Archway, Arnold Estate 142-179,Druid Street, Bermondsey ,Southwark Council, South London, SE1

Archway, Arnold Estate 142-179,Druid Street, Bermondsey ,Southwark Council, South London, SE1 Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2ADR28X

File size:

54.7 MB (2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3492 px | 46.3 x 29.6 cm | 18.2 x 11.6 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

30 November 2019

More information:

. A dated documentary view of the recorded location in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The location is represented through Archway, Arnold Estate 142-179, Druid Street, Bermondsey , Southwark Council, South London, SE1. Other connected aspects include contemporary social history, documentary photography, public realm, residential development, community housing, changing streetscape, regional identity, neighbourhood regeneration, policy controversy, housing provision, political campaigning, constituency representation, period detail, and estate environment. Today's wider story includes affordability, repairs and the practical question of the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights. For contemporary context, local services and infrastructure are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes preserving campaign language that can quickly date. From an archival perspective, the image retains the relationship between the subject and its surroundings around the recorded location. A second layer of the scene includes government priorities, public policy, before-and-after reference, residential environment, housing stock, local history, built environment, and changing land use. Elements such as Council, Archway, 142-179, London, and Druid add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes affordability and the balance between new supply and local infrastructure without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is housing and preserving campaign language that can quickly date in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.