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2007 london 31-08-2007 08-10-06

2007 london 31-08-2007 08-10-06 Originally uploaded by caledonianpark

Estate revamp rebuilding more than just homes

Estate revamp rebuilding more than just homes nlnews@archant.co.uk 15 August 2007 OLD MEETS NEW: the new homes are being built just yards from the old Market Estate blocks RESIDENTS on one of Islington's most notorious estates are watching their new homes with balconies and gardens spring up yards from the decaying blocks they will soon leave behind.Demolition work on the first 12 flats to come down on the Market Estate only began last week, but 50 families have already moved into their new homes and another 90 will do so by the end of next month. HAPPY MOVER - Maggie Veal And those who are now living in their newly-built properties say the groundbreaking project has already transformed their lives, and is slowly helping to rebuild the community spirit that has been so badly eroded by the vandals, prostitutes and crack dealers.Maggie Veal, 66, moved into her new ground floor flat a month ago, having lived in one of the old blocks for 35 years."When I go back in the old block I...

Berries

Faster and faster and faster it flew, Till the rocks and the flocks and the trees that grew By the road were dim and blended and blue To the wild, wild eyes Of the rider --in size Resembling a couple of blackberry pies. Death laughed again, as a tomb might laugh At a burial service spoiled, And the mourners' intentions foiled By the body erecting Its head and objecting To further proceedings in its behalf.

2007 Caledonian Park 17-08-2007 09-51-58

2007 Caledonian Park 17-08-2007 09-51-58 Originally uploaded by caledonianpark

Cally Park on a late Summer's Morning

Islington Tribune - News: Bulldozers

Islington Tribune - News: Bulldozers Bulldozers move in as tenants welcome £40m estate revamp DEMOLITION has begun at a Holloway estate that became a haven for drug dealers and prostitutes. Bulldozers and wrecking balls moved in last week at the Market estate, off Market Road, where tenants are being gradually moved to new homes as their old flats are demolished. Southern Housing Group, which bought the estate from Islington Council in 2004, promises that rebuilding means there will no longer be dark corners for dealers and prostitutes to lurk in. In recent years the estate’s warren-like alleys became a haunt of those selling illicit sex, heroin and crack cocaine. Residents say that minor work already undertaken, coupled with increased police patrols, has had an immediate effect. Most people who live on the estate have welcomed the £40 million rebuilding, which they sa...