Brick Lane Case Study :(

Question 1

How did Brick Lane develop in the 17th century?

Answer 1

• Influx of French immigrants
• Weaving & tailoring companies
• Building of churches as the French came to escape religious persecution

Question 2

How did Brick Lane develop in the 19th-20th Century?

Answer 2

• Irish & Jewish migrants
• Synagogues built and Yiddish food introduced
• Growth of textiles industry

Question 3

How did Brick Lane develop in the 20th-21st Century?

Answer 3

• Migration from Bangladesh
• Synagogue converted to mosque in 1976
• 41% of population is Bangladeshi

Question 4

How did Brick Lane develop in the 21st Century?

Answer 4

• Gentrification
• Younger middle class people moving there
• Altercations to the built environment
• Cereal Killer cafe

Question 5

Impacts of globalisation on Brick Lane

Answer 5

• Weaving trade > rag trade
• Change in restaurants (cultural change)
• Hipster shops & residential areas
• Led to large scale gentrification of the area

Question 6

How might gentrification affect the demographics of Brick Lane?

Answer 6

Rising house prices may force the existing population to leave the area > decrease in cultural diversity and a rise in average age. The out-migration of existing residents is shown through proportion of Bangladeshi residents

Question 7

What is the film used to represent Brick Lane?

Answer 7

Brick Lane - Monica Ali (filmed 2007)

Question 8

How does the film ‘Brick Lane’ represent the area?

Answer 8

• Changing prosperity of Brick Lane over time

- Site of cultural diversity (Bangladeshi community)

Question 9

What poetry/literature is used to represent Brick Lane?

Answer 9

Brick Lane - Sammy Brough

The Brick Lane I See - Sally Flood