Market Estate

Market Estate is a

Big Ben

.

History

The estate was built by the

Kings Cross probably contributed to a growing drugs and prostitution

problem in and around the estate as activity was displaced from Kings Cross.

A multimillion-pound

gardens created for most ground floor flats, and closed-circuit television cameras linked to a concierge

in an onsite office installed. The concierge's office was burnt out and the CCTV system vandalised. It was not replaced.

Hyde Northside were given the management of the estate in 2001. Following the death of a young boy on the estate, Christopher Pullen, when a security door fell on him, residents set up the Market Estate Tenants and Residents Association (METRA), demanding that the estate's fundamental problems be resolved. Following several years of discussions, it was agreed that the estate needed complete

tenants

on the estate voted on whether to transfer the estate and their tenancies to Southern Housing Group, with over 85% voting in favour.

Under the agreement the whole estate was demolished and replaced by a mixture of

shared ownership will also be built to help cross-subsidise

the costs of building tenants' new homes.

Caledonian Park was scheduled for improvement as part of the scheme. Work on the new homes started in early 2005, significant improvements were made to Caledonian Park beginning in 2006 including planting new trees and redoing all the paths. The last remaining residents moved out of the old Market Estate blocks in February 2010.

The York Way Estate alongside has frontages to York Way and Market Road, set behind lawns and trees. It was built by the

Corporation of London

it has not suffered the poor maintenance and social breakdown of the Market Estate and remains essentially as built.

The Market Estate Project

Following the closure of the old blocks, the Market Estate Project invited 75 artists, designers and the residents of the estate, to work together in flats left behind, corridors, staircases and building facades. Work was developed over a number of months, culminating in a one-day event on 6 March 2010 which invited the public to explore the art works created on site, just before the demolition bulldozers moved in.

The project was developed as a partnership between

Anthony Gormley

as a "joy and delight".

References

^ Spring, Martin (14 September 2007). "The Writing's on the Wall". Building. 2007 (37). London: CMP Information Limited: 42–47. Retrieved 3 January 2008.

External links

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[building-1] Spring, Martin (14 September 2007). "The Writing's on the Wall". Building. 2007 (37). London: CMP Information Limited: 42–47. Retrieved 3 January 2008.