Action OKR working with photographer Alexander Christie, have created an interactive map as a curated exhibition and virtual tour of Old Kent Road. The project serves as a visual investigation, which catalogues the areaCONTINUE READING
Category: History
Let’s save Peckham’s Art Deco Quarter
This article first appeared in the December 2014 printed issue. The central part of Peckham’s Rye Lane has a remarkable cluster of Art Deco buildings, markers of the commercial vigour and enterprise of Peckham’s businessCONTINUE READING
Personal history of a local teenager
This article first appeared in the December 2014 printed issue. My history of Peckham I have lived in Peckham since I was two years old, and now at eighteen I can truly say it hasCONTINUE READING
Experimental Peckham: an inspiration
This article first appeared in the December 2014 printed issue. This CoDesign project isn’t the first time the people of Peckham have got involved in designing how we live. Between 1926 and 1950, the PeckhamCONTINUE READING
Peckham Rye Station: Waiting for the future
This article original appeared in the 2014 History issue. Regular users of the station over the past few years will have seen some of its stunning original features emerging from under layers of green paint and pigeonCONTINUE READING
Peckham’s Historic Town Centre Investment
The council has secured £1.675m of funding from the Townscape Heritage Initiative programme that will help deliver building repairs and improve spaces within the conservation areas of Peckham town centre. This bid unlocks funding to highlightCONTINUE READING
Peckham town centre’s historical context
In order to explore the historical context of how Peckham CoDesign and proposals for Peckham Rye Station came about, we should focus on the role of the community in initiating ideas and promoting local discussionsCONTINUE READING