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‘The project interested people open to thinking about things’

… Hackney residents in the 80s.

Photograph: The Rio Cinema Archive

Once upon a time in Hackney:

80s photos of poverty, protest – and partying

Tue 27 Oct 2020 11.16 GMT

Last modified on Tue 27 Oct 2020 11.18 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/27
/rio-tape-slide-newsreel-group-hackney-cinema

1978: Mrs Baldwin on the balcony of her flat

on the Mansford Street Estate, Bethnal Green.

The estate of more than 700 homes

was built over 20 years from 1957

Photograph: Tom Learmonth

A history of living conditions in the East End – in pictures

Conditions of Living: Images of Home and Homelessness in London’s East End

is the latest exhibition at the Four Corners gallery.

Documenting housing over 100 years,

it bears witness to how little has changed,

including unstable living conditions, homelessness and inflated rents.

The exhibition runs until 2 September

Fri 30 Jun 2023 09.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2023/jun/30/
a-history-of-living-conditions-in-the-east-end-in-pictures

Regent’s Canal, Bethnal Green, 1987

George Trewby’s magnificent gasometer

constructed for the Gas Light and Coke Company in 1889

towers over the frozen canal

Photograph: Colin O'Brien (1940-2016)

The last days of London - in pictures

Friday 24 July 2015 07.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/jul/24/
last-days-london-in-pictures-colin-obrien-photographs

Schoolgirls playing netball

on the roof of the Henry Fawcett School, Kennington, London

in 1938.

Photograph: William Vanderson

Getty Images

A letter to my school PE teachers, from a former fat kid

Friday 7 August 2015 16.52 BST

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/07/
pe-teachers-fat-children-stereotyped-overweight

Changing times … London, 1950.

Photograph: Haywood Magee

Getty Images

The Life Project: what makes some people

happy, healthy and successful – and others not?

Saturday 27 February 2016 08.59 GMT

Last modified on Saturday 27 February 2016 13.32 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/27/
the-life-project-what-makes-some-people-happy-healthy-successful-and-others-not

Animals landed from the SS Medic at Tilbury Docks,

c1915-1925

Photograph:

PLA Collection/Museum of London

Port city: London on the river – in pictures

A new exhibition examines the impact of the Port of London on our capital city,

exploring the complex operations that have connected London to the rest of the world,

from the final days of the 18th century

to the creation of the huge London Gateway megaport

at Thurrock in the Thames estuary

London: Port City runs from 22 October 2021 to 8 May 2022

at the Museum of London Docklands,

itself part of West India Docks, London’s first enclosed dock system

Thu 21 Oct 2021 09.07 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/oct/21/
port-city-london-on-the-river-in-pictures

Aerial view of the gauging ground at London docks,

showing the huge amount of wine barrels that passed through,

November 1920

Photograph:

PLA Collection/Museum of London

Port city: London on the river – in pictures

A new exhibition examines

the impact of the Port of London on our capital city,

exploring the complex operations

that have connected London to the rest of the world,

from the final days of the 18th century

to the creation of the huge London Gateway megaport

at Thurrock in the Thames estuary

London: Port City runs from 22 October 2021 to 8 May 2022

at the Museum of London Docklands,

itself part of West India Docks, London’s first enclosed dock system

Thu 21 Oct 2021 09.07 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/oct/21/
port-city-london-on-the-river-in-pictures

St Paul’s Cathedral from Southwark Bridge, City of London

1855-9

Unknown photographer,

possibly Alfred Rosling (1802-82)

Picturing England: photographs of English life

Wednesday 29 July 2015

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/29/
picturing-england-photographs-english-life-historic-archive

city > London UK / USA

2024

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/nov/15/
london-street-markets-market-day-paul-trevor-
in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/business/gallery/2024/feb/21/
bt-tower-sold-history-london-restaurant-
in-pictures

2023

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/apr/17/
tender-are-the-nighthawks-late-night-londoners-sarah-lee

2021

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/oct/21/
port-city-london-on-the-river-
in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/may/18/
home-sweet-hackney-love-life-and-local-legends-in-east-london-
in-pictures

2020

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/27/
rio-tape-slide-newsreel-group-hackney-cinema

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jun/03/
unhappy-hour-londons-west-end-during-lockdown-
in-pictures

2018

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/02/
big-picture-chris-schwarz-albany-arts-centre-deptford

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/04/
how-london-southall-became-little-punjab-

2017

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/oct/03/
london-markets-100-years-ago-archives-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2017/sep/18/
no-place-like-home-in-pictures

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/
537890448/london-literally-stank-in-the-summer-of-1858-just-ask-dickens-and-darwin

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/11/world/europe/uk-london-
brexit.html

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/mar/06/
brick-lane-exposed-impressions-east-end-london-1980s-in-pictures

2016

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/29/
ken-russell-post-war-london-in-pictures-rolleicord-teddy-girls

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/26/
colin-o-brien-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/23/
unbuilt-london-monorail-straight-river-thames

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/aug/02/
how-london-was-built-tower-bridge-southbank-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jun/17/
john-claridge-east-end-photographs-in-pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/mar/31/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/31/
ian-nairn-london-guide-architecture-book-archive-1966

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/mar/14/
winners-and-losers-london-social-housing-divide-barnet-camden
londoners-in-pictures-tori-ferenc

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/
opinion/sunday/london-lost-and-found.html

2015

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/03/
london-might-have-been-designs-alternative-architecture-pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/video/2015/oct/22/
antony-gormley-london-squatted-how-things-changed-video

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/29/
picturing-england-photographs-english-life-historic-archive

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/
opinion/roger-cohen-lovely-lamentable-london.html

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/jul/24/
last-days-london-in-pictures-colin-obrien-photographs

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/02/
london-new-york-capital

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/06/
developers-antiseptic-london-city

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/24/
the-city-that-privatised-itself-to-death-london-is-now-
a-set-of-improbable-sex-toys-poking-gormlessly-into-the-air

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/23/
is-london-a-good-place-to-live

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/may/22/
bridge-the-architecture-of-londons-river-in-pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/may/22/
london-through-eyes-graphic-designer-edward-bawden

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/11/
new-london-housing-aimed-at-wealthy

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/20/
future-london-capital-risks-soul

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/
travel/lessons-from-living-in-london.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/05/
crap-towns-london-bradford-chipping-norton

London ladmarks UK

https://www.theguardian.com/business/gallery/2024/feb/21/
bt-tower-sold-history-london-restaurant-in-pictures

inner London

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/13/
city-without-children-dystopia-new-reality-london

Central London > West End

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
West_End_of_London

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jun/03/
unhappy-hour-londons-west-end-during-lockdown-in-pictures

Chinatown

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/feb/11/
londons-chinatown-gets-ready-for-the-year-of-the-ox-in-pictures

London borough of Brent

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jan/24/
the-big-picture-roy-mehtas-love-letter-to-the-london-borough-of-brent

London borough in Inner London > Hackney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
London_Borough_of_Hackney

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/may/18/
home-sweet-hackney-love-life-and-local-legends-in-east-london-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/27/
rio-tape-slide-newsreel-group-hackney-cinema

Deptford, south-east London

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/02/
big-picture-chris-schwarz-albany-arts-centre-deptford

How London's Southall became 'Little Punjab'

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/04/
how-london-southall-became-little-punjab-

Port city: London on the river – in pictures

A new exhibition examines

the impact of the Port of London

on our capital city,

exploring the complex operations

that have connected London

to the rest of the world,

from the final days of the 18th century

to the creation

of the huge London Gateway megaport

at Thurrock in the Thames estuary

London: Port City

runs from 22 October 2021 to 8 May 2022

at the Museum of London Docklands,

itself part of West India Docks,

London’s first enclosed dock system

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/oct/21/
port-city-london-on-the-river-in-pictures

Some reinvented, others long lost:

London's markets 100 years ago – in pictures G 3 October 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/oct/03/
london-markets-100-years-ago-archives-in-pictures

London Ends:

the city's forgotten neighbourhoods – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/dec/02/
london-ends-city-forgotten-neighbourhoods-
in-pictures - Guardian pictures gallery

Ken Russell's post-war London – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/29/
ken-russell-post-war-london-in-pictures-
rolleicord-teddy-girls - Guardian pictures gallery

London's sewers

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2016/nov/10/
virtual-reality-by-the-guardian

Neverwhere

- an alternate London beneath the real city

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/jul/14/
illustrating-neil-gaimans-neverwhere-in-pictures-
chris-riddell-london - Guardian picture gallery

How London was built:

from Tower Bridge to the South Bank – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/aug/02/
how-london-was-built-tower-bridge-southbank-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

‘He made the East End look glamorous’:

Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi’s London – in pictures

As one of Britain’s first black photographers,

Ajetunmobi captured the glitz, diversity and camaraderie

of long-established communities in his adopted home

G 11 January 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/jan/11/
he-made-the-east-end-look-glamorous-bandele-tex-ajetunmobis-london-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

Brick Lane exposed:

a 1980s view of east London – in pictures G 6 March 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/mar/06/
brick-lane-exposed-impressions-east-end-london-1980s-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

A history of living conditions in the East End – in pictures

Conditions of Living:

Images of Home and Homelessness in London’s East End

is the latest exhibition at the Four Corners gallery.

Documenting housing over 100 years,

it bears witness to how little has changed,

including unstable living conditions,

homelessness and inflated rents.

The exhibition runs until 2 September

Fri 30 Jun 2023 09.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2023/jun/30/
a-history-of-living-conditions-in-the-east-end-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

The vanished East End – in pictures

David Granick’s shots

from the 1960s and 70s

capture a fading world.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/feb/13/
east-end-in-colour-london-david-granick
- Guardian picture gallery

Notting Hill in the 60s and 70s:

Black Britain through the lens of Charlie Phillips – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/jun/07/
notting-hill-in-the-60s-and-70s-black-britain-through-the-lens-of-charlie-phillips-
in-pictures

- Guardian picture gallery

1960s > slums of Paddington and Notting Hill

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jun/22/
from-the-troubles-to-glam-rock-through-the-eyes-of-brian-aris-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

Corsets and chickens:

the East End in the 1960s – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jun/17/
john-claridge-east-end-photographs-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

From Cripplegate to Agar Town:

inside London's vanished neighbourhoods

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jun/24/
london-vanished-neighbourhoods-cripplegate-agar-town-limehouse-chinatown

1666 > the Great Fire of London

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/30/
great-fire-of-london-1666-350th-anniversary-which-buildings-disappeared

city > London > Brixton UK / USA

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jan/14/
brixton-makeover-gentrification-then-and-now-in-pictures

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/
from-riots-and-rebels-to-juice-bars-and-tapas-a-new-brixton-emerges.html

city > London > London Mapper

A Social Atlas of London - launched 11 May 2014

http://www.londonmapper.org.uk/

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/11/
london-houseprices

Norman Foster unveils plans

for elevated 'SkyCycle' bike routes in London 2 January 2014

Plan for 220km network

of bike paths suspended above railway lines

could see commuters gliding to work

over rooftops

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/jan/02/
norman-foster-skycycle-elevated-bike-routes-london

inhabitant

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/07/
londons-most-expensive-street-kensington-palace-gardens

cityscapes

Shit London awards 2012 - in pictures 2012

The winners and runners-up

in the second annual

Shit London photography awards,

celebrating the city's

ugliest buildings,

worst shop names

and most depressing views

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/dec/06/
shit-london-awards-2012-in-pictures

skyscraper

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

high-rise

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

tower

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

skyline

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/13/
boris-johnson-proper-debate-london-skyline

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/12/
london-skyscrapers-shard-gherkin-architecture

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

London's skyline > the Shard

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2012/oct/26/
view-shard-london-video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jan/30/
shard-renzo-piano-london-bridge

London's historic skylines

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/21/
london-historic-skylines-in-pictures

What a difference 400 years makes:

the London skyline 1616 v 2016 – interactive

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/03/
london-skyline-1616-2016-interactive-faders-visscher

block of flats

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/31/
london-teenage-stabbing-victim-named

on the Pelican Estate

in Peckham, London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/30/
london-gang-deaths-david-cameron

Robin Hood Gardens housing estate

in Poplar, east London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/jul/27/
robin-hood-gardens-listed

Heygate housing estate in south London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/03/
heygate-estate-south-london-hollywood

gentrification

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jan/14/
brixton-makeover-gentrification-then-and-now-in-pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/18/
-sp-truth-about-gentrification-how-woodberry-down-became-woodberry-park

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/07/
new-local-butcher-fishmonger-pleasing

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/02/
london-inequality-house-prices

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2013/aug/02/
alex-wheatle-gentrification-brixton-video

cities > aerotropolis

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/mar/03/
aerotropolis-london-kasarda-rowan-moore

lidos and ponds

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jul/24/
outdoor-swimming-tour-london-top-10-lidos-and-ponds

Grosvenor House, Park Lane

This wild 1933 redesign

of the hotel in Park Lane

by German artist and set designer George Ramon

includes a multi-level road – and a landing strip on the roof

Tuesday 3 November 2015 12.45 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/03/
london-might-have-been-designs-alternative-architecture-pictures

suburbs

super suburbs UK

https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2021/feb/19/
homes-for-sale-in-the-super-suburbs-in-pictures

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