Finding Myself on the Heygate Estate
I moved onto the Heygate Estate in the fall of 2007, after answering an ad in Loot. Twenty years before, when I’d lived in a… Read More »Finding Myself on the Heygate Estate
Live From the Heygate
Short Video Tribute to the Heygate
I know I haven’t posted in a long time. I’m planning a round-up, but in the meantime, here is a short video tribute to the… Read More »Short Video Tribute to the Heygate
Snow on the Heygate
Photo: Johnathon Gales A couple of new photo essays of the Heygate have turned up in my google news feed, taken during the recent… Read More »Snow on the Heygate
Valentines Day on the Heygate, 2009.
Found this on Youtube this morning: Mostly old folks gathered in a community hall – I”m guessing the hall behind what used to be the… Read More »Valentines Day on the Heygate, 2009.
Will Montgomery’s ‘sounds of the elephant
Photograph: Dollan Cannell. Will Montgomery is a sound artist who has posted some sound recordings made inside and outside the Elephant and Castle Shopping Mall.… Read More »Will Montgomery’s ‘sounds of the elephant
New Design Revealed for Heygate
From BD the Architect’s Website: Panter Hudspith Designs Housing for Elephant and Castle (image credit: Nick Wharton). A firm named Panter Hudspith (Panter? Hudspith?) has… Read More »New Design Revealed for Heygate
Deal Still Not Signed . . .
From the Southwark News: Commitment But Still No Contract On Regeneration The council is continuing it’s exclusivity agreement with Land Lease, the Aussie developers, but… Read More »Deal Still Not Signed . . .
Paint the Heygate
The person behind this has made his/ her site invite only (why?) since I last checked it a couple of days ago, but supposedly there is… Read More »Paint the Heygate
One Mile Away . . .
Meanwhile, a new play is being written, featuring the Heygate Esate: One Mile Away: The Heygate Estate: 2005-2009 From the Website: One Mile… Read More »One Mile Away . . .
More Photos from the Heygate . . .
A photographer named Anthony Wallace posted this short Photo essay called Sealed Up in a magazine called ‘actuphoto’. He writes that he discovered some workers sealing… Read More »More Photos from the Heygate . . .