“The UK scene has given birth to hundreds of world class, iconic legends – a huge number of which got their start on Denmark Street. Even the ones who came from other parts of the UK flocked to Denmark Street. The amount of money, prestige, credibility and UK branding that these musical acts have earned this country is incalculable. Denmark Street is world famous. Tearing any shops or floors down would be an act of abject stupidity. The short sightedness of said destruction is wrong and would permanently erase this organic, original heritage site which continues to thrive – it is no mere shrine to the past. On any given day dozens of bands perform and rehearse there and many more guitars are sold per week. One needs only to visit the retch inducing horror story that is The Cavern and all the cheesy Beatle cash-ins on Mathew Street, Liverpool to see what would replace this fabulous beating heart of London’s cultural life. DO NOT LET THIS PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT HAPPEN. Has everybody lost their minds in Camden Council Planning Department? English Heritage, please do what you were set up to do and save one of the UK’s most treasured and invaluable assets.”
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