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Description: | In the wake of World War II, much new housing was needed. Here a newspaper columnist attacks Hampstead Council?s plans to tear down some bomb-damaged buildings to make room for a large block of council housing. There was much protest from local residents, who complained that the old buildings were of historical and architectural importance and should be preserved. An unspoken class issue was probably at stake as well; Hampstead was quite wealthy, and there was a fear that many poor and immigrants would move into the area. The council ignored their protests, and built the flats regardless. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Hampstead Museum | Rights holder: | The Observer | Subjects: | Public services | Temporal: | 1944 | Source: | Burgh House and Hampstead Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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