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Description: | The Piaggio scooter being repaired in this photo is parked on the Alton East estate. The London County Council built this mixture of high- and low-rise accommodation on the edge of Richmond Park between 1952 and 1955.
The estate was built to demonstrate the council's commitment to providing 'affordable' housing in some of the more attractive areas of London. This public housing showpiece, with its 11-storey tower blocks, was designed according to the pre-war principles of the architect Le Corbusier. They were the first tower blocks in London to be over ten storeys high.
Edwin Smith took this photo. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Edwin Smith/RIBA Library | Subjects: | Public services Home and Family | Temporal: | c. 1955 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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