Campaigners tear down part of ‘mini Berlin wall’ erected around London social housing estate
‘A part of a “mini Berlin wall” erected around a social housing estate has been torn down by campaigners amid claims that residents were being forced to “live inside a cage”.
The Aylesbury estate, a huge brutalist development built to house south Londoners in the 1960s and 1970s, gained notoriety for being among the most run down social housing estates in the country.
Five years ago Southwark Council set out plans to demolish almost 3,000 homes and rebuild 3,500 new properties to help meet growing demand for housing in the capital.
Some residents and campaigners are fighting against the demolition – claiming the regeneration amounts to “social cleansing” – and the council recently courted further controversy by spending a reported £140,000 erecting a high fence topped by razor wire around the estate . It has been dubbed a “modern Berlin Wall” by protesters.’
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