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Heygate Estate, Heygate Street (2)
The estate was being prepared for demolition and almost everybody had moved out. In situations like this 'eerie' is the obligatory adjective. A few diehards were holding out, including perhaps the green-fingered occupants of this flat.
Either another monument to 1960s idealism doomed by modern tastes (now everything must glitter, concrete's just too grey - boring) and/or a mercenary council, or another concrete hell-hole past its sell-by date. Take your pick. Although planned during the previous decade, the Heygate's 1,200 flats were built in 1970-74. The four vast concrete blocks forming the perimeter are certainly forbidding ("impressive from a distance" wrote Pevsner), but the inside is surprisingly green and the spacious flats meant that for a time it was not an unpopular place to live. Later it fell victim to the usual blights and Southwark Council are, perhaps unnecessarily, demolishing the whole lot. They started earlier this year but it will take several years to finish the job. Old communities will vanish and it seems likely that most of the old occupants will be priced out of the new development.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 13 Feb 2011
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Crown and Anchor, New Kent Road
It seems to be still open, but up for sale.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 23 Jul 2011
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The Crown & Anchor public house in New Kent Road at the Elephant & Castle
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 10 Sep 2016
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Heygate Estate, Heygate Street (4)
The eastern perimeter block, with Rodney Place on the right.
Either another monument to 1960s idealism doomed by modern tastes (now everything must glitter, concrete's just too grey - boring) and/or a mercenary council, or another concrete hell-hole past its sell-by date. Take your pick. Although planned during the previous decade, the Heygate's 1,200 flats were built in 1970-74. The four vast concrete blocks forming the perimeter are certainly forbidding ("impressive from a distance" wrote Pevsner), but the inside is surprisingly green and the spacious flats meant that for a time it was not an unpopular place to live. Later it fell victim to the usual blights and Southwark Council are, perhaps unnecessarily, demolishing the whole lot. They started earlier this year but it will take several years to finish the job. Old communities will vanish and it seems likely that most of the old occupants will be priced out of the new development.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 13 Feb 2011
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Crossway United Reformed Church
A rear view from the Heygate Estate. It fronts the New Kent Road.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 23 Jul 2011
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Heygate Estate flats by Rodney Place awaiting demolition
The Heygate Estate, completed 1974, is being demolished and redeveloped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heygate_Estate http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/11/look-heygate-estate-whats-wrong-londons-housing
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 8 Feb 2014
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New Kent Road, Walworth
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 6 Aug 2017
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Bus stop on New Kent Road, Walworth
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 6 Aug 2017
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Crossway United Reformed Church
Built in area of high rise council housing.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 2 Aug 2011
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Heygate Estate, corner of Rodney Place and New Kent Road in a heavy shower
The Heygate Estate, completed 1974, is being demolished and redeveloped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heygate_Estate http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/11/look-heygate-estate-whats-wrong-londons-housing
Through the gap is a glimpse of the Strata Tower at Elephant & Castle, another area of Southwark being redeveloped.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 8 Feb 2014
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