Anxieties of Gentrification: BRICK LANE 

I always knew about the rich history of Brick Lane, but listening to the commentary, as well as the interviews with locals, has really opened my eyes to just how important it is to preserve it. It'd be such a shame to see it go. Instead of improving the area and assisting people, it's almost as if the community is being abandoned and replaced completely

This is quality production. Amazinggg job!!

So the gentrification of London is just native Brits (white) coming back to the place there ancestors actually built, making it cleaner and safe . Its just so ironic that these ppl are moaning about demographic changes yet they did the same thing to a group that have existed there for hundreds of years

This was amazing. Very Informative. Great editing. The best part was the diverse views from different groups of people, very unbiased. That's what i call real journalism!

6:50 faacts, the athletes village area is so soulless as well as the outskirts of westfield and olympic park

This is really amazing!! As an east-London native I really appreciate this documentary

Great work, and something people need to know about lots of London - it feels almost like a clock with a tick list for gentrification. Which suburb is next to be bulldozed and turned into more flats and boring high street coffee shops and money for investors? I hope Brick Lane and many other parts of the city can be retained and kept for the people who make those communities.

trying to preserve an area is pointless. if it was preserved 30 years ago, it wouldnt be what it is today. and what does preserving actually mean? preventing investment? not allowing people to leave? not allowing people to move in? keeping it poor?

This was a great video - I'm very happy it was recommended to me on my homepage! It was all very interesting but my favourite parts were the interviews with the young people from different parts of London and that man who had lived in Brick Lane for 50 years and then the conversation you had with your dad. I'd love to see more videos exploring themes like this! Also loved the use of archive footage

great video, really interesting and thoughtful take on it, love the positiv message at the end to a very complex issue, hope to see more vids

Wow simply. Wow. Unbelievable level of quality.

resdient of tower hamlets here. The worst part of gentrification isn't just that "wealthier people move in". I dont think wealthier people move in that much. An entire different household moves in which ruins the whole area. Brick lane is brought up by landlords who turn everything into HMOs. So you just get flatsharers living there temporarily - who dont care about the neighbourhood. Schools get smaller and smaller for the remaining families, playgrounds get reduced in size or just demoolished to make houses, and the vibe is just different. Where it used to be a community for locals, turns into a neighbourhood of strange faces where the people change often. It brings in drug dealers to feed the cocain habit of the city workers. In a council housing block, everyone knows everyone, they've lived there for generations. criminals can't loiter or feed off the area because residents are proactive and call the police/community support hotline and report everything. HMOs dont care - they will move elsewhere at the end of their tenancy so they dont complain or look after the area. Criminals find safe haven in these areas and work out of there to supply drugs and mug drunk people and all the rest of it.

Gentrification is a symptom of capitalism. Priced out of your own community. We’re so politically apathetic (understandably so) we’re not fighting this on a wider level. We need to be more politically active (I’m not judging, I’m politically apathetic too).

What a video, this should be on TV!

I just read Tower Hamlets was 79% white in 1981. Why did they all move out?

Great documentary that highlights the history of the area, and shines a light on the community's opinions. As a professional looking for a better opportunity, I moved to London 3 years ago. And in my experience, I have absolutely zero background about the social challenges that London as a whole faces, especially how gentrification has a strong ethnic and racial facet based on what I understand here. From my perspective, brick lane is generally seeing increased demand from people coming with higher spending capacity irrespective of race or ethnicity . To many people who move there, the question about race doesn't even come to mind - perhaps it is simply because of the rush of young professionals and students looking to buy/rent in a location closer to central London where they work, and with good transport links. This in turn makes it an attractive target for investors to build businesses and "upscale" the area. I wish you explored more this side of gentrification, and looked at where the new residents come from and why they chose brick lane.

Oh ,so it is only Caucasian Brits that aren't allowed to question mass immigration. It is nice to see the Bengali community saving the UK from over doing it with to much immigration

I watched this and didn't see a single local complaining about gentrification there.

Brilliant video, really engaging. Covers a range of perspectives concisely without oversimplifying. Good to see an area from a grassroots perspective. Will watch this channel with interest

This was a really good documentary. Thank you!

Ayyy man swear, good work bruv, high grade reportin right here. Keep it up!

Don’t forget why also the carnival started in west London

Great vid. Loved the style, and quality of the editing/look - also its relevance to ongoing debates!! really well done bro.

I hope the community and culture is able to contunue to survive

As DELROY WILSON...[sings]....."BETTER MUST COME" [ONE DAY].....✍🏿🇻🇨🇬🇧

It all fell apart in Toronto after Covid. People no longer had the money for a 22 dollar drink at some upscale bar and sought out the cheap dive bars again.

Deserves more subs for this production quality bro

Great work man!

Great video, really impressive quality!

i thoroughly enjoyed this!! Especially interviewing localss. I loveee brick lane & how cultural it is. No spot in London like it.. idk. I think the community is what makes it as an outsider, the vintage markets,multicultural, the urban feel with the all over graffiti walls just makes brick lane a vibe

You give me some confidence to speak bangla/sylheti. Everyone speaks so much faster and forcefully than me I thought theyd laugh at me. But you are the same.

Show me a bengali area that is clean in the UK.

This was brilliant

This is only the start!! Can’t wait for more content!

i am in love with you and your content sir

Underground businesses look interesting to visit. How to get there?

lets save brick lane

I will be looking forward to a video about islamification in England it would be good to hear both sides of the story

Good stuff mate

Gentrification is colonisation

My area ❤

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THE EDITING IS TIPTOP

Guys i live in brick lane Is bangla town

Man 😢

Bangla Town 🇧🇩

He talks about the importance of "preserving" the community and its history but acts if Brick Lane didnt have a community or history before the 1970's. This "documentary" is just upset that Brick Lane is becoming less Asian.

The quality of the subtitles is appalling. Learn to spell.

Great work man!