What niggles like a buzzing clock Are certain Belgian sightseers, How they so leisurely mock Our bid to level with the stars, How smiling artisans can stare Me dead in the eye, ecstatically Perplexed when I say future. I know the building might have housed The odd careerist democrat Or two, and yes, we missed Our chance to make a truly ideal Hive, a fair organic whole. Of course, I know Time hasn t widened out the way We reckoned all those years ago. HN385.5.H dc Typeset in Fournier by MJ Gavan, Truro, Cornwall Printed by ScandBook AB in Swedenĥ We wanted something new, and we Would sacrifice most anything (Well, decorum definitely) To get our gawky, sky-jostling Ruck with nature set in knifey Portland stone. Great Britain-Politics and government-21st century. Great Britain-Economic policy-21st century. Great Britain-Social conditions-21st century. Includes bibliographical references and index. A new kind of bleak : journeys through urban Britain / Owen Hatherley. 3 A NEW KIND OF BLEAK Journeys Through Urban Britain OWEN HATHErley London New YorkĤ First published by Verso 2012 Owen Hatherley 2012 All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been asserted Verso UK: 6 Meard Street, London W1F 0EG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hatherley, Owen.
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