A man smokes a cigarette near an iconic sculpture outside the Elephant and Castle shopping centre in London, July 9, 2010. Southwark Council signed off this week on a 1.5 billion pound (2.27 billion US dollar) deal with Australian based development firm Lend Lease to regenerate the once crime-ridden area around Elephant and Castle. The Heygate housing estate recently featured in the Michael Caine film "Harry Brown". REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS CITYSCAPE)