Brixton’s strange new phone box welcomes drug dealers
The two phone boxes by Brixton tube station have always been a magnet for drug dealing and anti social behaviour, but we’re not convinced by their new, jet-black replacement, which …
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The two phone boxes by Brixton tube station have always been a magnet for drug dealing and anti social behaviour, but we’re not convinced by their new, jet-black replacement, which is dominated by a massive advertising screen.
Described as “bloody awful” and a “monstrous mish mash” of a design on the Brixton forum, the billboard with a phone attached now provides a perfect concealed space for drug deals and al fresco urination.
It does contain a defibrillator – which is, of course, good – but we really have to wonder if they thought this design through.
Phone box features
We’ve been documenting the disappearance of phone boxes from the streets of Brixton with these photo features:
- Photo feature: the knackered pair of phone boxes on Brixton Road, May 2019
- Photo feature: The tatty old phoneboxes of Brixton, Feb 2019
- Photo feature: Brixton’s decrepit phone boxes, Aug 2018
- Photo feature: the last of the telephone boxes in Brixton, Feb 2016
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