195 Mare Street, New Lansdowne Club

Photo by AmyI came across this article yesterday on twitter about the building at 192 Mare Street during it’s time as a squat. A personal account from end of 09- Aug 10http://london.indymedia.org/articles/7726I was fortunate to be part of an art show ( Gatsby) that took place in this building in 2002 while it was still the New Lansdowne club it was an amazing wood panelled interior the main room had a stage at the end with a glitzy backdrop ready for bingo.

Photo by Hugo Glendinning

There is some also photos on the Hackney society website taken in 2008/09 and a history in 3d over here: http://www.newlansdowneclub3d.org.uk

13 Comments

1. 

   traxcitement 5 March 2011, 12:40 pm

   If you would like to see this Hackney landmark restored and re-used please sign the Hackney Society campaign petition here…http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/newlansdowneclub/

2. 

   ewebber 5 March 2011, 12:42 pm

   @traxcitement do you know if the petition is still valid? Any idea what the deadlines are?It’s such a shame it doesn’t still look like it did it that interior photo

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   traxcitement 5 March 2011, 12:49 pm

   As far as I am aware it is ongoing, once signed your signature and comments should show up on the list. There are signatures there from the end of January.http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/newlansdowneclub/signatures?page=7It is grade 2* listed, but if something is not done soon it could be lost.

4. 

   ewebber 5 March 2011, 1:09 pm

   Cool, thanks

5. 

   traxcitement 19 April 2011, 1:24 pm

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/traxcitement/5633610381/in/photostream
   I took this on Saturday.

6. 

   ewebber 19 April 2011, 1:34 pm

   nice pic

7. 

   traxcitement 19 April 2011, 1:36 pm

   Looks like work has started!

8. 

   philaldis 20 April 2011, 11:46 am

   Who’s working on it, what’s it becoming? I’m sure this has been discussed before, but I must have missed it.

9. 

   benjamin 24 July 2011, 7:35 am

   It’s back on the market. Offers in excess of a million;
   http://www.currellcharteredsurveyors.com/datastore/brochures/203%2B4490.pdf

10. 

    ewebber 24 July 2011, 7:48 am

    Can someone buy it for me please – I’ll turn the main room into a yeah! Hackney social club 🙂

11. 

    claratar 2 May 2012, 9:51 am

    Hi,
    Im doing an article on the history and current status of this amazing building,and i was wondering if any of you could give me some interenting details or anecdotes about this. Or even better, i would be more than happy to find someone that will like to be interviewed about the relevance of this building for Hackney.
    Clara

12. 

    ewebber 2 May 2012, 12:53 pm

    @claratar yes, the Gatsby show I mentioned above, it was also co-curated by recent Turner Prize nominee Spartacus Chetwynd

13. 

    ewebber 17 December 2013, 5:33 am

    The squatters have been kicked out: http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2013/12/16/squatters-evicted-195-mare-street

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