My Hackney? Book 1

My Hackney?

Book 1 Pauline Moon

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My Hackney?

Book 1 Pauline Moon 2023

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I have lived in Hackney for half of my life. And watched it gentrify and change around me; changes that have benefi ed everyone.

The digital footprint of gentrifica on in Hackney can be found in the archive of images embedded in Google Street View. This book draws on this archive.

Everything depicted in the images in this book can be placed into the gentrifica on narra ves. However not a the images relate to these narra ves in ways that we might expect. What do we think gentrifica on looks like What is its impact on everyday lives?

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There is an address instability in Google Street View: the address appearing in the top le -hand corner of eac image is o en not the actual address on the ground. The image sourced from Google Street View reflects the digital journey, in the way that it tends to capture an earlier point in the journey, frequently where it started.

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Richard Yeboah asks 'I wonder if Hackney is really for me anymore' ..."So many memories of Hackney's housing during the 1990s and 2000s are connected with deep poverty, structural decline, an -social behaviour and other socioeconomic problems, but are intertwined with a real sense of community, pride and sense of togetherness." …Richard says the widespread regenera on of Hackney is in many ways a posi ve thing, but wonders who it is really for. ..."Many have had their homes demolished and have been moved to other areas in Hackney and beyond, o en due to the decline in the availability of social housing as a result of the regenera on process." …"I feel complex emo ons when I see changes - when I grew up it was rough, now the environment is cleaner and safer but as an exis ng resident though I wonder in the longterm who really benefits from the changes in Hackney?"

"Hackney is my home and has been for the last 30 years and the area will forever define me and many of its communi es."

From My London, February 2021 h ps://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/lifelong-hackney-resident-comparesimages-19863729

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