Anyone else noticed a clusterfuck of outrageously expensive Audis and Range Rovers there? Next to the mansion blocks which have had scaffolding outside them at the southwestern end of the street? It all seems to be going a bit Chelsea there, despite the extreme seediness of some of the neighbouring blocks, the 2007 shooting etc. I think Kylie Morris, anchorperson of More4News lives there - saw her disappearing into a doorway. Google says she lives in Brixton.
I hope this is just an oasis of gentrification and that they're not going to tart up the rest of the street. I'm sure the refurbed flats are lovely to live in, but if Coldharbour Lane ends up like just another suburban shopping street....it doesn't bear thinking about.
It heartens me whenever non-Brixton residents express their fears/prejudices about crime here - the last thing we want is more of the ignorant fuckers moving here and pushing the prices up. But the Rushcroft Road luxury car showroom is very disquieting. Maybe we need another riot to sharpen Brixton's edge a little. Nobody needs to be hurt - just torching a few cars for the benefit of Sky News would do us all a power of good.
I hope this is just an oasis of gentrification and that they're not going to tart up the rest of the street. I'm sure the refurbed flats are lovely to live in, but if Coldharbour Lane ends up like just another suburban shopping street....it doesn't bear thinking about.
It heartens me whenever non-Brixton residents express their fears/prejudices about crime here - the last thing we want is more of the ignorant fuckers moving here and pushing the prices up. But the Rushcroft Road luxury car showroom is very disquieting. Maybe we need another riot to sharpen Brixton's edge a little. Nobody needs to be hurt - just torching a few cars for the benefit of Sky News would do us all a power of good.
