{"id":40601,"date":"2017-01-13T23:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-streatham-south-west-london-forget-what-you-know\/"},"modified":"2017-01-14T00:01:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:01:53","slug":"lets-move-to-streatham-south-west-london-forget-what-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-streatham-south-west-london-forget-what-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Streatham, south-west London: forget what you know"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u2018Huge efforts have been made to reverse the reputation for crime Streatham attracted in the 80s. It\u2019s worked\u2019What\u2019s going for it? Don\u2019t, don\u2019t, don\u2019t believe the hype. Or the opposite of hype, whatever that is. Streatham has a reputation. But so what. The reality is amazing. In the 1930s (geographically challenged) people called it the \u201cWest End of south London\u201d. Streatham was glam. The High Road is still lined with art deco mansion blocks, former department stores and cinemas from the era of Clark Gable. This was the main route to London\u2019s airport at Croydon and, flying being an expensive affair back then, the glitterati purred through in their Wolseleys en route for Deauville. You want more proof? Waitrose opened its first supermarket here! Huge efforts have been made to reverse the reputation for crime Streatham attracted in the 80s. It\u2019s worked. The neighbourhood\u2019s golden ages have left it with homes high on its hill that\u2019d be the envy of Hampstead, but without the snobbery.The case against It has rather a large road running through it, and we can\u2019t do much about that. Let\u2019s run with it. Turn it into a boulevard. Plant trees. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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