HELP – Daniel Bexfield needs trade support – bexfield.co.uk

Dear Sir

I have sent my objections in to the planners.

I would like to thank you very much for your efforts in this and wish you success. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like me to write to any other body.

With best regards

John Berwald

http://www.berwald-oriental.com

Berwald Oriental Art
17 Clifford Street
London W1S 3RQ

Dear Elliot, 26/10/2011

Just looked at the blog, that is FANTASTIC.

I managed to get a great piece in the Telegraph today:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8848920/Battle-lines-drawn-in-the-Bur
lington-Arcade.html

Thank you,
Daniel.
http://www.bexfield.co.uk

Dear Elliot

I see the problem here is that the greater dominance of international luxury brand groups in Mayfair has been to increase rents to levels which ordinary art and antique retail businesses cannot easily sustain; the international fashion brands can afford to make losses on their flagship stores since they represent a form of marketing for their entire worldwide business; to have premises in Mayfair adds prestige to their brands. The smaller family businesses which make Mayfair more interesting and distinctive, an important draw for tourists, are being driven out of the area. Aside from one’s views on whether the proposals are in good taste and how to treat heritage buildings, glamourising the arcade in this way, whilst ostensibly attracting new customers, will almost certainly result in higher rents for some of the family antique businesses already there. Their future rent reviews will be based on the rents paid by the new branded fashion goods tenants that will have been enticed into the arcade.

MARK @ BADA
Rutland Gate
London
http://www.bada.org
.

We are supporting this petition fully. Sadly not unbelivable that they would ever consider touching such an important icon for London’s trade.

http://www.orioncontemporary.com

Dear Sir

I have sent my objections in to the planners.

Best Claus

http://www.lindsantiques.dk/

Bredgade 25E
Copenhagen
+45-2025-0049
Denmark

Geneva supports Daniel.

http://www.mypafi.com/

PARK ART FAIR INTERNATIONAL © GENEVA 2011

Best wishes, Laurence

Dear Member,

You might be aware by now that member, Daniel Bexfield has started a campaign to save the Burlington Arcade from the owners/developers. It is yet another threat on antiques centres in London.

Attached is a letter that he has sent out, some images of the proposed new look arcade and a further attachment explaining how you can help.

You can also read some of the press pieces that he has achieved so far on the Save Burlington Arcade web page:

http://www.bexfield.co.uk/11/saveba02.htm

Please offer your support by objecting to the planning proposals by the deadline of 8th November, it is very simple, see the attached document.

Many thanks,

Sarah Percy-Davis
http://www.lapada.org

To Whom It may Concern

I Amanda E Shore, the President of Cambridge Art Gallery located in the USA, 212 S. 26th Street, Santa Monica CA 90402 completely object to these applications…

May I also add that history of such establishments such as ‘Daniel Bexfield Antiques’ is what makes such places like that of ‘Burlington Arcade’ unique and the many reasons why the public visits such places to begin with… One must not ignore the truth that tradition must be respected and such establishments such as ‘Daniel Bexfield Antiques’ are fine examples of makes England and such dwellings so beautiful….

What a ridiculous idea it is to evict such strong and fine businesses… you must be mad! What we must all do is to build upon traditions and create harmony while building upon them, making things better for everyone, one cannot possibly think that evicting great establishments is the right thing to do, it is a serious and sad mistake should this be accepted…

Yours Gracefully

Amanda E Shore

An American company which is inspired by the great English establishments such as Daniel Bexfield Antiques and one that you should be proud to have in such a fine city like that of London…. Burlington Arcade is a long time tradition of what makes London and Antique shopping so grand and exciting for not just the English but for those who visit from the States…

http://www.cambridgegallery.com

Done! Planning board has just heard my objection.

What gives the Burlington Arcade its character is the infinite variety of its tenants, from the specialist jewelry dealers to cashmere sweater sellers, the fountain pen dealer, to as-strong-as
advertised luggage dealers, even to delicious macaroons from Paris. What’s next? Evicting the
“Victorian” shoe shine boy?! Turning the entire arcade into a Whole Foods? An admission charge?
London’s Arcades are its treasures; don’t lose them to large chain stores. If I want to buy high end designer goods I will figure out where to do so. The charm of the Burlington Arcade is not only its small scale but the sometimes surprising mixture of tenants. Lose that and you have totally missed the point.
Lesley Hill
http://www.hill-stone.com

I object to these plans !

Robin Haydock

Grays Antique Galleries
58 Davies Street
London W1K 5AB
http://www.graysantiques.com

I’m on the case – I love the Burlington Arcade. BR/M

Michèle Allman-Ward
Managing Partner
Allman-Ward Associates, Inc.
Tel: 213 680 7742
Website: http://www.allmanward.com

What is the council thinking!!!!, these places are the jewels to our city. An identity to our heritage, the reason we are visited by so many from all over the world,
It’s too easy to tear down; it’s taken years to build, established for fine English quality such as Daniel Bexfield. we have enough high street chain stores the Burlington arcade must keep its individual old English identity.
This is happening to often in London………………

Dee
Teapot Arcade Portobello
NEC – Birmingham
Battersea Decorative Fair

I object to the plans for the Burlington Arcade.

Nicolas Norton
SJ Phillips
Bond Street
http://www.sjphillips.com

I object to the proposed plans to brutalize Burlington Arcade.

It will be especially tragic if people like Danial Bexfield are forced out. The reason why Burlington Arcade is such a popular place with visitors to the capital is that it contains interesting shops like Daniel’s.

There are already too many cloned shopping streets containing famous brands like Rolex, Tiffany and Prada – and, let’s face it,. they are really only posh chains. If, in future these are all that will be in Burlington Arcade, the owners of these chains will probably eventually terminate their leases when, as it eventually must, the footfall drops.

Knightsbridge, Bond Street, Westfield are all monolithic and boring. London loses all its character if we force out the little, quirky bits. If you ask present visitors to Burlington Arcade why they are there, it’s pretty obvious that they will reply it gives them the chance to shop and at the same time enjoy a little bit of history and tradition.

I feel this particularly keenly because I trade in antiques in Portobello Road and I know that if all the antiques shops disappeared – and this is happening now – and are replaced by expensive clothes shops, coffee house chains and t-shirt vendors, then our enormous Saturday footfall will shrink. When this happens, not only does valuable tradition go out of the window, but you should be aware that ultimately rateable values start to fall too.

Stanley Solomons
Director
Druce Antiques Ltd
117 Portobello Road
London
W11 2DY