The Standard trumpets 'fashionable' Brixton as the 'new Clerkenwell'

[editor]

A depressing read as you're likely to get today unless you're rich, a property developer or a landlord. And yes, of course it mentions the riots.

“The changes have been astonishing since I moved here in 2008,” says Gemma Shah, a public relations manager who works in Marylebone. “Back then there was only Franco Manca pizza parlour and Rosie’s Café in what’s now the ‘village’, and probably two decent spots for a night out.

Silly Gemma clearly doesn't know the area because in 2008, there were many, many places in Brixton for a 'decent night out.'

All eyes on Brixton: one of London's fastest-changing districts and a hotspot for new homes

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

2 decent spots for a night out? says it all.

id say in 2008 there were more spots for a decent night out than there are now. I wonder where Gemma goes for a good night out?

 

[Rushy]

In 2001 it was going to be the "new Notting Hill".

The gold in Brixton mortar

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Gemma Shah, a public relations manager who works in Marylebone, can fuck off!

 

[trabuquera]

I dunno, for a property-pushing puff piece in the substandard it seemed to me to include an unusual amount of subversive detail (foxtons hate, concern over gentrification etc.) The people interviewed were/are obviously idiots and just waving away these worries ("one can be confident the charm won't be lost" etc. )

 

[editor]

2 decent spots for a night out? says it all.

id say in 2008 there were more spots for a decent night out than there are now. I wonder where Gemma goes for a good night out?

Champagne & Fromage followed by a jolly good cocktail or two at the Shrub & Shutter, of course!

 

[editor]

Funnily enough, I'm currently working on a piece based on my 2001 pub/club review of Brixton and we've lost shitloads of venues and bars.

 

[Belushi]

It is a truly urban place — probably the nearest thing in London to a downtown district of an American city, with all that implies.

What's this bollocks? A downtown is the central business district of an American City, which Brixton certainly isn't.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Interesting that they chose to get a voxpop about moving to/living in/the changing face of Brixton from someone who works for a global real estate services provider?

 

[Maharani]

I miss people frowning when I say I live near Brixton...

 

[technical]

I miss people frowning when I say I live in Brixton ....

 

[irf520]

>>public relations manager

i.e. professional bullshitter. Just doing what comes naturally.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

>>public relations manager

..for a global real estate services provider?

Who just happened to have a bunch of 1/2million+ properties in Brixton on their books for sale...

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Clerkenwell is hardly somewhere for Brixton to aspire to.

But as I read the article, I thought: "full of expensive property that no-one can afford, old clubs & bars closed down for luxury flats and convenience chain stores, and a tube station with constant building work…..yes, yes, Brixton actually IS the new Clerkenwell."