Job Centre where future Clash bandmates met to be redeveloped under AHMM makeover

By Jim Dunton2022-11-15T07:00:00

Source: AHMM

Planners will decide whether 1950s block with links to 70s punk band should stay or go

AHMM proposals to redevelop a 1950s office building in Marylebone with a new seven-storey building that that will more than double the amount of floorspace are set to be given the go-ahead by Westminster City Council.

The practice’s plans for Lisson Grove would see the demolition of a Job Centre that formed the backdrop for one of the earliest meetings of key members of The Clash, when vocalist Joe Strummer feared his future bandmates were planning to attack him.

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