Even though most houses have been boarded up, about 20 people have chosen to remain in the area and refused to comply with the expropriation order. This particular street looks empty yet the red bin as well as the cars parked alongside the pavement show that at least one house is . . . → Read More: Someone lives here

Elizabeth has devoted the last four years of her life to opposing the urban regeneration project. She has witnessed her friends surrender their homes one after the other. Because she owns a university degree, she felt it was her duty to defend her community, as most of her neighbours were older . . . → Read More: Don’t quit

Elizabeth is a retired architect and a grandmother. Over sixty and disabled, she is currently fighting for her house and her neighbourhood through legal proceedings. When she walks around her street, cars sometimes honk at her, and she takes it as a sign of support. She . . . → Read More: Still standing

Aderley Street is where Elizabeth lives. Elizabeth’s terraced house is sandwiched between two empty houses, and her side of the street is a succession of empty houses. Elizabeth has been living in the neighbourhood for thirty years and she remembers the area as a vibrant yet economically deprived area. Most of . . . → Read More: Resisting expropriation

Successive layers of paint are now showing due to the wind and the rain. Red under green, blue over red, all the colours are flaking away.

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