Taken Fall, 2008
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
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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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5 comments:
i really wanna go see this place before they pull it down. is there anyone still living there?
Hi Kiera,
I'm back in New York now so haven't been around the estate in a couple of months - but last I heard the estate was at least a third full. And hell, even if it's empty, it's worth having a look. At the earliest, demo will start this summer but with the credit crunch/ recession who can say what will happen. Maybe it will just sit empty for years . . .
I should add, there is a website that does have update information and even hosts walking tours.
www.heygate-estate.co.uk
Hi Dear Heygate Live~
this is Mina writing from Cambridge Uni.
I am a Master student fr the Department of Land Eco. And i am currently working on a research projet related to the regeneration programme (or the gentrification process) at Elephant & Castle.
Just wondering if you've been a resident @ E&C for quite some time or if you've friends who've been living in the area for years? If so, would you (and)or your friends mind being interviewed? Having heard all promises and aspirations fr the govt in creating mixed comm and social inclusive neighbourhoods, i am more interested in the indigeous residents' views about the regeneration project and the changes (if any) in their daily experiences as a result of regene programme.
My email address is xz276@cam.ac.uk
Please feel free to drop me a note~~ Many thanks Dear Heygate Live~
Mina
Ok, I'll write you. Perhaps it's not obvious on the blog, but I don't actually live on the Heygate anymore. From what I hear no one actually lives on the Heygate anymore.
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