In the City

Chrisp Street Market’s summer events continued on Saturday when shoppers enjoyed entertainment from in their local market. In the City, another free family event took place on Saturday the 25th June.

In the City celebrated the market during Architecture Week, looking at both the history and the present day at Chrisp Street and the built environment. There was fun for all the family with craft stalls and face painting for the kids and entertainment from Dot Comedy’s non-stop rolling news direct from the street.

International artists and street performers have been entertaining shoppers at Chrisp Street Market as part of a series of summer events. Large-scale, high-profile themed events have run alongside a range of smaller, community-based, family fun days incorporating rides, slides and amazing asides.   All events are free and run 11am to 4pm.

This bustling east end market was originally a Victorian street market. The centre was originally designed by Frederick Gibberd as part of the 'living architecture' element of the 1951 Festival of Britain and was the first pedestrianised shopping centre of its kind. This redevelopment, after the Second World War, provided a central square that became not only the first pedestrian shopping centre in Britain but also a landmark in new urban design.