Elephant and Castle gentrification 'patient zero'
How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’
Dave Hill3Haven't read the research covered here, but from what I know of "urban geographers", the Elephant and the Guardian's reductive approach to "gentrification", I'm sceptical. Was last at E&C in May⬇️: lots of Latin traders still doing business and the new mall will be far more popular than the old one.
Ada Loves Lace2It's been a huge improvement. The ghastly shopping mall is gone.
mikesglove.bsky.social2Elephant died with the mall closing. It’s now just a carbon copy of every other bit of central London
Rainbow is still not tall, dark or handsome, unfortunately1Ruined it. Soulless pit now, no character left.
Emma1Bloody hell don’t recognise it anymore 30 years ago was so different Gentrification assumes there’s gentlemen in it ??? Nah
I confess to having not read the research reported here, but from what I know of Elephant & Castle and the Guardian's reliably reductive approach to "gentrification", my starting point is one scepticism. Bear in the mind that the old shopping mall was so unpopular it never even rented all its units.
John Springford2As a former regular, the only good things about it were the Clarks discount shoe shop and hardware shop.
Ourkid1Gentrification is good is my standard take
Selv1Indeed - used to go there in the early ‘00s. Fair few empty units. (Only went in for the hardware store and the excellent Tlon Books.)
