Tag: townscape
Electric Patterns Series: Sarah Henderson
Wandered down Electric Avenue after hours recently? Noticed anything different?!
After overcoming multitudinous obstacles, the Electric Patterns Project (produced by The Brixton Project, funded by...
Electric Patterns Series: Helen Murphy
Wandered down Electric Avenue after hours recently? Noticed anything different?!
After overcoming multitudinous obstacles, the Electric Patterns Project (produced by The Brixton Project, funded by...
Townscape Heritage Initiative – Reliance Arcade Restoration
Reliance Arcade was built onto an existing Georgian house between 1923 and 1925, in the Art Deco style. The Electric Lane frontage is a...
Townscape Heritage Initiative – The Black Cultural Archives
The Black Cultural Archives – A home for Black British History, the only national heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving, and celebrating the histories...
Townscape Heritage Initiative – Shopping over the decades
In what is now Brixton’s Town Centre, shops were very limited in numbers and size before the railway station opened in 1862. Numbers increased...
Townscape Heritage Entertainment Series: The Empress
Following the interest in our recent article exploring the entertainment culture that has thrived in Brixton since the Victorian era, we decided to do...
Townscape Heritage Entertainment Series: The Palladium
Following the interest in our recent article exploring the entertainment culture that has thrived in Brixton since the Victorian era, we decided to do...
Townscape Heritage Entertainment Series: The Astoria
Following the interest in our recent article exploring the entertainment culture that has thrived in Brixton since the Victorian era, we decided to do...
Townscape Heritage Entertainment Series: The Ritzy Cinema
Following the interest in our recent article exploring the entertainment culture that has thrived in Brixton since the Victorian era, we decided to do...
Townscape Heritage Entertainment Series: The Brixton Theatre
Following the interest in our recent article exploring the entertainment culture that has thrived in Brixton since the Victorian era, we decided to do...
Van Gogh’s time in Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative
Maya Campbell speaks to the architects behind the renovation of Van Gogh House
‘At the Van Gogh House we are interested in challenging the narrative...
Forgotten Black Bookshops of Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative
Maya Campbell explores the history 121 Railton Road and the organisations that made it their home
Through the years, 121 Railton Road has played host...
Townscape Heritage Initiative – Entertainment in Brixton
Alan Piper from The Brixton Society explores the history of entertainment in Brixton
At the beginning of the 20th century, Brixton was a popular area...
A brief background to Brixton’s buildings – Townscape Heritage Initiative
Today Brixton is regarded as one of London’s most culturally interesting destinations, and that diverse social heritage exists within a built environment layered with...
Townscape Heritage Initiative – An abstraction of Brixton’s essential spirit
The Brixton Townscape Heritage Initiative is proud to present the Electric Patterns Project. This project will create London’s first patterned market street by activating...
Townscape Heritage Initiative – Championing bold, creative voices
Maya Campbell on how people from so many different ethnic backgrounds, languages and dialects have woven together over many years in such a beautiful...