Aerial Photographs - 1931
Alderney Street
The Picture 1 was taken in 1978 and shows the commerce at the corner of Alderney Street and Castle Boulevard that is still present in the site (see picture 3). The houses at the left were demolished to give space to the Castle Gardens Development in the beginning of 1980's. The Picture 2 shows the cleaned area after the demolition, before the start of the new buildings. ThePicture 3 shows the commerce at the corner, the new buildings at the left (where the old houses used to be) and back (that didn't exist in the past). The Picture 4 shows the new buildings at the east side of Alderney Street, constructed as part of Castle Gardens Development replacing the old houses showed in the Picture 1. Photo credits: Pictures 1 and 2: http://www.lentontimes.co.uk Pictures 3 and 4: Carolina Batista |
Groove Road
The Picture 1 shows the houses at East side of Groove Road in 1978 that were demolished to give space to the Castle Gardens Development at the beginning of 1980. The Picture 2 shows the houses at the West side of Groove Road, that still remains there, and The Groove in the back, that used to be a hotel. The Picture 3 shows the new buildings of Castle Gardens Development, that created a "Dead Façade" in the street. The Picture 4 shows the "dead façade" at the East side, the old houses at West that still remains and The Groove that now works like a public house. It seems that the Castle Gardens Development was created giving its back to the surrounding areas, creating dead façades, with no entrances or activities, in the Castle Boulevard and Groove Road. The front of the Development is on its central area, that is a private space, restricting the "safety feeling" to this area. Photo credits: Pictures 1, 2 and 3: http://www.lentontimes.co.uk Picture 4: Carolina Batista |
The Area
The following maps shows the changes in the area from 1880 until today. All the maps were taken from the Digimap Resource Centre website and can be accessed at http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/.
Current Shape The Map at left shows the current shape of the Project Area. In comparison to the previous layout, the major change is the presence of the Castle Gardens Development replacing the Elastic Yarn & Fine Wire Factory as well as some houses in the East side of the new stretch of Alderney Street, that replaced Marcus Street. |