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A postcard from Feltham
Feltham is a long way from London. As London grows bigger, more
of it will become like Feltham. Perhaps looking at Feltham is like
glimpsing a future London. A future full of questions: What happens
when London gets bigger and bigger? When the familiar landmarks
that stand for London are far over the horizon. When the metropolitan
centre is clogged with gentrification and history. When opportunity
is stifled by property prices and specialist cheese shops. When
the centre becomes a wickerbasket wielding village fantasy. What
happens when the sprawling suburbs are home to diversity once associated
with a metropolitan centre?
Will Felthams unique landscape congeal into something
recognisably urban? Could Feltham become the new Soho, Hampstead,
or Hoxton? Could a New Bohemia flourish in the suburban hinterland?
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