Owen Hatherley (author of Militant Modernism; A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain) in CiF on the wonders of Wythenshawe:
The second-largest council estate in the country, after Becontree in East London, it's best known of late for three media appearances – Sarah Ferguson's The Duchess on the Estate; Shameless, for which it provided many of the sets; and a photograph of David Cameron on the stump, with a hooded youth making gun signs behind him.
In appearance, though, Wythenshawe doesn't correspond much to stereotype.
Really? Are you
sure about that, Owen? Are you
really, really sure?
3 comments:
Not too long ago, Mr Hatherley was telling us that vaguely alternative pop music is nigh impossible to make without unconditional benefits, a grant, a squat and a subsidised spell at art school.
So you mustn’t doubt his judgement.
I lived in wythenshawe from 1985 through to 1994.
it's not quite the a**ehole of manchester (longsight takes that title) but it's close.
"Not too long ago, Mr Hatherley was telling us..."
Ahhh, I thought the name was familiar...
"it's not quite the a**ehole of manchester (longsight takes that title) but it's close"
Sadly, so many areas are now like this.
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