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60 years on: Poplar's part in the Festival of Britain

By Simon Hayes on May 3, 2011 4:00 PM |

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architecture,
exhibition,
Festival of Britain,
George Lansbury,
Lansbury Estate,
Lewis Mumford,
Poplar,
Professor Alan Powers,
University of Greenwich

It may now be overshadowed by the massive towers of Canary Wharf, but 60 years ago the Lansbury Estate in Poplar was at the forefront of British architecture.

The estate, centred around Chrisp Street Market, was hailed as the future of social housing when it was chosen as the live architecture exhibit for the Festival of Britain in 1951.