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The Carpenter's Arms (circa 1965), the original pub of the same name was 300yds away and demolished in 1964.

 

I hope it stays in business after the Covid crisis as many pubs in East London have already gone belly up !

 

LR4071 © Joe O'Malley 2021

With my vast knowledge of motor vehicles I'd say it is either a VW Beetle, Reliant Robin or a Cadillac Eldorado !

 

LR3874 © Joe O'Malley 2020

A modern "Statement Building" on the Thames embankment.

 

Friday flashback.

 

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Yard Gates.

 

One foot on the door handle, the other with your toe's just in the letterbox and you are in !.

 

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Destruction construction.

 

Gentrification at 2 Mile's from home and closing !

 

Photography in the 'Thinker' stance.

 

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Unrecognisable Stratford, after the 2012 Olympic dream/nightmare !.

 

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Traditional style scrapyard in a place that is undoubtedly going to suffer from gentrification in the next few years.

 

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Renovated tower blocks.

 

Imposing, shadow casting nightmares !.

 

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Washing line in the rain.

 

Explore 27-10-17.

 

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Irony & Boe.

 

It's been there a few years now.

 

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Overpopulated East London sardine can.

 

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High density housing.

 

A five pigeon situation.

 

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The view from a soon to be demolished late 1950's housing estate.

 

Mainly Victorian housing with mid to later 20th Century high rise tower blocks.

 

LR3818 © Joe O'Malley 2020

High rise living.

 

Hell holes for the masses.

 

Boris The Spider . . .

 

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Victorian cobbles dating back to the arrival of the adjacent railway cutting (1876), beside Bow Church Station.

 

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The imposing sprawl of the tower block, who would like to live in their shadows ?.

 

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Shifty, dark and dodgy dealings at council level !.

 

They obviously feel the need for yet another coffee shop . . .

 

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The numerous high rise buildings in Singapore sometimes give rise (pun intended) to unique designs once in a few blocks. This stepped design of the block caught my eye a few years back and I had it in the back of my mind to visit it one day to capture the uniqueness.

 

I struggled for a while attempting to locate a view which offers a good balance between the fore and background, as well as eliminating as much of the dull clouds as possible.

 

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Boldly coloured, newly built housing, south of the Thames divide.

 

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Mid century multi story housing,

Hong Kong, China

photograph taken 1986

Bit of lens distortion of a people packing facility. Strange detail is the perfectly placed and spaced table and chairs on the balconies. © Henk Graalman

High rise apartment buildings in Marzahn, Berlin.

 

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A surreal retirement house for Asians, we are not sure what kind, right in downtown Los Angeles, on Bunker Hill, behind the MOCA, near every important building downtown.

 

What happens when the elevators break-down?

high rise romance

Plans have been spoken about regarding demolishing these tower blocks in central Southend-On-Sea and replacing them with low level housing. It was low level housing that was demolished on a wholesale scale to make way for these tower blocks only a couple of generations ago.

Plans have been spoken about regarding demolishing these tower blocks in central Southend-On-Sea and replacing them with low level housing. It was low level housing that was demolished on a wholesale scale to make way for these tower blocks only a couple of generations ago.

View of Great Arthur House behind The Shakespeare pub.

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