Hackney marshes

river Lea Siraj Izhar

The Hackney Cut

The changing ecologies of clean and dirty. As the river Lea bends and turns in through Hackney Marsh, it leaves a part of the commons known as East Marsh on the other side. This connects to the rest of the marsh through the White House Bridge…

Hackney Marsh

Hackney Marsh 1 2 & 3

… within its history is a chain of role reversals that unravel in this global age and produce new directions for the Commons land. Early in London’s history this was a proper marsh, flooded at will by the river Lea.

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