Some buildings have vanished from the skyline - for better or for worse.
Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)
Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) But the building was demolished in 1998. Here is the site today:
Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) But the building was demolished in 1998. Here is the site today: Does anyone know more about this row of cottages as Nos 647-651 High Road, Leyton, undated. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)
Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) But the building was demolished in 1998. Here is the site today: Does anyone know more about this row of cottages as Nos 647-651 High Road, Leyton, undated. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) There is a changed streetscape at the same spot in High Road, Leyton, today:
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