Planning gets hip in Dalston
pic courtesy Alan Denney on Flickr
Planning will be rubbing shoulders with east London’s beautiful people at an exhibition in the now super-trendy Dalston which celebrates the “pioneering work” of town planners.
The City Visions 1910/2010 exhibition features parts of the Berlin 1910 ‘General Town Planning Exhibition’.
It was first put on display in August last year at the International Town Planning Conference in London, and compares two moments in time: 1910 and 2010, concentrating on four metropolitan cities – Berlin, Paris, London and Chicago.
According to the press blurb it features “outstanding urban planning projects from 1910 and 2010 which demonstrate how planners have sought to tackle the challenges that are facing our cities.”
The exhibition will be displayed at Barratt’s Dalston Square development, billed by the event organisers as “an exciting example of regeneration in London” but also a scheme which hasn’t been without controversy, making it a highly appropriate or inappropriate venue for a an exhibition on town planning, depending on your perspective.
The exhibition runs from 9 April until 14 May 2011 and opens Tuesday to Sunday 11am – 6pm. Enjoy.
