In photos: Freetown Christiania, a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark

In photos: Freetown Christiania, a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark

A self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, Christiania was created in 1971 when squatters and hippies took over the former Bådsmandsstræde barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, which includes some of the …

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The Hand and Racquet pub in London disgracefully rots away, three years after the Free School was evicted.

The Hand and Racquet pub in London disgracefully rots away, three years after the Free School was evicted

I first wrote about this disused pub in central London back in January 2010, when it was already closed and boarded up. Some thirteen months later, the long-empty space was brought back …

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