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and elaborate joinery such as carved staircases, fireplaces and highly detailed door-cases which were constructed by the craftsmen of the day. Silk-weaving activities occupied the uppermost floors to gain the best light for the looms â hence the development of the unusual highly glazed lofts in these houses. The ground floor rooms commonly served as elaborate showrooms for the finished products.
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contained the loom. It is here that the silk for Queen
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A recent addition to the building is the 29-metre-high, 1.2-metre-wide 'minaret-like structure' erected on the corner of
Fournier street and Brick lane in December 2009. This sculpture forms the centrepiece of the Brick Lane Cultural Trail project The lower part of the tower is formed by a number of
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Spitalfields, many of whom brought silk-weaving skills from Nantes, Lyons and other cities. Thus, although initially intended as domestic dwellings, many were immediately occupied by the silk industry. The houses mainly date from the 1720s and together they form one of the most important and
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No. 23 Fournier Street is perhaps the best surviving example of a classic, single-fronted early
Georgian town house of simple but elegant design. This house retains the original, typical arrangement of cellar-basement, three brick storeys and a mansard garrett with a weather boarded front and wide
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Fournier Street was designed to be both well appointed and of a higher standard than previous residential developments in the local area and consequently the houses were purchased and leased by the 'master' silk-weavers and silk mercers. These buildings are notable for their fine wooden panelling
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Bourdillon'. It has three floors and a large garret attic which once
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became established as the heart of the Jewish East End. Although there had been a small Jewish community in the East End for some time, a large number of Jews from
Eastern Europe and Russia moved to Spitalfields in the 19th century and founded a thriving community. Many new schools, cultural
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mounted stainless steel drums covered with a geometric "Flower of Life" pattern. Coloured lighting is concealed within the structure and it is illuminated at night. The uppermost 8 metres are composed of a stainless steel pole topped with an illuminated half crescent moon.
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Fournier Street was the last to be built on the Wood-Michell estate in
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during the 1880s. It is here that the two of the Ripper victims were seen close to the times of their untimely deaths. Indeed, all five victims lived in proximity to the pub.
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LB Tower Hamlets Fournier Street Conservation Area Appraisal
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Jack the Ripper: an encyclopedia By John J. Eddleston P194
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