In The Guardian online, Michele Hanson meets Anna Odrich, the (according to the paper, but certainly not according to Anna!) ‘driving force’ behind the famous Bonnington squat in London. Could squatting be the solution to Britain’s housing crisis? Here’s a screen shot from the video clip
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Kylun, the developer, plans to submit its planning application within the next 14 days. Here’s how the twin towers would be seen from Bonnington Square (with of course the Bondway/Octave Tower to their left and much more in our face):
Here’s what the proposal says about shadowing: ‘The only shadow over Bonnington Square will be cast [...]
‘Here’ being Brunswick House, a listed Georgian mansion, built in 1758 and former home to the Dukes of Brunswick. It once stood proudly in three acres of riverside parkland - now it sits in the middle of Vauxhall Cross overshadowed by the massive St George Wharf complex and used by LASSCO (The London Architectural Salvage [...]
Tree: Acacia dealbata
Position: In front of Bonnington Square Pleasure Garden adjacent to 14 Bonnington Square
Planted: 1997
Also known as Mimosa or Wattle, this evergreen half-hardy native of the eastern states of Australia is fast-growing but not very long-lived. A legume, in the wild Acacias act as nursery trees after bush fires where their roots cleverly fix [...]
Too soon to say yet, but it seems from the letter that the film company flyered to all Bonnington Square residents that there’s a good chance:
“About 120 years ago your street [Bonnington Square], along with many others, was visited by the social researcher Charles Booth as part of a scheme to record and survey every [...]