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Looks very nice. 46 months! What could the Chinese have built in this time?

David B | 19.04.26 - 9:44 a.m. | #

I remember when all this was the previous redevelopment.

Still Anon | 19.04.26 - 10:02 a.m. | #

I assume the low-rise blocks are “affordable” homes. Just to underline the point, they’ve been named “… House.” Because nothing says “modest prospects” like having a house address. I bet the upscale tower won't be given anything so plain

dg writes: the upscale tower is called Estelle House.

Steve | Homepage | 19.04.26 - 10:50 a.m. | #

Find your local moans/info really interesting (even the saga of Bus Stop M) as my dad was born at 30;Washington Street in 1907 and lived there for the next 30 years or so. The family home is now part of the substructure of the Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road Am guessing he went to the local school you mention and I can recall him mentioning seeing Mahatma Gandhi at Kingsley Hall.

Rogeressex | 19.04.26 - 11:27 a.m. | #

Hurrah for the ending of construction!
May the new peace, quiet and connectivity remain!

Cornish Cockney | 19.04.26 - 11:36 a.m. | #

I'm surprised the existing shops were left in place. In Hong Kong, they would've cleared them away and replaced them with cookie cutter chains as part of the redevelopment to speed up the gentrification. The public realm looks quite decent.

matthieu1221 | 19.04.26 - 1:57 p.m. | #

Love to see it. Build, baby, build!

Anon | 20.04.26 - 11:17 a.m. | #

Some delightfully upbeat reportage on this one. Sometimes fantastically downbeat about new developments - including the fantastic word skyhutch. Generally agree lots of the new developments (and the accompanying dreary public realm) is terrible, but this does look well thought out and executed. I should detour there on my way home one day.

Simeon B | 23.04.26 - 7:47 a.m. | #











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