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The case for London’s Latin Quarter: Retention, Growth, Sustainability
The Case for London's Latin Quarter: Retention, Growth, Sustainability is the output of 18 months of research with the local community and other key stakeholders at Elephant and Castle, which is the current focus of one of Europe’s largest regeneration projects....
Relocation Alternatives for EC traders
Relocation Alternatives for EC traders This report addresses pressing needs and alternatives for relocation of existing traders in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre within the context of the proposed Elephant and Castle Town Centre Development. The report also...
Latin Quarter Map 2016
London's Latin Quarter Map Latin Americans have a particularly strong presence in the Elephant and Castle area of Southwark in London, the history of which begins in the early 1990s when young Latin American migrant entrepreneurs started to inhabit and revive what...
Participatory Urban Design
The workshop held on 8th March 2016 was organised by Latin Elephant in coordination with the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL and assistance with representatives of Southwark Council. The workshop was conducted by students of the module Participatory Processes:...
Elephant News
Elephant News Elephant News (January 2016) has been published by Latin Elephant and Elephant and Walworth Neighbourhood Forum to provide useful information about regeneration. It includes key dates for developments and links on how to participate on consultations for...
Mapping Latin London
Elephant and castle is home to the largest and oldest Latin American business cluster in London with 96 Latin American businesses, each employing on average between 1-5 people, and attracting large number of visitors and customers to the area. We are beginning to...
Being Latin in Elephant / Ser Latinx en Elephant
This video is the product of an 8-week-workshop in participatory photography and video with 12 members of the Latin American community in London. During the workshop they looked for stories around Elephant and Castle, an area in south London home to the largest Latin...
London’s Latin Quarter the documentary
This documentary tells the story of London's largest Latin American community in Elephant and Castle, an area currently facing a regeneration initiative heralded as one of Europe's most expensive regenerations. The documentary explores how the regeneration is...
Migrant and Ethnic Businesses in Elephant & Walworth
Migrant and Ethnic Businesses in the Elephant and Walworth Neighbourhood Forum Area This research into ethnic and migrant business clusters builds on the research carried out by Latin Elephant (LE), bringing in the wider auspices of the Elephant and Castle...
Latin Elephant Gains Change in London Plan 2015
Latin Elephant has made progress in promoting the contribution that migrant and ethnic communities make to London’s diverse economies and cultures. Latin Elephant’s advocacy for inclusion of migrant and ethnic economies took a positive turn when one of our...
