The GA informs us that 'Despite public opposition, widespread coverage and the outcry of all the significant heritage bodies, Sainsbury’s are pushing ahead with their plans for a twenty-eight storey tower of luxury flats overshadowing the historic Grade I listed Trinity Green Almshouses in Whitechapel.'
'The Friends of Trinity Green are staging a fundraising dinner on Friday 2nd December cooked by Oliver Rowe, acclaimed chef & star of BBC2′s The Urban Chef, in the beautiful panelled chapel at Trinity Green which has never before hosted such an event. This candlelit evening will include a three course seasonal meal inspired by Oliver’s new book, Food for All Seasons. The Friends of Trinity Green are inviting a donation of £300 per guest towards their legal fighting fund to stop Sainsbury’s. If you wish to attend, please email friendsoftrinitygreen@gmail.com to reserve your place'.
The almshouses 'wherein 28 decayed Masters and Commanders of Ships or ye widows of such are maintain'd' were built in 1695 by the Corporation of Trinity House on land provided by Captain Henry Mudd. Bombed during the Blitz in 1941, the redbrick cottages were later modernised by the London County Council.
The campaign is supported by architect and historian Dan Cruickshank who visited the site recently.
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