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Elephant and Castle in south London, once described as a stabby shite hole of staggering grimness by restaurant critic Giles Coren, is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The high-rise estates, serpentine network of roads, and warren of subways that were once seen as beacons of 1960s town planning are set to be demolished as part of a 1.5bn regeneration programme that will change the skyline and the social makeup of the area beyond recognition.This was the starting point for a project from the London College of Communication (LCC) that plans to document the transformation and compile a rich and shifting picture of the area. Every year for the next decade, the MA photojournalism and documentary photography students will document an aspect of the Elephant, the first of which is published today."