Whose Fitzrovia?

Next Tuesday, March 15th, a screening not to be missed at Chandler House (Room G10), 2 Wakefield Street, WC1N 1PF: film RIPPLES, by Rastko Novakovic.

The film explores the BT telecommunication tower in London, surrounding area and its urban redevelopment in relation macroeconomic processes. More details can be found here.

In the meantime, here is a filmed interview by the same author, and with Anna Minton, author of a book Ground Control. She talks about sanitation of Fitzrovia area in London, in the name of its identity change and rebranding.

re-de-gentrification

via DNAinfo

An ex broker came to the idea of capitalizing on re-inhabitation of the Manhattan core. He is promoting it as a livable and lively space here. And the figures say the similar - since 2000, the population in its Southern part has tripled, no matter, the City still lacks services and life, in general, after the working hours...But, it looks like we have a second wave of gentrifying here.