Editing Bethnal Green (section)

==Employment and gentrification==
In 2019 [[Sustrans]] opened a new London headquarters at Bethnal Green.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brooke|first=Mike|title=Cycle charity makes its big move to Bethnal Green carrying its office on cargo bikes|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/sustrans-cycle-charity-moves-to-bethnal-green-using-cargo-bikes-1-6040928|access-date=2020-08-27|website=East London Advertiser|date=9 May 2019|language=en}}</ref>

Early in 2018 Frank Wang, who had sold coffee to commuters from his van at the northern exit of Bethnal Green underground station lost his business when the electricity supply from the station was cut off as a result of the nearby site of a disused public lavatory behind his stall being converted into a beach bar called Chiringuito.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-46493727/keep-frank-s-bethnal-green-coffee-stand-open|title='Keep Frank's coffee stand open'|work=BBC News}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Mayor [[John Biggs (London politician)|John Biggs]], one of Frank's long-standing customers came out in support along with the local community, the Chinese community and commuters who protested.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/protest-to-london-underground-to-save-frank-wang-s-coffee-stall-1-5643356|title=Protest frothing up to save Frank Wang's coffee stall outside Bethnal Green tube station|first=Mike|last=Brooke|website=East London Advertiser|date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

Formerly part of the estate of [[Truman's Brewery]], now a free house,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/BethnalGreen/HareCambridge.shtml|last=Pub History|title=Hare, 505 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green E2|date=24 May 2019|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14346/hare-bethnal-green|title=Hare, Bethnal Green|website=whatpub.com}}</ref> the Hare was cited as the epitome of a 'good, honest pub' by the ''Evening Standard'' and was listed as one of the 50 best pubs in London in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/bars/the-50-best-pubs-in-london-a4007216.html|title=The 50 best pubs in London|date=11 January 2019|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> During the May bank holiday, the redeveloped railway arches off Cambridge Heath Road into an eating and drinking quarter opened.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Arches is Bethnal's Green's newest eating and drinking quarter|url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/201905078340/Gastroblog/Latest-news/the-arches-malcolm-place-bethnal-green|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Hot Dinners|date=7 May 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Council had turned down plans for the Cambridge Heath Road development because of concerns over its affordable housing mix and design quality.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunton |first=Jim|date=2019-05-24|title=189-home scheme rejected over affordable housing quota|url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/189-home-scheme-rejected-over-affordable-housing-quota/5099657.article|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Housing Today|language=en}}</ref> The Better Streets for Tower Hamlets had turned the car park spot in Bethnal Green Road into a mini park for a day to draw people's attention to the need for more healthier public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|last=King|first=Jon|title=Campaigners turn Bethnal Green Road parking bay into 'parklet' in streets protest|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/environment/bethnal-green-road-street-protest-1-6060595|access-date=2020-08-27|website=East London Advertiser|date=20 May 2019|language=en}}</ref>

In 2018 Sainsbury's opened what it claims was the country's first meat-free butchers, in the form of a traditional style butchers which was open for three days from Friday 21 June to mark World Meat Free Week, where it offered customers an array of cuts and joints derived from plant-based alternatives, such as mushroom, jackfruit and pea protein.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mannering|first=Robin|date=2019-06-24|title=Sainsbury's reacts to customer trends with 'UK's first' meat-free butchers|url=https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/sainsburys-reacts-to-customer-trends-with-uks-first-meat-free-butchers/594732.article|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Convenience Store|language=en}}</ref> During the 2019 redecorating of the Carpenters Arms on [[Cheshire Street]], an old safe was found in the cellar when a wall was torn down. It is thought it was boarded up before the immediately previous owners has acquired the pub.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morris|first=Deborah|date=2019-01-15|title=Pub once owned by Kray twins has a safe inside which hasn't been opened|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/bethnal-green-pub-once-owned-15676656|access-date=2020-08-27|website=MyLondon}}</ref>