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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0bc09-369a-7094-8b5b-7d2ea1db75ae", "title": "Birmingham’s Interwar Council House Building: an ‘achievement without parallel’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/birminghams-interwar-council-house-building-an-achievement-without-parallel/", "published_at": "2014-10-28T07:30:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0b-8f51-71d7-8150-037d41b3d5ae", "title": "Balfron Tower, Poplar: ‘they all said the flats were lovely’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/balfron-tower-poplar-2/", "published_at": "2014-10-21T06:30:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0b-8f51-71d7-8150-037d41c32fe2", "title": "Balfron Tower, Poplar: imparting ‘a delicate sense of terror’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/balfron-tower-poplar/", "published_at": "2014-10-14T06:30:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0b-8f51-71d7-8150-037d42256a2b", "title": "The Watling Estate, Burnt Oak: ‘Building the new England’", "url": 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"https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/cressingham-gardens-lambeth/", "published_at": "2014-09-09T06:30:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0b-8f51-71d7-8150-037d439f85a6", "title": "The First and Last Council Housing of Bath", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/the-first-and-last-council-housing-of-bath/", "published_at": "2014-09-02T06:35:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0b-8f51-71d7-8150-037d43ae822a", "title": "The Jubilee Pool, Penzance: ‘Municipal modernity and faith in a brighter, more enlightened future’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/the-jubilee-pool-penzance-municipal-modernity-and-of-faith-in-a-brighter-more-enlightened-future/", "published_at": "2014-08-19T06:30:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0b-8f51-71d7-8150-037d44614726", "title": "The North Hull Estate: the first Housing Action Trust", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/08/12/the-north-hull-estate-the-first-housing-action-trust/", "published_at": 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"https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/the-county-of-london-plan-1943/", "published_at": "2014-07-15T06:30:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b374a15f7e", "title": "The County of London Plan, 1943: ‘If only we will’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/the-county-of-london-plan-1943-if-only-we-will/", "published_at": "2014-07-08T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b374dddd97", "title": "The Lillington Gardens Estate, Westminster: ‘civilizing, elegant and exciting’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/the-lillington-gardens-estate-westminster-civilizing-elegant-and-exciting/", "published_at": "2014-07-01T06:30:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b375124cb2", "title": "Social Housing under Threat: Keep it ‘affordable, flourishing and fair’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/social-housing-under-threat-keep-it-affordable-flourishing-and-fair/", "published_at": "2014-06-24T06:30:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b3755fb845", "title": "Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End: ‘the quintessential English modern public building of the decade’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/hornsey-town-hall-crouch-end-the-quintessential-english-modern-public-building-of-the-decade/", "published_at": "2014-06-17T06:30:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b376070f16", "title": "The Dover House Estate, Putney: ‘Here comes Uniform Town’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/the-dover-house-estate-putney-here-comes-uniform-town/", "published_at": "2014-06-10T06:30:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b376962820", "title": "The Knowle West Estate, Bristol: ‘the difficulties in rehousing the slum population’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/the-knowle-west-estate-bristol-and-the-difficulties-in-rehousing-the-slum-population/", "published_at": "2014-06-03T06:30:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc0d-eaa8-732b-8788-37b37766b363", "title": "Bristol’s Interwar Council Housing: ‘a surprising beauty’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/a_surprising_beauty/", "published_at": "2014-05-27T06:30:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef16d1f926b", "title": "The Churchill Gardens Estate, Westminster: ‘like moving into heaven’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/the-churchill-gardens-estate-westminster-like-moving-into-heaven/", "published_at": "2014-05-20T06:30:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef16dd5b3a9", "title": "Nottingham’s Early Council Housing: ‘Nothing like this had been seen before in the city’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/2509/", "published_at": "2014-05-13T06:30:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef16e73c9f4", "title": "Lambeth’s interwar tenements: the necessity of ‘block dwellings’ for the poorer working class", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/lambeths-interwar-tenements/", "published_at": "2014-05-06T06:30:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef16f0aa06f", "title": "Lambeth’s interwar cottage estates: the ‘character of a sleepy garden village’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/lambeths-interwar-cottage-suburbs-the-character-of-a-sleepy-garden-village/", "published_at": "2014-04-29T06:30:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef170044236", "title": "The Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green: ‘the struggle for a better tomorrow’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/the-cranbrook-estate-bethnal-green/", "published_at": "2014-04-15T06:30:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef170d5e37d", "title": "The Mackworth Estate, Derby: ‘a residential neighbourhood in full accordance with contemporary town planning principles’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/the-mackworth-estate-derby/", "published_at": "2014-04-08T06:30:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef171372051", "title": "Early Municipal Housing in Swansea: breaking ‘the thrall of dreary terracing’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/early-municipal-housing-in-swansea/", "published_at": "2014-04-01T06:30:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef171d0b6ad", "title": "London’s first council housing: the ‘Richmond Experiment’ and its ‘People’s Champion’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/londons-first-council-housing-richmond/", "published_at": "2014-03-25T07:30:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef1729194f6", "title": "The Excalibur Estate, Catford: ‘a working-class Blackheath’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/the-excalibur-estate-catford-a-working-class-blackheath/", "published_at": "2014-03-18T07:30:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc10-353b-7211-a38c-cef172a84bdf", "title": "The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: a ‘British Bantustan’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/the-hulme-crescents-manchester-a-british-bantustan/", "published_at": "2014-03-11T07:30:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498d4056d9", "title": "The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: bringing ‘a touch of eighteenth century grace and dignity’ to municipal building", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/the-hulme-crescents-manchester-bringing-a-touch-of-eighteenth-century-grace-and-dignity-to-municipal-building/", "published_at": "2014-03-04T07:30:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498dfe7061", "title": "Keeling House, Bethnal Green: ‘We loved living in our crumbling tower block’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/keeling-house-bethnal-green/", "published_at": "2014-02-25T07:30:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498e2f6403", "title": "Municipal Housing in Manchester before 1914: tackling ‘the Unwholesome Dwellings and Surroundings of the People’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/municipal-housing-in-manchester-before-1914-improving-the-unwholesome-dwellings-and-surroundings-of-the-people/", "published_at": "2014-02-18T07:30:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498eaabfb9", "title": "Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar: ‘presence, dignity and a bit grim’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/robin-hood-gardens-poplar-presence-dignity-and-a-bit-grim/", "published_at": "2014-02-11T07:30:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498f015877", "title": "Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar: ‘an exemplar – a demonstration of a more enjoyable way of living’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/robin-hood-gardens-poplar-an-exemplar-a-demonstration-of-a-more-enjoyable-way-of-living/", "published_at": "2014-02-04T07:30:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498f1178aa", "title": "The Old Oak Estate, Hammersmith: ‘that line of beauty which Hogarth said was in a curve’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/the-line-of-beauty-in-a-curve/", "published_at": "2014-01-28T07:30:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498f5805a6", "title": "Aspen House Open Air School, Lambeth: doing ‘the world of good’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/aspen-house-open-air-school-lambeth-doing-the-world-of-good/", "published_at": "2014-01-21T07:30:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498fca819f", "title": "The Aylesbury Estate, Southwark: ‘State-led gentrification’?", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/the-aylesbury-estate-southwark-state-led-gentrification/", "published_at": "2014-01-14T07:30:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-77498fcbe9a7", "title": "The Aylesbury Estate, Southwark: ‘all that is left of the high hopes of the post-war planners is derelict concrete’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-aylesbury-estate-southwark-where-all-that-is-left-of-the-high-hopes-of-the-post-war-planners-is-derelict-concrete/", "published_at": "2014-01-07T07:30:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc12-5f79-7193-8b4a-774990688d12", "title": "The Norris Green Estate, Liverpool: ‘Terrible types are being given the houses nowadays’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/the-norris-green-estate-liverpool-terrible-types-are-being-given-the-houses-nowadays/", "published_at": "2013-12-17T07:30:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f7fc5e440", "title": "The Norris Green Estate, Liverpool: ‘Living among decent people’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/the-norris-green-estate-liverpool-living-among-decent-people/", "published_at": "2013-12-10T07:30:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f807ef99d", "title": "Municipal Electricity in Shoreditch: ‘More Light, More Power’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/shoreditch_electricity/", "published_at": "2013-12-03T07:30:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f811c000b", "title": "Early Municipal Housing in Birmingham and the ‘prejudice against flats’, Part 2", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/early-municipal-housing-in-birmingham-and-the-prejudice-against-flats-part-1-2/", "published_at": "2013-11-26T07:30:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f820b8168", "title": "Early Municipal Housing in Birmingham and the ‘prejudice against flats’, Part 1", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/early-municipal-housing-in-birmingham-and-the-prejudice-against-flats-part-1/", "published_at": "2013-11-19T07:30:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f8291d77d", "title": "Hackney Town Hall: ‘that great dignified centre of civic life’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/hackney-town-hall-that-great-dignified-centre-of-civic-life/", "published_at": "2013-11-12T07:30:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f836d4708", "title": "Stevenage New Town: ‘Building for the new way of life’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/stevenage-new-town-building-for-the-new-way-of-life/", "published_at": "2013-11-05T07:30:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f83fdf3f9", "title": "The World’s End Estate, Chelsea: ‘Village style living in the heart of London’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/the-worlds-end-estate-chelsea-village-style-living-in-the-heart-of-london/", "published_at": "2013-10-29T07:30:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f849f7911", "title": "The Lenin Estate, Bethnal Green: ‘Luxury Flats for Socialists’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/the-lenin-estate-bethnal-green-luxury-flats-for-socialists/", "published_at": "2013-10-22T06:30:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f84ef4d2e", "title": "The Metropolitan Water Board: taking on ‘the Water Lords’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/the-metropolitan-water-board-taking-on-the-water-lords/", "published_at": "2013-10-15T06:30:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc14-a399-71f3-9ae6-1c9f85974402", "title": "Municipal Housing in Liverpool before 1914: the ‘first council houses in Europe’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/liverpool-first-council-houses-in-europe/", "published_at": "2013-10-08T06:30:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ab5c1bee", "title": "The Walworth Clinic, Southwark: ‘the Health of the People is the Highest Law’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/the-walworth-clinic-southwark-the-health-of-the-people-is-the-highest-law/", "published_at": "2013-10-01T06:30:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ab7363fb", "title": "St Mary’s Tower Flats, Woolwich: ‘a stupendous piece of pioneering work’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/st-marys-tower-blocks-woolwich-a-stupendous-piece-of-pioneering-work/", "published_at": "2013-09-24T06:30:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ab7c374a", "title": "Woodberry Down, Hackney: ‘the Estate of the Future’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/woodberry-down-hackney-the-estate-of-the-future/", "published_at": "2013-09-17T06:30:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61aba26546", "title": "Healthcare in Bermondsey: reaching for the ‘New Jerusalem’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/1569/", "published_at": "2013-09-10T06:45:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ac04ed11", "title": "A Plan for Plymouth: ‘out of the disasters of war to snatch a victory for the city of the future’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/a-plan-for-plymouth-out-of-the-disasters-of-war-to-snatch-a-victory-for-the-city-of-the-future/", "published_at": "2013-09-03T06:40:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ac58bc9d", "title": "‘Local government…the first-line defence thrown up by the community against our common enemies’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/municipal-dreams-the-story-so-far/", "published_at": "2013-08-27T06:30:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ac6f43fa", "title": "The Lansbury Estate, Poplar, Part 2: ‘I never thought I’d see such luxury’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-lansbury-estate-poplar-part-2/", "published_at": "2013-08-20T06:20:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61acfa1208", "title": "The Lansbury Estate, Poplar, Part 1: meeting ‘the needs of the people’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/the-lansbury-estate-poplar-part-1/", "published_at": "2013-08-13T06:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61adae806c", "title": "The Page Estate, Eltham: ‘Results for the People not the Profiteers’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/page_estate_eltham/", "published_at": "2013-08-06T06:30:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc16-fa58-71ce-b530-4b61ae540075", "title": "The Flower Estate, Sheffield: ‘dainty villas for well-paid artisans’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/the-flower-estate-sheffield/", "published_at": "2013-07-30T07:15:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3d82c6221", "title": "Woolwich’s Interwar Health Centres: ‘monuments to man’s achievement and to his folly’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/woolwichs-interwar-health-centres-monuments-to-mans-achievement-and-his-folly/", "published_at": "2013-07-23T07:15:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3d84ad8a9", "title": "The White Hart Lane Estate, Tottenham: ‘Houses, the very best of their kind’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/the-white-hart-lane-estate-tottenham-houses-the-very-best-of-their-kind/", "published_at": "2013-07-16T07:00:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3d930dc25", "title": "Victoria Park, East London: ‘the People’s Park’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/victoria-park-east-london-the-peoples-park/", "published_at": "2013-07-09T07:30:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3d973a2d4", "title": "The Branch Hill Estate, Camden: ‘the most expensive council housing in the world’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/the-branch-hill-estate-camden-the-most-expensive-council-housing-in-the-world/", "published_at": "2013-07-02T07:30:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3d98401f3", "title": "Aldenham House and Wolcot House, St Pancras: ‘giving the poor Somers Town people the first real chance they have ever had’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/aldenham-house-and-wolcot-house-st-pancras-giving-the-poor-somers-town-people-the-first-real-chance-they-have-ever-had/", "published_at": "2013-06-25T07:44:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3da485406", "title": "The Alexandra Road Estate, Camden: ‘a magical moment for English housing’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/the-alexandra-road-estate-camden-a-magical-moment-for-english-housing/", "published_at": "2013-06-18T07:30:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3db44e125", "title": "The London School Board: ‘No equally powerful body will exist in England, if power is measured by influence for good or evil over masses of human beings.’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/the-london-school-board-no-equally-powerful-body-will-exist-if-power-is-measured-by-influence-for-good-or-evil-over-masses-of-human-beings/", "published_at": "2013-06-11T07:00:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3db4b3464", "title": "The Millbank Estate, Westminster: ‘a stirring memorial to the committed endeavours of local government to improve the quality of Londoners’ housing’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/the-millbank-estate-westminster-a-memorial-to-the-endeavours-of-local-government-to-improve-londoners-housing/", "published_at": "2013-06-04T08:00:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3db7e7757", "title": "The Schools of the London School Board: ‘Sermons in brick’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/the-london-school-board-sermons-in-brick/", "published_at": "2013-05-28T07:30:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc19-22a5-71e9-b5bc-8af3dc0fd32c", "title": "The Downham Estate, Lewisham: ‘the joy of having your own patch’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/the-downham-estate-the-joy-of-having-your-own-patch/", "published_at": "2013-05-21T08:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-359016f52eb0", "title": "The Wilson Grove Estate, Bermondsey: ‘A cottage home for every family’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/the-wilson-grove-estate-bermondsey-a-cottage-home-for-every-family/", "published_at": "2013-05-14T07:00:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-359017c48d64", "title": "The Blackbird Leys Estate, Oxford: ‘Never accepted as part of the city proper’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/the-blackbird-leys-estate-oxford-never-part-of-the-city-proper/", "published_at": "2013-05-07T07:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-359017cb8cfc", "title": "The Spa Green Estate, Finsbury: ‘an outstanding advance in municipal housing…one of the showpieces of London’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/the-spa-green-estate-finsbury-an-outstanding-advance-in-municipal-housing/", "published_at": "2013-04-30T08:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-3590189a7bd9", "title": "The Beautification of Bermondsey: ‘Fresh air and fun’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/the-beautification-of-bermondsey-fresh-air-and-fun/", "published_at": "2013-04-23T08:00:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-3590198f64fa", "title": "The Park Hill Estate, Sheffield: ‘Streets in the sky’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/the-park-hill-estate-sheffield-streets-in-the-sky/", "published_at": "2013-04-16T08:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-359019dece5c", "title": "Finsbury Health Centre: ‘Nothing is too good for ordinary people’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/finsbury-health-centre-nothing-is-too-good-for-ordinary-people/", "published_at": "2013-04-09T08:00:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-35901a88b855", "title": "The Wythenshawe Estate, Manchester: ‘the world of the future’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/the-wythenshawe-estate-manchester-the-world-of-the-future/", "published_at": "2013-04-02T09:00:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-35901af54dab", "title": "Leeds, 1934 – Rent rebates and a tenants’ strike: ‘The whole system…turning round’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/rebates-and-rent-strike/", "published_at": "2013-03-26T09:00:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-35901be03b10", "title": "The Byker Estate, Newcastle: ‘groundbreaking design and a pioneering model of public participation’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/the-byker-estate-newcastle/", "published_at": "2013-03-19T09:00:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1b-384b-73c2-8c29-35901c0cfaf3", "title": "Limehouse Town Hall: ‘a structure that…shall do honour to the parish of Limehouse’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/limehouse-town-hall-a-structure-that-shall-do-honour-to-the-parish-of-limehouse/", "published_at": "2013-03-12T09:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e686570b8d10", "title": "Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds: ‘They didn’t get it wrong – well not for me anyway!’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/leeds-the-quarry-hill-flats/", "published_at": "2013-02-26T09:00:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e68657b1cc74", "title": "The Ironmonger Row Baths, Finsbury: ‘healthy recreation and personal cleanliness…for the health and well-being of our people’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/ironmonger-row-baths-healthy-recreation-and-personal-cleanliness/", "published_at": "2013-02-19T09:00:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e686580f4070", "title": "The Council House, Birmingham: ‘a bricks-and-mortar monument to the municipal gospel’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/the-council-house-birmingham-a-bricks-and-mortar-monument-to-the-municipal-gospel/", "published_at": "2013-02-12T09:00:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e686587d05e9", "title": "The Ossulston Estate, St Pancras: the English Karl Marx-Hof?", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/the-ossulston-estate-st-pancras-the-english-karl-marx-hof/", "published_at": "2013-02-05T09:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e686594bc6c2", "title": "The Totterdown Fields Estate, Tooting: ‘Architectural design of a peculiarly rational and elegant kind’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/the-totterdown-fields-estate-tooting/", "published_at": "2013-02-05T09:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e68659bcc14c", "title": "Poplar Town Hall: ‘a worthy workshop for the worker’s welfare’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/poplar-town-hall-the-first-town-hall-in-this-country-to-be-erected-in-the-modern-style/", "published_at": "2013-01-29T09:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e6865a2ff171", "title": "Bermondsey’s Health Education Campaign: ‘There is no wealth but life’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/bermondseys-health-education-campaign-there-is-no-wealth-but-life/", "published_at": "2013-01-22T09:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e6865ab4c995", "title": "A Plan for Plymouth: ‘our first great welfare-state city’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/a-plan-for-plymouth-our-first-great-welfare-state-city/", "published_at": "2013-01-15T09:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e6865b54ca1b", "title": "The Becontree Estate: ‘built in England where the most revolutionary social changes can take place, and people in general do not realise that they have occurred’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/the-becontree-estate-built-in-england-where-the-most-revolutionary-social-changes-can-take-place-and-people-in-general-do-not-realise-that-they-have-occurred/", "published_at": "2013-01-08T09:00:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc1d-3ebe-7212-a542-e6865c182114", "title": "The Latchmere Estate, Battersea: ‘happy healthy homes for sober and industrious workmen’", "url": "https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/the-latchmere-estate-battersea-happy-healthy-homes-for-sober-and-industrious-workmen/", "published_at": "2013-01-01T14:35:48+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2014

Birmingham’s Interwar Council House Building: an ‘achievement without parallel’original ↗
28 Oct 2014
Balfron Tower, Poplar: ‘they all said the flats were lovely’original ↗
21 Oct 2014
Balfron Tower, Poplar: imparting ‘a delicate sense of terror’original ↗
14 Oct 2014
The Watling Estate, Burnt Oak: ‘Building the new England’original ↗
7 Oct 2014
The Watling Estate, Burnt Oak: ‘the raw, red tentacles of that housing octopus, the London County Council’original ↗
30 Sept 2014
Cressingham Gardens, Lambeth: ‘warm and informal…one of the nicest small schemes in England’original ↗
16 Sept 2014
Cressingham Gardens, Lambeth: ‘a sense of smallness inside the bigness’original ↗
9 Sept 2014
The First and Last Council Housing of Bathoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2014
The Jubilee Pool, Penzance: ‘Municipal modernity and faith in a brighter, more enlightened future’original ↗
19 Aug 2014
The North Hull Estate: the first Housing Action Trustoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2014
The North Hull Estate: the ‘Queen of the Estates’ or ‘Corned Beef Island’original ↗
5 Aug 2014
The Amsterdam School: a new model for livingoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2014
The Amsterdam School: Expressionism and Experimentationoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2014
The County of London Plan, 1943: ‘this new world foreshadowed’original ↗
15 Jul 2014
The County of London Plan, 1943: ‘If only we will’original ↗
8 Jul 2014
The Lillington Gardens Estate, Westminster: ‘civilizing, elegant and exciting’original ↗
1 Jul 2014
Social Housing under Threat: Keep it ‘affordable, flourishing and fair’original ↗
24 Jun 2014
Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End: ‘the quintessential English modern public building of the decade’original ↗
17 Jun 2014
The Dover House Estate, Putney: ‘Here comes Uniform Town’original ↗
10 Jun 2014
The Knowle West Estate, Bristol: ‘the difficulties in rehousing the slum population’original ↗
3 Jun 2014
Bristol’s Interwar Council Housing: ‘a surprising beauty’original ↗
27 May 2014
The Churchill Gardens Estate, Westminster: ‘like moving into heaven’original ↗
20 May 2014
Nottingham’s Early Council Housing: ‘Nothing like this had been seen before in the city’original ↗
13 May 2014
Lambeth’s interwar tenements: the necessity of ‘block dwellings’ for the poorer working classoriginal ↗
6 May 2014
Lambeth’s interwar cottage estates: the ‘character of a sleepy garden village’original ↗
29 Apr 2014
The Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green: ‘the struggle for a better tomorrow’original ↗
15 Apr 2014
The Mackworth Estate, Derby: ‘a residential neighbourhood in full accordance with contemporary town planning principles’original ↗
8 Apr 2014
Early Municipal Housing in Swansea: breaking ‘the thrall of dreary terracing’original ↗
1 Apr 2014
London’s first council housing: the ‘Richmond Experiment’ and its ‘People’s Champion’original ↗
25 Mar 2014
The Excalibur Estate, Catford: ‘a working-class Blackheath’original ↗
18 Mar 2014
The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: a ‘British Bantustan’original ↗
11 Mar 2014
The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: bringing ‘a touch of eighteenth century grace and dignity’ to municipal buildingoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2014
Keeling House, Bethnal Green: ‘We loved living in our crumbling tower block’original ↗
25 Feb 2014
Municipal Housing in Manchester before 1914: tackling ‘the Unwholesome Dwellings and Surroundings of the People’original ↗
18 Feb 2014
Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar: ‘presence, dignity and a bit grim’original ↗
11 Feb 2014
Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar: ‘an exemplar – a demonstration of a more enjoyable way of living’original ↗
4 Feb 2014
The Old Oak Estate, Hammersmith: ‘that line of beauty which Hogarth said was in a curve’original ↗
28 Jan 2014
Aspen House Open Air School, Lambeth: doing ‘the world of good’original ↗
21 Jan 2014
The Aylesbury Estate, Southwark: ‘State-led gentrification’?original ↗
14 Jan 2014
The Aylesbury Estate, Southwark: ‘all that is left of the high hopes of the post-war planners is derelict concrete’original ↗
7 Jan 2014

2013

The Norris Green Estate, Liverpool: ‘Terrible types are being given the houses nowadays’original ↗
17 Dec 2013
The Norris Green Estate, Liverpool: ‘Living among decent people’original ↗
10 Dec 2013
Municipal Electricity in Shoreditch: ‘More Light, More Power’original ↗
3 Dec 2013
Early Municipal Housing in Birmingham and the ‘prejudice against flats’, Part 2original ↗
26 Nov 2013
Early Municipal Housing in Birmingham and the ‘prejudice against flats’, Part 1original ↗
19 Nov 2013
Hackney Town Hall: ‘that great dignified centre of civic life’original ↗
12 Nov 2013
Stevenage New Town: ‘Building for the new way of life’original ↗
5 Nov 2013
The World’s End Estate, Chelsea: ‘Village style living in the heart of London’original ↗
29 Oct 2013
The Lenin Estate, Bethnal Green: ‘Luxury Flats for Socialists’original ↗
22 Oct 2013
The Metropolitan Water Board: taking on ‘the Water Lords’original ↗
15 Oct 2013
Municipal Housing in Liverpool before 1914: the ‘first council houses in Europe’original ↗
8 Oct 2013
The Walworth Clinic, Southwark: ‘the Health of the People is the Highest Law’original ↗
1 Oct 2013
St Mary’s Tower Flats, Woolwich: ‘a stupendous piece of pioneering work’original ↗
24 Sept 2013
Woodberry Down, Hackney: ‘the Estate of the Future’original ↗
17 Sept 2013
Healthcare in Bermondsey: reaching for the ‘New Jerusalem’original ↗
10 Sept 2013
A Plan for Plymouth: ‘out of the disasters of war to snatch a victory for the city of the future’original ↗
3 Sept 2013
‘Local government…the first-line defence thrown up by the community against our common enemies’original ↗
27 Aug 2013
The Lansbury Estate, Poplar, Part 2: ‘I never thought I’d see such luxury’original ↗
20 Aug 2013
The Lansbury Estate, Poplar, Part 1: meeting ‘the needs of the people’original ↗
13 Aug 2013
The Page Estate, Eltham: ‘Results for the People not the Profiteers’original ↗
6 Aug 2013
The Flower Estate, Sheffield: ‘dainty villas for well-paid artisans’original ↗
30 Jul 2013
Woolwich’s Interwar Health Centres: ‘monuments to man’s achievement and to his folly’original ↗
23 Jul 2013
The White Hart Lane Estate, Tottenham: ‘Houses, the very best of their kind’original ↗
16 Jul 2013
Victoria Park, East London: ‘the People’s Park’original ↗
9 Jul 2013
The Branch Hill Estate, Camden: ‘the most expensive council housing in the world’original ↗
2 Jul 2013
Aldenham House and Wolcot House, St Pancras: ‘giving the poor Somers Town people the first real chance they have ever had’original ↗
25 Jun 2013
The Alexandra Road Estate, Camden: ‘a magical moment for English housing’original ↗
18 Jun 2013
The London School Board: ‘No equally powerful body will exist in England, if power is measured by influence for good or evil over masses of human beings.’original ↗
11 Jun 2013
The Millbank Estate, Westminster: ‘a stirring memorial to the committed endeavours of local government to improve the quality of Londoners’ housing’original ↗
4 Jun 2013
The Schools of the London School Board: ‘Sermons in brick’original ↗
28 May 2013
The Downham Estate, Lewisham: ‘the joy of having your own patch’original ↗
21 May 2013
The Wilson Grove Estate, Bermondsey: ‘A cottage home for every family’original ↗
14 May 2013
The Blackbird Leys Estate, Oxford: ‘Never accepted as part of the city proper’original ↗
7 May 2013
The Spa Green Estate, Finsbury: ‘an outstanding advance in municipal housing…one of the showpieces of London’original ↗
30 Apr 2013
The Beautification of Bermondsey: ‘Fresh air and fun’original ↗
23 Apr 2013
The Park Hill Estate, Sheffield: ‘Streets in the sky’original ↗
16 Apr 2013
Finsbury Health Centre: ‘Nothing is too good for ordinary people’original ↗
9 Apr 2013
The Wythenshawe Estate, Manchester: ‘the world of the future’original ↗
2 Apr 2013
Leeds, 1934 – Rent rebates and a tenants’ strike: ‘The whole system…turning round’original ↗
26 Mar 2013
The Byker Estate, Newcastle: ‘groundbreaking design and a pioneering model of public participation’original ↗
19 Mar 2013
Limehouse Town Hall: ‘a structure that…shall do honour to the parish of Limehouse’original ↗
12 Mar 2013
Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds: ‘They didn’t get it wrong – well not for me anyway!’original ↗
26 Feb 2013
The Ironmonger Row Baths, Finsbury: ‘healthy recreation and personal cleanliness…for the health and well-being of our people’original ↗
19 Feb 2013
The Council House, Birmingham: ‘a bricks-and-mortar monument to the municipal gospel’original ↗
12 Feb 2013
The Ossulston Estate, St Pancras: the English Karl Marx-Hof?original ↗
5 Feb 2013
The Totterdown Fields Estate, Tooting: ‘Architectural design of a peculiarly rational and elegant kind’original ↗
5 Feb 2013
Poplar Town Hall: ‘a worthy workshop for the worker’s welfare’original ↗
29 Jan 2013
Bermondsey’s Health Education Campaign: ‘There is no wealth but life’original ↗
22 Jan 2013
A Plan for Plymouth: ‘our first great welfare-state city’original ↗
15 Jan 2013
The Becontree Estate: ‘built in England where the most revolutionary social changes can take place, and people in general do not realise that they have occurred’original ↗
8 Jan 2013
The Latchmere Estate, Battersea: ‘happy healthy homes for sober and industrious workmen’original ↗
1 Jan 2013
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