A new heritage trail for Somers Town has arrived this September. The first permanent public realm art since the Gilbert Bayes in the 1930s and the first heritage trail.
Look out for a new artworks in Phoenix Road, which coincidentally is being landscaped.
The new trail ‘Art in everyday life’ is a a contemporary reimagining of art on estates of the St Pancras housing, suported by London GLA’s Diversity in the Public Realm initiative.
The Untold Stories in the public realm are reimagining missing unique working class heritage, giving prominence to unheard stories of working class histories in an area facing destabilizing change.
Design is led by all female architecture edit with artist Camilla Bliss.
15 stops marked by plaques will be installed around Somers Town at key points on properties, and three new contemporary artworks in Phoenix Road.
A Space for us People’s Museum co-designed the with the local community, including work on cultural folk stories from a Bangladeshi Women’s Group.
There is a digital Trail which includes AR models, which can be accessed on phones.
Two launch events with Free walks for local people are on the Thursday evening 18th and Saturday afternoon 20th – for more see aspaceforus.club.