Street Art Of The Heygate Estate

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Street Art Of The Heygate Estate
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While it awaits demolition, the condemned Heygate housing estate is enjoying a final and unexpected lease of life, attracting street artists, taggers, guerilla gardeners and even storytellers. With its near-deserted walkways and endless concrete walls, the sprawling estate is a particular magnet for those wielding spray cans, as this series of images from Global Street Art shows. That site's account of the estate's repainting can be read here.

More on the Heygate Estate, including the social implications of its demise and plans for its redevelopment, can be found in our news archive.

Last Updated 03 April 2013