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Alan Stanton • 02-04-2017

Описание: As the photo shows, my copy of this book is getting a bit dog-eared. But as more of my London Labour Party colleagues start talking about "Mixed Communities" it's time to pull it out from the shelves again. It seems that many people involved in current policy decisions are confident they understand what the phrase means. And they may say they want all our town and city neighbourhoods to achieve this aim. Warm, Cosy and Upbeat After all, who is against a mixed community? Sounds warm, cosy and upbeat, doesn't it? A common sense phrase suggesting something wholesome. One of those descriptions perhaps intended to imply traditional values and beliefs. Like the clich'e in the United States: Who's against "Motherhood and apple pie". Is there a London equivalent? Perhaps being against London sparrows; traditional street market barrows and a flower-girl named Liza. Each brilliantly celebrated in the words and music of a 1941 wartime song "London Pride" by No"el Coward. (I confess it always touches my less than sentimental heart. Although it may not be everyone's cup of tea.) The song's story is of ordinary Londoners living and enduring together in our great grey city. "Cockney feet / Mark the beat of history / Every street / Pins a memory down. Grey city / Stubbornly implanted / Taken so for granted / For a thousand years. A mixed community with common values whether in wealthy Park Lane and the Ritz, or in unposh pubs with names like the Anchor and Crown. All Park Lane / In a shimmering gown / Nothing ever could break or harm / The charm / Of London Town / From the Ritz / To the Anchor and Crown / Nothing ever could override / The pride / Of London Town / Cockney feet mark the beat of history? So who could be against cities where such "mixing" happens? Perhaps in some "natural" "organic" way. Or perhaps in spite of local or regional government policy? But then something very strange happens. People who say they believe in and advocate "Mixed Communities" adopt and support planning policies and development programmes which segregate and 'unmix' existing residents. Resulting in communities which are more sharply divided by class and by race; by their housing tenure; and further separated by geographical space. _______________________________________ § Link to No"el Coward: "London Pride" lyrics. "Extraordinary how potent cheap music is." A line from No"el Coward's play: "Private Lives". § LSE Blog October 2012 Andrew Molloy reviews: Mixed Communities. § Southwark Notes: Staying Put: An Anti-Gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London. § Professor Loretta Lees at TEDx Brixton Gentrification and what can be done to stop it. § Video on YouTube: What we don’t understand about gentrification. Professor Stacey Sutton TEDx New York. § Everyday Feminism website published a Transcript of Stacey Sutton's lecture. § Another video where Stacey Sutton looks at the history and impact of development and gentrification in New York and other U.S. cities, particularly the impact on black communities. (Note: The quality of the sound on this video is poor. But Professor Sutton's talk repays careful listening. § Article by Elizabeth Kissam: In the Shadow of Gentrification. About Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 3 October 2014. § Brooklyn for Sale: The Price of Gentrification BRIC Community Town. A series of videos. § Links on this page checked 8 April 2017. § Website of The Beehive pub.