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Playing the Environment Game

In Covent Garden, Notting Hill and Tolmers Square in London, campaigners challenge property developers' plans

Documentary 1973 29 mins

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Overview

"London belongs to the people" - a banner proclaims at the end of this film in which locals are "fighting the biggest boys in town” as they challenge the plans of property developers in London. The film also offers a lesson in the potential perils of capitalism and urban development, citing the recently built Euston Centre as "one of the masterpieces of speculative development... a profitable form of gambling."

Director
Mick Csáky
Featuring
Ian RichardsonChris BookerBennie Gray
Genres
Documentary
Released
1973
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Euston StaWestminsterCovent GardenNotting Hill
Language
English

Subjects

Covent Garden Market Camden (London) Town planning Redevelopment Housing