Travelling down the A2 for Christmas spent on the coast a couple of years ago (2007 I think) I was captivated by am atmospheric looking Estate by the side of the road - it looked Soviet, almost Pripyat like with curtains blowing in empty open windows, clearly large parts of it were abandoned. Atmospheric? I was haunted by it. After a good amount of internet searching it came up as the Ferrier Estate, due to be levelled at some point in the future. When in a job interview I found that the knocking down was iminent, I decided that I needed to get there at some point and have a look. This first series of pictures sums up the view that most people might have of the estate - harsh, inhuman, unyielding. Not the sort of place you'd want to live, might as well knock it down. These are similar to most of the images you'll find on the web about this place, reckoned to be the 2nd worst in the country after the Aylesbury in Southwark, although funnily enough, I didn't spot a drop of graffiti.
Travelling down the A2 for Christmas spent on the coast a couple of years ago (2007 I think) I was captivated by am atmospheric looking Estate by the side of the road - it looked Soviet, almost Pripyat like with curtains blowing in empty open windows, clearly large parts of it were abandoned. Atmospheric? I was haunted by it. After a good amount of internet searching it came up as the Ferrier Estate, due to be levelled at some point in the future. When in a job interview I found that the knocking down was iminent, I decided that I needed to get there at some point and have a look. This first series of pictures sums up the view that most people might have of the estate - harsh, inhuman, unyielding. Not the sort of place you'd want to live, might as well knock it down. These are similar to most of the images you'll find on the web about this place, reckoned to be the 2nd worst in the country after the Aylesbury in Southwark, although funnily enough, I didn't spot a drop of graffiti.
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