An interview with Sinclair - about Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire.
And then I discovered him talking about Ballard and this interview, called ''When in doubt, quote Ballard’: An interview with Iain Sinclair' is pretty good and interesting. The photos are shot in the Barbican - that somehow doesn't quite fit, because in Ballard's High Rise they would have become frightening anarchic dumps surrounded by rubbish and I reckon you could say the same of Hackney too.
HOUSING BLOWDOWN
Thinking about High Rise, Sinclair and towerblocks reminded me of being a teenager and watching the towerblocks on Queensbridge Road come down, floor by floor, like someone crumpling to their knees. This is on Hackney Council's website! Wow - they call it a housing blowdown.
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