Hulme Crescents 1978

[cabasse]

as an american, (even with the architectural dissimilarity) this really reminds me of what i've heard about places here like pruitt-igoe

very interesting.

[thepastyman91]

Reminds me of the Hightown flats. They were a hole as well.

[gsp160]

FUCK U ALL yr poor little kids might fall off the shitty housing ghetto u live in?HERES A THOUGHT u cannot afford a house u hav no job..U HAVE TO CARRY YR KIDS UP 3 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS?got a solution for u its quite simple.STOP HAVING KIDS IF U CANNOT PROVIDE FOR THEM close ya fuckin legs u poor excuse.most of us are not born rich or successful and plan for a family and its no secret basic hard work and attitude TRY IT AND STOP BLAMING OTHERS for YOUR poor judgement

[freethoughtmusic]

My Dad worked in a lot of Post-War Urban-Renewal and although he wasn't anything to do with Hulme he worked with many architechts. I got kind of infected with his utopian enthusiasm. It is so sad that something that really was beautiful, not pretty, but beautiful in a brutalistic kind of way could have been such a sociealogical disaster. The failed dream of collectivist social visions. Ayn Rand had a point in the failure of collectivism. Read Anthem.

[IanHJames]

I dunno, I lived there as a student 1981-1982. I shared flat Flat 117 (in the south-east block, I think) with Adrian West and Sarah McConnachie. After a lick of paint, it didn't seem too bad to me, except for the odd glue-sniffing kid in the stairwells. I quite liked it actually - and it was very cheap too!

[IanHJames]

Oh, I forgot to add that they were moving students in to raise the tone of the place. Must have been *really* bad, if students made it better.

[misternorwood]

funny shit this...

[bluebus270]

The council only had to look over the pennines at Quarry Hill, Leeds to see what a disaster the crescents were.

[urbex2007]

It failed because of the people living there. Give non-working benefit scroungers and drug addicts a home and they soon want more. The rest of us pay for them through taxes.

[erictheviking871]

@urbex2007 your right i live in a area similar 10 years ago it was spot on working lads and couples now its riddled with skinny scruffy twats who are thick as fuck and couldnt work if they even got a job. the council dont care as long as the housing benefit keeps rolling in . im glad im moving out but theres good lads who are stuck there through no fault of there own.

[mrkristoff]

@urbex2007 die

[humanpower]

Thanks for posting this. I read about the Hulme Crescents in "The Secret Lives of Buildings", it's interesting to actually see them. Apparently things get worse after this documentary, when they ban families from living there ...

[debraange]

i lived on freeman walk 1;16 i remember playing rounders hide and seek waiting for mr bibby at the back was martinscroft primary and in front the gamecock pub. we were the first family to have a payphone and colour tv I'm a script writer now and hulme was a great setting for many dramas ps hated the mice and bedbugs!!!

[STEVEFINNERTY]

safe as houses...!. I was there, top night

[faunflynn]

I lived here in the 80s. It was surreal and could be dangerous, there were a lot of drug addicts and drunks.

I was also with the Dogs Of Heaven, The performance group who blew it up at the end, with giant fire-works. We catapulted car wrecks from giant ballistas and culverines. It was a blast.

[phulme61]

Hulme lives on !

[AsboDolche]

i remember watching this in geography!! i love urban deprivation studies and its such a shame that these houses failed

[matelot95]

I remember watching this on World In Action

[yaopasha]

charles barry ruled,hi tania!!

[mrkallen]

It sure did, along with Hulme Library, The Zion Centre and the ascencion Church, i live at 114 Charles barry from 78 (a baby) to 87.

[jc15y2k]

...any 1 know??

[jc15y2k]

where can you get the full documentary from?

[Beakerinnetje]

Terrible! How can mankind build such ugly places!!

[GriefTourist]

quite easy if the designers don't have to live there themselves.

[Ecstasio]

Thanks for this post ;)

[FASTF0RWARD]

No problem.

[naomiafia]

Hi, i grew up in hulme(John Nash crescent)from 1970-1979. The film brought back memories of my childhood. Thanks for posting.