2010

TQ3862 : Library, New Addington

taken 14 years ago, near to New Addington, Croydon, England

Library, New Addington
Library, New Addington
Opposite the shops on Central Parade. Built in 1964. New Addington was originally developed in the 1930s before being enlarged by Croydon Corporation as a quasi-new town. Pevsner describes it as a "classic example in the 1950s of prairie planning, or the pointless over-provision of open space, so that everything is too far apart." He describes the library as an effort to improve on amenities and "visual interest" (the zig-zag roof). A more recent extension is on the left.

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Category: Library
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TQ3862, 69 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Richards   (more nearby)
Date Taken
June 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 27 June, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 382 620 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.4551N 0:1.0103W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 383 620
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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