With the year nearly over, here’s a listing of the fifteen most popular posts on this blog in 2019, with the mystery of sneakers dangling on the power lines of …
Shoes on power lines, fake houses, trains, photos, gentrification and architecture – the most popular posts in 2019 Read More
As gentrification continues to sweep through London, cash-heavy, imagination-lite consumers are swarming into the capital, some desperately seeking expensively manufactured thrills to provide a momentary throb of excitement in their ultra-mainstream …
Peak hipster artisan douchenozzlery achieved in London with the hot water bottle cocktail Read More
Seen draped across the premises of a new upmarket commercial development in Greenwich Village was several metres of bright yellow hazard tape bearing the message, “Gentrification In Progress.”
Gentrification In Progress – New York’s Bleeker Street gets subverted 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
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
The evil Foxtons estate agents have now opened up a branch in Brixton, depositing a blood-sucking office in the very heart of town. Their opening party was everything you might expect: Read about Foxton’s …
Brixton people! Know your enemy. Foxtons are in town 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
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
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
There’s been ample debate on the urban75 bulletin boards about what’s been going on at The Angel – a traditional West Indian pub on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton that closed down last year. The building …
Brick Box public art project at the old Angel pub Brixton invites local comment Read More