poplar

History: Balfron Tower in Poplar, East London, was completed in 1967, and designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger. The tower itself is actually part of a much larger area, known as the Brownfield Estate, which was completed 6 years prior to Balfron Tower, all designed in the same traditional 60's...

Following on from Part 1. Boiler house area. Two Lancashire type boilers, heat exchangers etc.

A rushed visit in June 2014 as part of my work, just as clearance and conversion were starting on site, so apologies for delay in posting which I couldn't do at the time and for pic quality. Original baths dated from 1852 but were replaced by this site in 1933. Info via wiki states 'it was...

Very nice restoration of Poplar Baths... and now... Just goes to show what can be done.

Hi Guys, I believe this may be a first on 28DL. Met up with DubbedNavigator and Andrew B and we hatched a plan to visit 9 derelict places in the East-End before the meet, and this was our only success, but what a techni-coloured gem. I’m not a huge fan of post war architecture, however...

Visited with Alias, Siologen and Loops. Well it's about time I got off my arse and posted up some stuff from the last couple of months and weeks. I remember photos from this place a good couple of years ago and then some more recent photos appeared so we thought we'd pay the old girl a visit to...

*** *** 20 seconds to comply... This project has been slated by many as an ugly design...as a classic example of 'neo' brutalism. True ,true...pretty it isnt...but it sits in the position of offering spectacular views of the O2, Ontario Tower and Canary Wharf...so I was keen to see. So...

Visited with Ridds, Zero and Tank. Well this place isn't what initially meets the eye, and we discovered that it's a bit of a deception. We've probably all seen the typical view of Poplar Baths... showing the big hole that looks like a deep swimming pool with a house and brickwork...