Chrisp Street: 75 Years On | Know Your Neighbourhood | LFA 2026

Can regeneration strengthen a community rather than replace it?

Chrisp Street Market has been part of East London's story for generations. Chrisp Street in E14 is five minutes from Canary Wharf, named on the DLR, and about to turn 75. Built as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951 - one of the UK's first purpose-built mixed-use developments - it's a place with homes, a market, a listed clock tower, and a community that has stayed rooted here across generations.

In this episode of Talking Place: Know Your Neighbourhood, host Tanisha Raffiuddin is joined by Georgia Sharpe from Telford Homes to explore what makes Chrisp Street so special, why authenticity matters in regeneration, and how communities can shape the future of the places they love.

Together they discuss:
•What makes Chrisp Street distinct in East London
•The Festival of Britain legacy and Frederick Gibberd's original design
•How diversity — ethnic, economic, generational — creates belonging
•Community consultation and the future redevelopment vision
•Why E14 was named the Sunday Times' No.1 postcode for 2026
•What regeneration gets right (and wrong) when it comes to community identity

This episode is part of the Know Your Neighbourhood series, made in partnership with the London Festival of Architecture 2026 on the theme of Belonging.

🗓️ LFA Event at Chrisp Street: 27th June 2026. Find details at londonfestivalofarchitecture.org

🎙️ Guest: Giorgia Sharpe, Telford Homes
🎙️ Host: Tanisha Raffiuddin, Creative Director, Concept Culture

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