In a heritage statement on Tower Hamlets council's website, she acknowledges that the existing building at Bell Lane "makes a positive contribution to the conservation area" but argues that the public benefits of a "very high quality design" could outweigh the "harm of its removal".
The end result is a heritage statement, a succinct distillation of the family's stories, values and traditions that provides a rich context for how the grantor wants the inheritance to be managed.
And so, in place of the requisite (read terminal) red carpet procession of boring but nice, retro, strapless, corseted, fishtail-hemmed gowns in polite shades of beige, came that Cannes heritage fashion statement, the gratuitous flashing of flesh – courtesy of everyone from model Eva Herzigova who has very long legs to Cheryl Cole whose décolletage was certainly striking.
"It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage," the statement said.
"The proposal aims to maintain and build on existing protections, including the enhanced protection of disadvantaged and vulnerable people, Indigenous Peoples, communities and the environment, including provisions for pest management, dam and road safety, natural habitats, and cultural heritage," the statement said.
Statements of heritage and politics have filtered, if somewhat obliquely, into M.I.A.'s elaborate stage regalia, the performer's way of thumbing a nose at ready-made notions of identity.
On Friday, the co-chairmen of West Ham — David Gold, who is of Jewish heritage, and David Sullivan — issued a statement specifically directed at Monday's game.
It was added to the prestigious list in recognition of its influence on Indian society, from health and medicine to education and the arts, the world heritage committee said in a statement.
Considering AT&T's heritage, the irony of this statement was not missed.
The design was selected for its coherence with the surrounding area and Helsinki's heritage, according to an official statement: "The Jury found the design deeply respectful of the site and setting, creating a fragmented, non-hierarchical, horizontal campus of linked pavilions where art and society could meet and inter-mingle".
If you dress "Native American" from head to toe but you don't have Native American heritage, you're making a statement that you're someone you're not.
