East End Renewal: The 291 Gallery in Hackney From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright Anglican Theological Review, Inc. Summer 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

East End Renewal: The 291 Gallery in Hackney

Exciting things happen when you mix the architecture of a nineteenth-century church with the needs of a modern art gallery. 291 is just such a place: a new gallery and with a restaurant and bar which has opened in a deconsecrated neo-gothic church in East London. Visiting 291 was a challenge: what does this clean, bright space say about the way the Church uses its own architectural inheritance?

291 is in a rather bleak neighbourhood. Although it is within easy walking distance of the financial centre, it is a world away. Hackney is one of those ...

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