An Occasional Series: The Abandoned Shoes of London. No. 2. Heygate Estate.
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Heygate Estate, Southwark
An iconic housing estate near Elephant and Castle, neo-brutalist with high walkways connecting the tall concrete towers surrounded by communal greens and low-rise blocks, the estate was once home to 3,000. When I visited the Heygate and Aylesbury Estates in 2011, I was struck by the fetishization of the green space. The greens were meant to …