Latest from the Blog
Take to the Streets
There are three themes to this walk, housing, labour and capital. They will be interwoven into the fabric of the streets. We will visit four housing estates built by the London County Council and so we will start with a little history. 1 The London County Council A number of key determinants combined to facilitate…
London Belongs to Me – or does it?
London Belongs to Me is the name of a rather good book by Norman Collins. It’s a rambling novel about London life before, during and after the Blitz with a cast of strong and intriguing characters. Who could write a book today with such a name? The film of the book is much chopped and…
Notes on Hamburg and its Housing
One of the pleasures of arriving at a port-city is the first impression, the immediate surfaces, the familiar-strangeness. The roll of the train into the station; cinematic movement, office blocks, bridges, viaducts the electrical infrastructure of the inter-city and suburban railways, glimpses of an earlier time, when capital took different forms, red brick buildings with…
You must be logged in to post a comment.