Created by Hackney artist Alex Chinneck, this striking installation of an inverted house can be seen turning heads on Blackfriars Road.
The amazing upside down house of Blackfriars Road, London Read More
Once the third-busiest airport in Europe, the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport lay abandoned for several years after its closure in 2008 before being turned into a fabulous public park.
Berlin Tempelhof Airport – an abandoned international airport in the centre of Berlin Read More
I paid Philadelphia a short visit last month, and decided to take a meandering walk from the centre of town out to Fishtown, some four miles or so away to …
Photo tour – a walk from central Philadelphia to Fishtown Read More
London’s skyline is changing fast, with a plethora of upmarket high rises set to alter the landscape for ever – and not always for the better. Swiftly dividing opinion is the forthcoming luxury development at …
The Cucumber at 1 Merchant Square is set to be the tallest building in Westminster, London Read More
Inaccessible and run down enough to ward off all but the most hardy hipsters and developers, Red Hook is situated in the south-western corner of the New York City borough …
Red Hook, Brooklyn – street scenes, graffiti and waterfront views Read More
Rarely has an area gentrified as rapidly as Williamsburg in Brooklyn, and although I’ve been visiting the neighbourhood for well over a decade, it was startling to see just how …
Williamsburg, Brooklyn – gentrification, street scenes and dustbin lids Read More
Yesterday, a sign advertising the controversial estate agents, Foxtons appeared tied on to a wall of a council housing estate in Brixton, south London. The sign was positioned next to the entrance …
The short life and swift death of a Foxtons estate agent sign, Brixton Read More
With rents and house prices going through the roof across London, activists are campaigning hard to highlight the hardships being created by government policies and to fight for the provision …
Renters occupy luxury flat in the Stratford Halo development, east London Read More
Held in a rather stunning squatted building in East London, the excellent Made Possible by Squatting exhibition sets out to challenge the common media myths and misconceptions of squatters.
Made Possible by Squatting exhibition, 15 Dock Street, London E1 Read More
Located high on the south Wales coastline between Penarth and Barry can be found the remains of the Lavernock Battery and Fort. Completed in 1870, the gun battery was built by …
Abandoned remains of the Lavernock Battery and Fort, south Wales – photo feature Read More
Compiled with the help of folks living at the sharp end of a rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood, this guide hopes to let you swiftly identify the tell-tale words, phrases and signs …
The A – Z of Gentrification – sure-fire signs that your neighbourhood is upwardly mobile Read More
Construction has now started on this massive new residential tower on the site of the old Elephant & Castle leisure centre, right next door to the Tabernacle building in south-central …
One The Elephant: 37 storey residential tower in Elephant and Castle with zero affordable units Read More
It was a pub with a rich Afro-Caribbean heritage from the 1950s, and before that strong connections to the Edwardian music hall, but The Angel on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton has now been …
Goodbye to the Angel pub, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton Read More
The story of the Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme has gone from outrage to sheer farce, as it’s been revealed that the Australian-based property group Lend Lease have now begun flogging off the …
Southwark Council’s shame as Heygate flats are flogged off to overseas buyers Read More
Housing rights group Squatters Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH) have launched a campaign to repeal the Section 144 anti-squatting laws introduced in September last year. ‘The Case Against Section 144’, highlights major …
SQUASH campaign calls for repeal of Section 144 anti-squatting laws Read More
Famously described as “in motion” by some over-privileged halfwit, Loughborough Junction remains a world away from the hoity-toity South Hampstead outpost of Brixton Village, just a mile up Coldharbour Lane.
Broken Tesco windows, another ruddy Sainsburys and the Loughborough Junction Action Group Read More
You know when things are getting bad for Brixton, and that’s when The Times includes the place in a list of the ‘UK’s coolest neighbourhoods.’
More despair for Brixton as The Times lists it as one of Britain’s ‘coolest’ neighbourhoods Read More
While the eastern end of Coldharbour Lane has seen multiple pub closures and the inevitable growth of supermarkets, the Brixton end has generally prospered and kept most of its independent …
The changing face of Coldharbour Lane, Brixton: gated communities and more Tescos Read More
Although there’s a thriving pub/bar scene at the (ahem) ‘vibrant’ Brixton end of Coldharbour Lane, things look much bleaker once you head east towards Camberwell via Loughborough Junction.
The lost pubs of Coldharbour Lane, Brixton and Loughborough Junction Read More
Reproduced here are the provisional drawings drawn up by Lambeth Council suggesting what the proposed Somerleyton Road redevelopment might look like. Part of the Future Brixton project, it’s a major scheme …
Somerleyton Road, Brixton redevelopment and Oval House theatre: provisional plans released Read More
This was the scene outside the ghastly Brixton Square gated development on Coldharbour Lane yesterday morning, with all the workers out on the street.
All out for the workers at Brixton Square! Read More
Thanks to some startling incompetence, Southwark Council accidentally exposed the contents of its deal with global property giant Lend Lease for the £1.5bn regeneration of the Elephant & Castle. The document reveals that …
Elephant and Castle regeneration outrage: 2,535 new homes and just 79 social rented units Read More
Created in the style of Charles Booth’s landmark Poverty Map, this new map covering the UK lets you view housing arranged by the Index of Multiple Deprivation or Output Area …
Brixton poverty and wealth map reveals the area’s rich and poor divide Read More
Proudly billed as a ‘Magnificent Site To Be Let,’ this Edwardian photo shows the corner of Kenbury Street and Coldharbour Lane on the Brixton/Camberwell borders awaiting development. Much like today, …
Edwardian advertising on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton – Virol, Yorkshire Relish, Bovril, Brixton Theatre and Empress Read More
Thursday nights around Brixton are usually my favourite. Thursdays are civilised and fun. Come Friday and Brixton invariably groans to wobbling hordes of braying pissheads, ‘collars-up’ laaads on the pull and over-confident. excessively loud moneyed types up from …
A Thursday night in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton – Albert, 414, Dogstar and more Read More
Completed in 2003 at a cost of £60 million, the Selfridges Building in Birmingham remains one of my favourite modern buildings.
The Selfridges Building, Birmingham – 11 photos Read More
I’ll be honest: I walked right past Brixton Square tonight when Barratt Homes were holding their marketing day event. I couldn’t bring myself to walk in when I saw the …
Brixton Square marketing day: the awful truth Read More
From Saturday 1st Sept 2012, new laws will make squatting a residential building in England and Wales a criminal offence, with the maximum penalty six months in jail, a £5,000 …
Squatting now made a criminal offence in the UK – notes and advice Read More
Long term Brixtonites will fondly remember the days when the Brixton Cycles co-op traded from a large shop in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, conveniently located directly opposite the Prince Albert pub.
Old Brixton Cycles building on Coldharbour Lane set to be demolished Read More
Barratt Homes have revealed details of their new ‘Brixton Square’ housing development on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, with the artists’ impression summoning up what looks like a set of bland council offices.
Brixton Square revealed – a big ugly office block with flats starting at a quarter of a million Read More