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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Phillip Inman and Sarah Butler

UNBELIEVABLE: How elephant and castle risks becoming londons gentrification patient zero | History Defined

A person walks past a colourful construction hoarding with residential towers behind
New flats and retail units at the Elephant Park development. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Diana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundreds more every day from her Latin American restaurant and delicatessen, famous for its Peruvian empanadas, in south London’s Elephant and Castle district.

Now, she looks longingly at the shiny tall buildings that have replaced the brightly coloured but shabby shopping centre that was her home from home before being demolished in 2021.

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