The Story of Dalston Terrace 1807 -2014 (Video)
The story was told to a packed house at the Rio cinema on Saturday. The audience also watched Emma-Louise Willams' poetic film Under the Cranes and heard discussion, between the poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen and OPEN's founder Bill Parry-Davies, as they tried to understand the language of regeneration - words like "genuine" conservation-led development and unaffordable "affordable" housing.
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I really enjoyed the film on Saturday, but I found the links between the voices and the scenes a little obscure at times. I'm also a 20 year Hackney resident, but still didn't recognise many of the places on the screen, some indication of where they are would be a help. An outsider would have no chance, and as there wasn't always (to me) an obvious correlation between words and sights the film remained a bit of a mystery.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to learn that Hackney had refused to sell to its tenants in 2002 although its Standing Orders required it to give them first refusal ( at market rate obviously). I was even more shocked that, when Hackney sold in 2002, the prospectus for buyers indicated that total demolition was on the cards and that Hackney would use its powers to ensure no Georgian houses would be left behind because they would look "ingongruous". It seems that Hackney it now carrying out those very plans from 2002.
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