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  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
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  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsB.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsF.jpg
  • Boarded up windows at Millbank Tower following the first students fees demonstration during which the windows were smashed and the building broken in to. This was the HQ for Conservative Party election campaign.
    20110121millbank boarded upA.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsE.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsC.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsA.jpg
  • Closed up shop on Denmark Hill in South London. This is a very common site all over London and the rest of the country due to the recent economic downturn, struggling economy. This shop was selling off it's remaining stock at a makeshift shop on the street just around the corner.
    20110819boarded up shopA.jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down boarded up and run down, The Old Rose pub on The Highway in East London on 24th February 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic downturn many pubs like this one are now boarded up. Other factors in the demise of some pubs are increased rental rates, lower disposable income and the smoking ban, while the trend towards wine drinking, and competition from off-licences and supermarkets has also hit pubs, especially those who concentrate on beer sales.
    20200224_closed pub_001.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_D.jpg
  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
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  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
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  • Derelict and boarded up building in Balsall Heath on 3rd August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This area has a lot of run down and closed properties and the streets litter strewn.
    20200803_balsall heath_001.jpg
  • Closed tourist shop and The Invisible Man poster in front of a boarded up cinema in Leicester Square in the centre of Londons cinema land, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The main headline What you cant see can hurt you has a savage irony during the COVID lockdown.
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  • The Invisible Man poster in front of a boarded up cinema in Leicester Square in the centre of Londons cinema land, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The main headline What you cant see can hurt you has a savage irony during the COVID lockdown.
    _E6A1257.jpg
  • The Invisible Man poster in front of a boarded up cinema in Leicester Square in the centre of Londons cinema land, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The main headline What you cant see can hurt you has a savage irony during the COVID lockdown.
    _E6A1298.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_003.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_003.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_001.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_B.jpg
  • The word Democracy on a boarded up building in the trendy area of Shoreditch, / Hoxton, in East London. The closed down building once used to house the famous Foundry bar, and is a sign of the economic downturn in the country.
    20110323democracyB.jpg
  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
    3E9A0487.jpg
  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
    3E9A0462.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_001.jpg
  • Boarded up warehouse building on Brick Lane in London, United Kingdom.
    20160510_brick lane_A.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_C.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_A.jpg
  • Woman pushes a pram past a closed down boarded up pub. Signs of the continued economic downturn and recession as many small businesses struggle to remain open.
    20140402_closed down pubA.jpg
  • The word Democracy on a boarded up building in the trendy area of Shoreditch, / Hoxton, in East London. The closed down building once used to house the famous Foundry bar, and is a sign of the economic downturn in the country.
    20110323democracyA.jpg
  • A British man walks past a block of social housing flats which are derelict and have been mostly boarded up to prevent entry and squatting on Whiston Road, Hackney, London. There are thousands of derelict and abandoned homes in London at the same time an affordable housing crisis with many people homeless or living in inadequate situation.
    13-London-Derelict-Housing-6457_1.jpg
  • A block of social housing flats which is derelict and has been boarded up to prevent entry and squatting on Whiston Road, Hackney, London.  There are thousands of derelict and abandoned homes in London at the same time an affordable housing crisis with many people homeless or living in inadequate situation.
    13-London-Derelict-Housing-6443_1.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london tory scum_002.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_005.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Some homeless people have taken up camp outside the Adelphi theatre on the Strand.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_007.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Some homeless people have taken up camp outside the Adelphi theatre on the Strand.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_008.jpg
  • Explicit graffiti outside a boarded up bar on Old Compton Street in Soho under coronavirus lockdown on 26th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200626_covid london soho_008.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_008.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_004.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_006.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_003.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_001.jpg
  • Bradleys Spanish Bar boarded up with its signs taken down as the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further and the quiet city starts coming to an end on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus bradleys spanis...jpg
  • Two days after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a truck bomb on Bishopsgate, an optometrist's business remains open (like the eye illustration at the frontage) but it is boarded up with plywood with the words Open as Usual painted by hand. Debris has been swept up on the pavement awaiting collection but the scene is otherwise as it should. But one person was killed when the one-ton fertiliser bomb detonated directly outside the medieval St Ethelburga's church on 24th April 1993. Buildings up to 500 metres away were damaged, with one and a half million square feet (140,000 m) of office and retail space being affected and over 500 tonnes of glass broken. Costs of repairing the damage was estimated at £350 million. It was possibly the (IRA's) most successful military tactic since the start of the Troubles.
    bomb_damage-26-04-1993_1.jpg
  • Boarded up closed down buildings are a common site now all over London and the UK. Due to the recession and other social factors, many windows are now covered. Here the Hand & Racquet pub just off Leicester Square is closed. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
    closed down pub20111209_0561.jpg
  • Explicit graffiti outside a boarded up bar on Old Compton Street in Soho under coronavirus lockdown on 26th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200626_covid london soho_009.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london tory scum_001.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_002.jpg
  • Boarded up closed down buildings are a common site now all over London and the UK. Due to the recession and other social factors, many windows are now covered. Here the Hand & Racquet pub just off Leicester Square is closed. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
    closed down pub20111209_0561_1.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre has its doors closed.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_006.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre has its doors closed.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_005.jpg
  • Closed down boarded up pub building in Deritend area near the city centre on 3rd August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Due to the recession which started during the coronavirus pandemic, and the redevelopment of the area, many pubs have had to close, like the Queens Arms. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
    20200803_closed pub_002.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_007.jpg
  • Bradleys Spanish Bar boarded up with its signs taken down as the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further and the quiet city starts coming to an end on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus bradleys spanis...jpg
  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill preparation gr...jpg
  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill preparation gr...jpg
  • Boarded up Amusements arcade building in the seaside town of Borth on a grey gloomy day in Wales, United Kingdom.
    20171020_borth amusements_003.jpg
  • Pharmacy in a prefabricated building in Highgate, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre, yet is a very poor area which lacks general upkeep, investment and with boarded up buildings, is a mainly desolate area.
    15052017_highgate birmingham_003.jpg
  • Street scene with tower blocks in Highgate, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre, yet is a very poor area which lacks general upkeep, investment and with boarded up buildings, is a mainly desolate area.
    15052017_highgate birmingham_001.jpg
  • Closed down shops and real estate available for rent or to buy in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja economic downturn_J.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesN.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre has its doors closed.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_004.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales theatre has its shutters down.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_001.jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up, the Garrick Arms pub has difficult times aheas as Londoners await the announcement of a second coronavirus lockdown it's business as usual in the West End with people out and about on what will be the last weekend before a month-long total lockdown in the UK on 30th October 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The three tier system in the UK has not worked sufficiently, to suppress the virus, and there have have been calls by politicians for a 'circuit breaker' complete lockdown to be announced to help the growing spread of the Covid-19.
    20201030_closed pub before lockdown_...jpg
  • As Britain enters a period of deep recession, with some shops closing either temporarily or permanently as the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic cuts hard, entertainment venues in the West End at Leicester Square remain boarded up and closed on 13th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Office for National Statistics / ONS has announced that gross domestic product / GDP, the widest gauge of economic health, fell by 20.4% in the second quarter of the year, compared with the previous quarter. This is the biggest decline since records began. The result is that Britain has officially entered recession, as the UK economy shrank more than any other major economy during the coronavirus outbreak.
    20200813_coronavirus leicester squar...jpg
  • Workman painting a boarded up entrance to the iconic Selfridges shopping centre as a passer by in a face mask walks by in Birmingham city centre is virtually deserted due to the Coronavirus outbreak on 31st March 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200331_covid 19 birmingham painter...jpg
  • Mass hysteria street art graffiti on boarded up shops which are closed in Birmingham city centre due to the Coronavirus outbreak on 31st March 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200331_covid 19 birmingham mass hy...jpg
  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill preparation gr...jpg
  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill preparation gr...jpg
  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill preparation gr...jpg
  • Street scene with a woman pushing a pram past boarded up shops and council flats on a wet day in Leytonstone in East London, United Kingdom. Leytonstone is an area of East London, and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
    20181207_street scene leytonstone_02...jpg
  • Boarded up Amusements arcade building in the seaside town of Borth on a grey gloomy day in Wales, United Kingdom.
    20171020_borth amusements_001.jpg
  • Street scene of a shut down pub in Highgate, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre, yet is a very poor area which lacks general upkeep, investment and with boarded up buildings, is a mainly desolate area.
    15052017_highgate birmingham_006.jpg
  • Street scene of a shut down pub in Highgate, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre, yet is a very poor area which lacks general upkeep, investment and with boarded up buildings, is a mainly desolate area.
    15052017_highgate birmingham_004.jpg
  • The Brazen Head closed down pub in London, England, United Kingdom. Due to the economic downturn many pubs like this one are now boarded up. Other factors in the demise of some pubs are increased rental rates, lower disposable income and the smoking ban, while the trend towards wine drinking, and competition from off-licences and supermarkets has also hit pubs, especially those who concentrate on beer sales.
    20170107_closed pub_001.jpg
  • Anti Brexit graffiti reading Brexshit on a boarded up property in Notting Hill in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160828_carnival graffiti_001.jpg
  • Anti gentrification graffiti reads Yuppies Vacate Carnival on a boarded up property during carnival in Notting Hill in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160828_carnival graffiti_002.jpg
  • A boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works triangle sign on a Holborn corner. The visual pun plays off the triangular sign that tells us that work has ended, a message we also understand from the plyboard attached to the former business premises, securing it from vandals, squatters or illegal occupation. A security light burns 24/7 and the old cab office's details along with the property agent's.
    no_work02-22-11-2012.jpg
  • Neglected but expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk. With peeling paint and a boarded up rear window, the property has been allowed to deteriorate, upsetting locals who value their standards and aware of the hut's value and demand. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
    beach_hut10-25-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Revolution graffiti in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja revolution graffiti_A.jpg
  • Closed down shops and real estate available for rent or to buy in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja economic downturn_L.jpg
  • Closed down shops and real estate available for rent or to buy in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja economic downturn_E.jpg
  • People pass a closed down and boarded up shop in Stratford in East London. This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • People pass a closed down and boarded up shop in Stratford in East London. This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesR.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesO.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesM.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesL.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesK.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesJ.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesI.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesH.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesB.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
    10082011peckham wall messagesA.jpg
  • The Cafe Royal, one of London's most famous restaurants is boarded up, closed for good. Regent Street.
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  • Closed down Britain. The Hand & Raquet pub near Leicester Sq, London. Due to the economic downturn many pubs like this one are now boarded up.
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