Property News · February 9, 2018

Let’s move to Deptford, south-east London: love it, hate it? Worry not


It will regenerate again before longWhat’s going for it? Deptford has been regenerated. It’s like what happens occasionally in Doctor Who, only with bollards and negroni bars. Like Doctor Who, regeneration comes accompanied with not a little controversy. And, like Doctor Who, this is very much not the first time. The neighbourhood seems to have been in permanent regeneration mode since Henry VIII stuck his dockyard here. Deptford’s latest shape appears to be Peckhamdalstonhackneyorsomewherelikethat. The old new Deptfords – halal butchers, mighty council estates, continental grocers, the brilliant Albany theatre, the beautiful 18th-century St Paul’s church, the splendid Laban Centre (ah, the Blair years!), two pie-and-mash shops, stained mattresses and greasy chicken shop wrappers piled on the pavement – they’re all still there, only they’ve been joined by “creative spaces” and craft gin bars. The library is called a “lounge”, dressed in gold lamé, decking and lattes, with a ball court on the roof, so you can throw a few hoops with your Proust. Love it, hate it? Worry not. It’ll regenerate again before long.The case against… Not for the faint-hearted: it’s a vigorous, noisy, traffic-clogged spot, with little green space and relief, bar a soothing walk along the sludgy Deptford Creek. Even more regeneration, in the shape of the vast Convoys Wharf development, awaits. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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