St Pancras Station, London. Home to high speed national train connections, the Eurostar and now Europe’s longest champagne bar, the station will serve as a major transport hub during the London 2012 Olympics.
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Heygate Estate
Heygate Estate, between Old Kent Road and Walworth Road, Southwark, London. Build in 1974 the neo-brutalist buildings were once a popular place to live, but crime, poverty and dilapidation hit the housing estate and it is now being demolished as part of the regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area. I used to live near the estate and saw the flats gradually getting boarded up as residents were rehoused. I was always astounded by the sheer enormity of the blocks.
Gravesend
Gravesend, on the bank of the river Thames in Kent.
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100 Club
The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London. The legendary live music venue has been home to thousands of bands over the past 60 years and has seen the likes of The Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones and even Louis Armstrong pass through it’s doors (though sadly not my band yet!) In September 2010 the venue announced it was to close due to financial losses but a lengthly campaign and sponsorship has allowed the club to remain open.
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Trevarno Estate Peacocks
Trevarno Country Estate and Gardens, Cornwall. A 30 acre garden sat in an estate of 750 acres. My brief was not to admire the gardens, but to shoot the peacocks infront of the house…
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