Awesome photos. I had a walk round when it was still there but mostly empty. Surreal place.. totally different to what’s there now.
I used to care a lot about beauty of housing. Now, getting close to the age where I have to figure out how to buy a house, I have come to the conclusion that beauty is something we should think about once homeless people don’t exist and rents are less than 30% of your salary.
Is it absolutely sturdy and sustainable? Can it house many people comfortably with good space and natural light? Is it dense enough to create a neighbourhood environment, but also safe and well lit to prevent crime? If so, it’s probably good enough.
These estates serve some of these purposes, not all. But in my book, they’re worth 10x more to society than those shitty luxury towers in Vauxhall.
That place was rough as a badgers arse, and elephant and castle was probs the most dangerous part of London 20 years ago. Good riddance
weird, I’m looking at the same view from one these pictures but am in one of the new buildings that replaced these ones
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Awesome photos. I had a walk round when it was still there but mostly empty. Surreal place.. totally different to what’s there now.
I used to care a lot about beauty of housing. Now, getting close to the age where I have to figure out how to buy a house, I have come to the conclusion that beauty is something we should think about once homeless people don’t exist and rents are less than 30% of your salary.
Is it absolutely sturdy and sustainable? Can it house many people comfortably with good space and natural light? Is it dense enough to create a neighbourhood environment, but also safe and well lit to prevent crime? If so, it’s probably good enough.
These estates serve some of these purposes, not all. But in my book, they’re worth 10x more to society than those shitty luxury towers in Vauxhall.
That place was rough as a badgers arse, and elephant and castle was probs the most dangerous part of London 20 years ago. Good riddance
weird, I’m looking at the same view from one these pictures but am in one of the new buildings that replaced these ones
What’s it look like now?
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