UK's Oldest Foundry Forged Liberty Bell and Big Ben—Now the Public is Fighting a Boutique Hotel to Save Whitechapel
May 19, 2021 A group of campaigners and artists have joined together to throw a significant spanner in the works of a venture capital firm’s takeover of a historic London foundry. Plans to turn the site into a boutique hotel with office space for “creatives” and a café and restaurant has earned the ire of artists, former foundry craftsmen, community organizers, and heritage building conservationists. No Swan No Fine, CC license Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, bells were being forged in Whitechapel. Opened in 1570, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in the East End of London, c...
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