Get into the grove

By Martin Hilditch Martin Hilditch 2005-03-24T00:00:00

Left to right: Kabiee Hlalo, Robin Parsons, Lauren Barnes, Christoph Oschatz and James Hutchinson from Xsite, have been living on the Byker estate for a week

Source: Photographs by Julian Anderson

The South Byker estate, made famous by the 1980s TV series Byker Grove, is up for a major revamp. And what better way for architects to know what residents want than to spend a week on site with them? Martin Hilditch popped in for tea.

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