London built a secret skywalk nobody uses. This is why we can't have nice things.
A documentary on the post-war redevelopment in the City of London — focusing on the attempt to build an ambitious network of elevated walkways through the city. Featuring interviews with professor of town planning Michael Hebbert (UCL), architecture critic Jonathan Glancey, city planning officer Peter Wynne Rees and writer Nicholas Rudd-Jones (Pathways), the film explores why the 'Pedway' scheme was unsuccessful and captures the abandoned remains that, unknown to the public, still haunt the square mile.
Direction
Lee finds poetry in brutalist corpse-staircases to nowhere.
Editing
Juxtaposes 1960s optimism with present-day abandonment beautifully.
Director
Chris Bevan Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Pedway scheme would've created 30+ miles of walkways; barely 10% was built before 1970s austerity killed it.
Nicholas Rudd-Jones literally wrote the book on London's lost pathways, then watched planners ignore those lessons for decades.
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