Brixton news, rumours and general chat: Summer 2019
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Gramsci
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I heard argument number two recently in LJ. Gentrification is creeping up to LJ.
The developer who owns the estate pub on the Loughborough estate said that replacing the pub with a tower of flats would "kickstart" the regeneration of the area.
They also said that they were concerned about housing and the tower block would be "policy compliant" on the % of affordable housing.
This was all bollox.
The developer is now trying to reduce the affordable housing to as little as possible
At the pre application presentation all the people I talked to from the estate thought gentrification was not want they wanted in LJ. They have alll seen what's happened to Brixton and don't want it in LJ.
LJ does need a lot of investment because so much has been cut due to this governments austerity drive. Over the years Councils powers have been cut. The answer is not the private sector as in property developers. The answer is more control through democratically elected Cllrs of how localities develop. A redistribution of wealth and power across society.
The injecting funds into area line of argument that the developer used in LJ was seen through straight away in my area.
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Seeing as you've chosen to contribute to the debate with such dazzling wit, do you have any sensible thoughts on gentrification? Or is posting up snidey pissaking posts as good as it's going to get from you?
I suspect the latter because it's all a laugh to people like you. The ones sitting comfortably.
It's interesting to read that in the context of Gramsci 's post above it.
Really, any community is about the people. You can regenerate Loughborough Junction, but without the original people there, what does it matter? Force the residents out and it doesn't matter if it is a slum or a haven.
Lose the people and you're left with a placename and a postcode (two in Brixton's case )
Oh! It's so tempting to spark the postcode debate back up again!
T & P
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After reading the poster in Editor’s post it occurred to me to google Rushcroft Mansions and by incredible, amazing coincidence the very first search result that comes up is a link to a flat there being offered by Foxtons for half a million Pounds, just like that poster predicted. Who’d have known...
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
SE24 would be the the most contentious but there's a couple of streets that count I reckon.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Top end of Dulwich Rd overlooking Brockwell Park. My first flat in Brixton.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Shakespeare Road a few houses down from Coldharbour Lane, certainly felt more like Brixton than Herne Hill when I lived there
Ergo Proxy
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Those are really ill fitting suits?
FFS I was wandering around Brixton 20 years ago in my Austin Reed apparel until a friend said I should try his tailor on Petticoat Lane. Use to be called 5-0 which was interesting........ crossing from Mc D's to KFC in the morning.
Top tip a £600+ suit in London..... Birmingham costs £250 or £200 in Newcastle at sale prices with a £20 advanced return!
Attempted muggings from the 137 bus as you walked alone Acre Lang were funny.
The simple logic 1 I have an accent you don't understand especially when I'm drunk, 2 I'm not scared of you and 3 if I was rich I'd be walking the other way towards Clapham......
I use to love the Dinner House as it was the only semi authentic Chinese in Brixton. I miss that place!
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My extra swift natural walking pace tended to discourage some wannabe muggers.
Shippou-Sensei
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Well crap. I did VJing and website work for him and Vee back in the day. RIP.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I think it's probably true. But every UK party (except the Greens) is fixated on GROWTH. What a turnaround from the 1970s when it was all Club of Rome and Limits to Growth.
Of course David Icke has now proved that "The Club of Rome was formed by the Babylonian Brotherhood of Reptile-Aryan priests and royalty at the Rockefeller estate in Italy in 1968 to launch the environmental movement on the world. All the major global environmental reports saying there is an environmental crisis and something must be done, have been funded and fronted by the very people who are dismantling the planet’s ecology and killing the wildlife. Maurice Strong is a major voice in the Club of Rome."
Head in hands.
ChrisSouth
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*FEWER*
GarveyLives
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I have a better idea.
Perhaps Inspector Sims could simply author a feature for Brixton Buzz website so that all are made clear on this, rather than just me.
I do not have his contact details, but no doubt others here are in closer touch with the Metropolitan Police and can facilitate this.
GarveyLives
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Horace, known as Driver, 75, from St Catherine, Jamaica, Mavis, 87, who arrived in Brixton in 1955 from Barbados and others have their say on Brixton matters:
Displacement utopia: How the Windrush generation revived Brixton’s cultural roots
Displacement utopia: How the Windrush generation revived Brixton’s cultural roots
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I enjoyed the Urban Art fair this year.
In photos: Urban Art Fair turns a Brixton street into an open air art gallery, Sun 7th July 2019
In photos: Urban Art Fair turns a Brixton street into an open air art gallery, Sun 7th July 2019
David Clapson
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Half a million? Is that all? I'm in one of the mansion blocks in Rushcroft Rd. Most of the flats are 3 bed. My landlady decided to sell up last year, gave me notice and put the flat on the market herself for 900 grand. She refused to believe the agents who told her that Brixton prices had dropped 20% after the referendum.
BusLanes
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Less is fewer letters though
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