MEET OUTSIDE THE FOUNDRY, OLD ST. 7PM

Open Access Art exhibit outside the Occupied Foundry - Artists Needed ASAP

The front of the foundry is to be covered in the artwork of anyone who wishes in a visual protest against the Hackney councils betrayal of all things golden. Pieces are encouraged to be put up from July 10th onwards and left until... Lets give the old girl one last hurrah and give people something to look at that is n…

The Foundry in London's trendy Shoreditch shutdown on May 30th to make way for a luxury hotel. A group of squatters occupied the building in protest against the gentrification of the area and plan to resist the eviction. London, UK. 28/06/10

The squatters are now under threat of eviction, with bailiffs scheduled to arrive on Monday morning to clear the building for demolition. They say that…

The Foundry closed its doors on the 30th of May, forced out by property developers who plan to build a luxury hotel on the site. On the 8th of June, a group of people squatted the building and transformed the closed space into a social centre.

84 great eastern street (the ex-foundry)

The streets of London are always in a constant flux, and so are the people of this town that choose to engage in grass-roots political activism. The past few days have seen a flurry of activity around town that has meant it wasn't just a "normal quiet weekend".



It all started on Friday night with an impromptu street party in Old Street that began at the newly occupied Fury Squat, aka The Foundry, a…

Cor blimey! that was another boring weekend!  Street raves in Shoredtich, and looney Socialist Workers in Whitechapel causing more problems than the EDL ever could.

The Tories are cunts, they're cutting back everything! It makes me think "Come back Tony all is forgiven!" (Thats a joke ok), so its good to see people get hyperactive in the streets in a positive non-violent way, but sort of "W…

The well known and much loved pub, alternative arts space and venue for a myriad of political and campaigning events - The Foundry in Old Street - was finally shut down in May as a result of Hackney's Council plans to pull down the building and turn it into a 18-storey hotel and shopping mall.



During its decade long history, the venue was not only consistently open to non-commercial art, music and …

After the Foundry at Old Street was shut down, it has promptly been re-opened. Back to the roots for an old legalised squat: it's now you're local social centre!

downstairs at The Foundry

old street tube take exit 3, on the corner of great eastern street and old street

whitechapel, and pumpin' out of your stereo!

From the SAVE THE FOUNDRY CAMPAIGN:



News just through that a hotel is to be built on the grounds of The Foundry next year. The plans are to be displayed shortly. The Foundry is a national treasure. Help re-house/re-locate The Foundry savethefoundry@gmail.com

The Foundry

86 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3JL

The Foundry

86 Great Eastern Street London

EC2A 3JL

Old Street tube (exit3)