'Ghost Streets' | Class & Gentrification: Salford, UK.

May 19

These are a selection of photographs taken around Salford and on Lower Broughton Council Estate (which is soon to be demolished). This is the result of a 'path finder' scheme intended to attract private sector investment to improve housing stock and demand in the area."Where the children once played, the street are desolate. Metal grilles have replaced front doors while bay windows are bricked up".What becomes more apparent to me when photographing this empty estate is how there are still actually one or two people living here. There's an interesting article on the BBC website: "Living in Ghost Streets" that actually shows an interview with one resident who says: "We've lived in this area for 50 years and it was a superb community. There's no community now, no children. All they've done is knock down houses, grass over the land and put little railings around. [...] There are times I can't bring myself to walk up there. It's distressing to see the shocking waste. These were perfect homes."