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Dorothy Stein

Small crowd at event. 3 story blocks joined at entrance, red brick facade, orange/red tiles, window frames, balconies

Phoenix completes Passivhaus, affordable rent homes at Farmstead Road, Bellingham

Phoenix delivers its second scheme in Lewisham which meets the highly sustainable, low energy building standard. This will reduce residents' energy bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

CGI of the renovated Lewisham House building, a 1970s office block, with coloured panels

Lewisham House No. 1 submits rival plans, to deliver 320 co-living homes "at pace"

The leaseholder of Lewisham House argues that its plans for the site should have been included in Landsec's Lewisham Shopping Centre masterplan, and that its scheme is "practical, viable, and ready to deliver".

Climate Trace map shows PM2.5 represented by orange dots streaming across London, SELCHP is a concentrated source o at centre

New map shows air pollution streaming from SELCHP incinerator, Deptford - a "global super emitter"

The Climate Trace project found the SELCHP plant, which burns household waste for Lewisham and other boroughs, to be in the top 10% of PM2.5 air pollution emitters across the world.

Lewisham council urges government to consider nationalisation of failing Thames Water

Green opposition councillors brought a motion calling for Thames Water to be brought back into public ownership. The Labour group passed an amended motion, but keeps nationalisation on the table.

A statue of a camel, with peeling paint and covered in graffiti, left in an abandoned playground on the site.

Ladywell Playtower: step on-site (just for one day)

Mark Morris attended Ladywell Old Baths community open day on 4th October and found some unexpected sights.

Workshop participant beaming with joy in green sparkling sari

SEEN Lewisham exhibitions: Bun n Cheese, the Caribbean Living Room .. and This is England

Three exhibitions are running at the Broadway Theatre - Aneesa Dawoojee's portraits Bun N Cheese: Things That Bring Me Joy, Tony Fairweather's Caribbean living room and Matt Small's acclaimed This is England. Don't miss them!

Fencing around the front of the library, with sign from construction company Rooff.

Lewisham library: Delayed refurbishment gets started

Lewisham council announced the award of levelling-up funding to restore the library in 2023 and the library has been closed ever since. Construction has finally started.