CAPITAL WATCH ISSUE 1 2018

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE Shoreditch is now as much a part of central London as the City or Mayfair, but it hasn’t always been this way. Originally known as “Soersditch”, interpreted as “Sewer’s” Ditch’ after the boggy river Walbrook running near to what is now Curtain Road, Shoreditch has variously been a religious, salacious and artistic enclave outside the City – but one that has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention. Chris Dunn charts its progress and asks: what’s next? Shoreditch By Christopher Dunn, Senior Insight Analyst, UK Research christopher.dunn @cushwake.com 34 PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE