2014

TQ3881 : Balfron Tower, Poplar

taken 10 years ago, near to Poplar, Tower Hamlets, England

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Balfron Tower, Poplar
Balfron Tower, Poplar
Grade II listed Brutalist block of flats, designed and built between 1963 and 1967: architect Ernö Goldfinger. Much loved by the architectural community, as is his later similar effort in West London, Trellick Tower, seen here TQ2482 : Trellick Tower, Golborne Road. For a view of the future occupation of Balfron Tower this LinkExternal link makes interesting reading.

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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Building Type: Tower Block Place: London E14 (Poplar) Architect: Erno Goldfinger Listed Building Status: Grade II
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Balfron Tower [21] · Flats [13] · West [8] · Goldfinger's Balfron Tower [7] Other Photos: · Balfron Tower, Poplar Title Clusters: · Balfron Tower, Poplar [3] ·
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TQ3881, 179 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jim Osley   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 13 August, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 15 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3825 8131 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.8284N 0:0.5430W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3818 8129
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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