Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Revisits Her Old Byker Neighborhood

Link: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Revisits Her Old Byker Neighborhood – NYTimes.com

“When Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen moved to Byker, an English neighborhood in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she was drawn to the laughter, the children playing in the streets, the energy. For her, this blue-collar community brimmed with life.

Then it was demolished.”