An article in the Sunday Times by Charles Clover offers a personal perspective on the government’s rejection of the proposed redevelopment of Smithfield Market.
Charles Clover writes:
The popular and commonsense decision to save Smithfield, the finest family of Victorian market buildings in Britain, from partial demolition is a ray of light in a London cityscape being devoured by greed. Not only does the decision revalue historic buildings across the country; it also assures a place in history for Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, alongside John Betjeman, who campaigned to save St Pancras, Michael Heseltine, who listed Billingsgate, and Robert Carr, another Tory, who as home secretary listed and thereby saved Covent Garden.
