City Matters 154

SUMMER IN THE CITY
PARTNER CONTENT
Urban Playground
EC BID in partnership with LFA
2023
Visit the City’s first Urban Playground
- though not a traditional playground,
this installation brings an element of
the unexpected into the City, inviting
people to interact with one another and
their surroundings in new ways. The
design is inspired by wooden children’s
toys which contain multiple elements
which slot together, the design for this
installation starts with a block, from
which the various shapes are ‘carved’
from. The pieces created from the
block make up the modular installation,
each with a unique shape that creates
the opportunity for seating, play or
wonder. By looking at design in the City
of London from an unusual perspective
– that of a child’s – designers McCloy
+ Muchemwa see the opportunity
for bringing in a more playful or even
contemplative atmosphere to the
spaces in the Eastern Cluster which can
engage families, visitor and city-workers
alike.
•01 June – 31 August
Image : Luke O’Donovan
Image: ciaociao design
On Tenterground
Aldgate Connect in partnership
with LFA 2023
An installation by ciaociao design
taking inspiration from tenterground
to celebrate Aldgate and its garment
industry. Utilising everyday materials
such as scaffold and nylon fabrics
which can will be repurposed and recycled,
the tenterground will be used as
a common ground to host workshops
and performances by London Metropolitan
University MA Public Art and
Performance students to celebrate LFA
2023 theme’s In Common throughout
July. Established in the 17th-century
by Flemish weavers, Aldgate’s tenterground
was an area used for drying
newly manufactured cloth after fulling.
The wet cloth was stretched taut using
“tenter hooks”, so that it would dry flat
and square.
•07 July - 31 July
Toynbee Hall, Commercial Street,
London E1 6LS
UPCOMING EVENTS
SUMMER IN THE CITY
Live in the Bow Churchyard
A community music festival offered
by St Mary-le-Bow, organised by
staff and volunteers, sponsored by
the Cheapside Business Alliance.
•19 – 23 June St Mary-le-Bow
PRIDE Flashmob
Celebrate diversity and
Kindness in the Eastern City
•12.30-1.30pm 30 June
St Helen’s Square,
1 Undershaft, EC3P 3DQ
Urban Farm
Fleet Street Quarter host
a herbaceous, verdant
Urban Farm in partnership
with Square Mile Farms!
•109 Fleet Street
fleetstreetquarter.co.uk
Aldgate Sounds
Aldgate Sounds is back
•12-2pm every Tuesday in July
& August at Aldgate Square.