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Old Posted Nov 3, 2019, 9:16 AM
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There are also literally thousands of these - the 30s was London's biggest ever house building spree, creating its suburbs - and not very notable either

Note how the houses on the rest of the street have gotten rid of the art deco features in favour of artficial, ruralised styles:


https://i.dailymail.co.uk




And quite a number of large apartment complexes for the upper classes you wouldn't really notice is art deco unless you go inside


https://www.senatehouseevents.co.uk/...tecture-london


https://wikimedia.org


www.polpettas.com


Also a serious blight of these, mass housing for the poor:

If new, painted or restored they can look lovely



but in reality they're an instant marker to many Londoners of social deprivation (even when an ex council flat in such a building can sell at $1.5 million)


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