Bethnal Green memorial
Unveiled in December 2017, this is the memorial to the 173 people who died in Bethnal Green Underground station on 3rd March 1943 while the station was being used as an air raid shelter. The accident was caused by a crush as people rushed down the 18 steps to get into the station.
The memorial was designed by Harry Patticas and Jens Borstlemann of Arboreal Architecture and is called the Stairway to Heaven memorial. It is a full size replica in teak of the stairway down which the victims fell, and has 173 small openings in its top panel through which daylight can be seen from beneath.
Bethnal Green memorial
Unveiled in December 2017, this is the memorial to the 173 people who died in Bethnal Green Underground station on 3rd March 1943 while the station was being used as an air raid shelter. The accident was caused by a crush as people rushed down the 18 steps to get into the station.
The memorial was designed by Harry Patticas and Jens Borstlemann of Arboreal Architecture and is called the Stairway to Heaven memorial. It is a full size replica in teak of the stairway down which the victims fell, and has 173 small openings in its top panel through which daylight can be seen from beneath.