Found this video on Youtube (where else). Shot in 2003.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1KwN_JOLYg&mode=related&search=
The Terraces
Photo by Kim Laughton
Claydon House at night
Photo by Kim Laughton
About Me
- HeygateLive
- I started this blog when I lived on the Heygate Estate from October, 2007 to April, 2008 then kept it up after I left. I have lived in the Elephant since the late 1980's, when I was squatting in the Rockingham across the New Kent Road from the Heygate, and I thought a blog was a fitting way to document the estate's, and possibly the area's, last days. I left the UK in December, 2008 so cannot report on the day to day, although I do keep up with what is in the news. Anyone wishing to contact me for info or, especially, to tell their own stories or accounts of the Heygate Estate and the Elephant, please feel free to do so. I would especially welcome stories, comments, reflections, opinions - just about anything really - from people who have lived in, or live in now, in the Heygate Estate. You can also find me at http//:cityofstrangers.wordpress.com. City of Strangers is a more general blog about life, gentrification, alienation and hope in London and New York.
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Hi,
Thanks so much for your blog - I'm really enjoying it, and looking forward to reading more soon. I'm a big fan of the Elephant, and find the Heygate fascinating. I'm often in two minds about regeneration (and I'm thinking of what's happened in New York here too - a new upscale hotel has just opened on the Bowery!)however, I hope that in this case it is beneficial for current residents as well as London as a whole.
I'm currently working on a novel about contemporary London, and am thinking of incorporating the Heygate somehow. If you have time, I'm love to find out more about your thoughts and experiences. Please email me on jf underscore lucas at yahoo dot co dot uk or call 07815 715 732
I look forward to hearing from you!
Kind regards
John.
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