Editing Walthamstow (section)

===Post-war history===
[[File:Central Parade, Walthamstow.jpg|thumb|right|Central Parade on the corner of Hoe Street and Church Hill – this was designed by [[F. G. Southgate]] and built in 1957 on the site of a 1944 war-era bomb attack that killed 22 people]]
Since the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], the town has become increasingly popular mostly as a result of [[gentrification]]. Local property prices increased at a high rate of 22.3% from 2013 to 2014, compared to London's average of 17.8%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-02-06 |title=London's Walthamstow: transformation from transient to trendy |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/230e6062-a70b-11e4-8a71-00144feab7de |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/230e6062-a70b-11e4-8a71-00144feab7de |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-10}}</ref> It has turned Walthamstow into a 'trendy' town similar to [[Shoreditch]]. The leafy [[Walthamstow Village]] in particular has become sought-after by buyers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/17/gentrification-fears-east-london-property-millionaires|title=Gentrification fears loom over rise in east London 'property millionaires'|first=Rupert|last=Jones|date=16 December 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

On 29 May 2015, a regular local [[unicycle|unicyclist]] was hit and dragged under by a double decker route 212 bus in Hoe Street. Locals numbering up to 100 people helped to pull the bus off the unicyclist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/29/unicyclist-in-hospital-after-collision-with-bus-in-london|title=Londoners drag doubledecker bus off injured unicyclist|first1=Jessica|last1=Elgot|last2=agencies|date=29 May 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32993891|title=When 100 people lift a bus|first=Tom|last=Heyden|work=BBC News |date=4 June 2015}}</ref> The MP for Walthamstow, [[Stella Creasy]], later said she was "proud" of the community for saving the unicyclist's life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/stella-creasy-i-m-proud-of-how-my-community-lifted-a-bus-to-save-that-cyclist-10304905.html|title=Stella Creasy: 'I'm proud of how my community lifted a bus to save|date=8 June 2015}}</ref>