Brick Lane - Virtual Fieldwork
This will be your virtual fieldwork for Brick Lane. Follow the route, using Google Street view and the prompts to help answer the questions.

You start at London Liverpool Street train station.
How far is Brick Lane from London Liverpool Street station? What factors may affect the area's socio-economic characteristics?

The start of your fieldwork.
Pilot site/Site 1.
Click on the link. What are your initial impressions of the area? You are a 10 minute walk away from Liverpool Street Station.
Complete an environmental quality analysis (EQA) and crime perception survey for this site.
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green arrow to guide you):
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5162568,-0.0697199,3a,75y,277.56h,84.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szs30MdkZ--2wQUhHfdgRXQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Site 2
Have a street view 'stroll' around the area - do not go further than the Christ Church Primary School.
Complete an EQA and Crime Perception Survey.
Study the shop types in the area. How far has gentrification affected this site?
Do the shops here reflect the population characteristics of this area?
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green arrow to guide you):
Site 3
What is the difference? How could this be the first sign of gentrification?
What cultural sites can you also see? How does this reflect the cultural diversity of the area?
Complete an environmental quality analysis (EQA) and crime perception survey for this site.
Google Street View links (follow the road, using the green circle to guide you):
1) Click here first:
2) Click here second:
Brief stop
What changes can we see occurring?
What impacts might this have on the residents and business owners?
Continue to 'stroll' up the road, up to the market/Truman brewery. Take note of how the area is changing.
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green circle to guide you):
Site 4 - The Vintage Market
Visit the Vintage Market website.
http://www.vintage-market.co.uk/
Does this reflect the cultural heritage of the southern part of Brick Lane. What processes are occurring here? Make sure to explain.
Take a stroll here too (just round the corner from the Vintage Market).
Complete an environmental quality analysis (EQA) and crime perception survey for this site.
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green square to guide you):
Brief stop
Have a 'stroll' up and down these shops and then onto the graffiti covered bridge.
Is this urban art or graffiti?
What mode of transport has been installed on the bridge? What can this tell us about changes occurring in the area?
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green arrows to guide you):
Site 5
First, (when in Street View) have a spin round. What does the area look like. Are there any changes from the previous 4 sites? Then work your way up to the main road.
Can you see the evidence for gentrification? If so, why? If not, why?
What connections can we identify which further link to Brick Lane's cultural diversity?
Complete an environmental quality analysis (EQA) and crime perception survey for this site.
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green circle and arrow to guide you):
Stop off point.
This is 'Box Park'. What shops are located here? What is unique about this location? Even thought it is not on Brick Lane, what does this suggest about wider changes happening to Shoreditch.
Use the website for 'Box Park'. What shops and events are here? Who would these benefit?
Who would benefit from this?
Google Street View link (follow the road, using the green square to guide you): https://earth.google.com/web/search/brick+lane+london/@51.52362482,-0.07544079,15.54654121a,0d,60y,226.00030727h,93.75007297t,0r/data=CigiJgokCYv-Vqji1kFAEcVZR6q81UFAGbif3mxMfWFAIV7IAIO3fGFAIhoKFmpCbHBET002TGdvODMtamg2UWxOUGcQAg
Box Park Shoreditch: https://www.boxpark.co.uk/shoreditch/