2012-04-10
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Places & Things - The Bird House:
Towards the end of the Victorian era, many of London’s city dwellers took advantage of new railway lines and became commuters by moving to burgeoning suburbs like East Ham, Ealing, Harringay or Hither Green. Landscapes of brick terraces, with their bay windows and back gardens, dominated architectural output around the turn of the 20th century. However, while these suburbs still constitute a significant proportion of London’s domestic architecture, they are largely ignored when we talk and think about housing in London today.
