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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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Hackney Wick is about to explode. The battle lines are drawn. On one side are the long-term residents of the area, those who've watched a slow decay and think of warehouses as a place to store things rather than an exciting residential opportunity. On the other are the artists, most of them relative newcomers, springing into the neighbourhood with floppy haircuts, expensive coffees, limited edition Converse and omnipresent Apple Macs. The best representation of this conflict is the the graffiti covered exterior of the Lord Napier pub. Disused since the nineties, pub wall has had a photograph pasted on it comparing 'then' and 'now. A line-up of bearded men drinking bitter is contrasted with an empty, graffiti covered street. Below it some unhappy local has scrawled "If U R a so called artist in "The Wick" then U R a CUNT!"
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