member of Hackney Council’s review of public spaces named after slave and plantation owners has been selected to join the Mayor of London’s new Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.Toyin Agbetu, a founding member of the Council’s naming review - Review, Rename, Reclaim - ...
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08
Dec
2020
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16:48
Europe/London
The name of a slave owner has been removed from entrance signs to a Hackney park in the first action of Hackney Council’s review into the naming of landmarks and public spaces. The removal of the Cassland Road Gardens signs, which took place on Saturday, was the first recommendation by a ...
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