Life after Anthropo-Centre 42: A photo essay

By adelyn-1800, 16 December, 2021
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A Lego figure with long grey hair, wearing red glasses and a pink sweater, on a brown railing.
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An abandoned Lego figurine sitting on a railing at 42 Waterloo Street.

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It was with a heavy heart when we closed the gates of 42 Waterloo Street on 6 Apr 2020. And with the impending renovations delayed, the blue bungalow sat empty for several months.

When we re-entered the premises exactly four months later for a giveaway of the stuff we would no longer need, we were greeted by a house that was being reclaimed by Nature. This series of images capture a time when 42 Waterloo Street sat devoid of human activity. As the world around it ground to a halt, life continued to grow in the blue house.

To see signs of human life during our #c42loved giveaway, click here.

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The side corridor at 42 Waterloo Street leading to the rear building, with hoarding up to the right.
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A simple stool against a blue wall, framed by weeds.
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The left side of 42 Waterloo Street, with several tall plants growing up to the roof.
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Some weeds growing against a blue wall, beside a shuttered green door.
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A swath of weeds growing beside a drain. In the foreground is a white metallic structure.
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A tall weed growing in front of a wooden door with glass panels, as seen through the door.
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Weeds growing up along a shuttered green door.
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Two tall weeds growing out from a drain, alongside a blue wall with the Centre 42 logo painted on it.
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A close-up of broken green planks of wood.
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A metal hook, mounted on a blue wall, hanging close to the ground. Weeds grow around the hook.
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An inverter on the tiled brick ground. Weeds grow in the cracks on the ground around it.
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A Lego figure with long grey hair, wearing red glasses and a pink sweater, on a brown railing.
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Switches mounted against a blue wall, with weeds growing around them.
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A large grey concrete plate surrounded by tiled brick. Weeds grow from between the cracks along the bottom left corner.
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A tall weed growing along a blue wall, towards the hinges of a shuttered green door.
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A rotting log and a brown roller chair on its side, in front of a row of inverters.
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A mass of weeds and thin white branches growing through some wooden brown planks.
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The drains running along the side corridor at 42 Waterloo Street.
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Published: 31 August 2020

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