How one community beat the system, and rebuilt their shattered streets | Aditya Chakrabortty

To revive their derelict area in Liverpool, a group of residents had to take it over. The latest article in our new economics series looks at one of the most remarkable stories in British urban history
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The revolt began suddenly one weekend, with a loud banging at some godawful early hour. From their bedroom windows, neighbours could see Eleanor Lee – wilful, hippyish Eleanor – hacking up concrete in the garden next door so that she could plant ivy.

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