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Description: | London's largest social housing scheme, the Aylesbury estate, Walworth, was built for Southwark Borough Council to provide accommodation for the borough's most deprived. Work began on the prefabricated designs in 1965, and 2,127 housing units were constructed. Most of the one- or two-bed homes exist in long, 14-storey slab blocks, one of which is photographed here.
High levels of crime and anti-social behaviour had been common this area, often dubbed 'the estate of hell'. In 1997, following his General Election success, the new Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Aylesbury's residents and announced plans to tackle the existing social problems. ��56 million was provided in 1999 to help improve conditions. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Museum of London | Subjects: | Public services Cityscape Home and Family | Temporal: | 1997 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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