Erection date: 1989
Wrought-iron arch created as a memorial to Altab Ali and other victims of racist attacks. Symbolically combines elements of Bangladeshi and English perpendicular architecture.
E1, Whitechapel Road, Altab Ali Park
The Evening Standard has a thoughtful piece about this park.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Altab Ali arch
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Altab Ali arch
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Altab Ali arch
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