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The definition of "clearance" (as it relates to the Highland Clearances) is debatable. The term was not in common use during much of the clearances; landowners, their factors and other estate staff tended, until the 1840s, to use the word "removal" to refer to the eviction of tenants. However, by 1843, "clearance" had become a general (and ...
Public housing became needed to provide "homes fit for heroes" in 1919, [5] [6] then to enable slum clearance.Standards were set to ensure high-quality homes. Aneurin Bevan, a Labour politician, passionately believed that council houses should be provided for all, while the Conservative politician Harold Macmillan saw council housing "as a stepping stone to home ownership". [7]
Goldeneye estate. Goldeneye is the original name of novelist Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa Bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica.He bought 15 acres (6.1 ha) adjacent to the Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach.
Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council. [1] Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton. [1] All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District.
DuPont-Guest Estate (also known as White Eagle) 1916: Georgian Revival: Carrère and Hastings: Brookville: Since 1972, it has been part of the Old Westbury campus of the New York Institute of Technology [69] more images: Woolworth Estate: 1916: Italian Renaissance: Gilbert, Charles P.H. Glen Cove: Privately Owned [70] more images: Beacon Towers ...
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The Golden Lane Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London. It was built on the northern edge of the City, on a site devastated by bombing during the Second World War . Since 1997, the estate has been protected by a grade II status, deemed a site of special architectural interest.
The Golden Triangle is a wedge-shaped area within the southwestern suburbs of Norwich, United Kingdom.The base of the Triangle is at the Colman Road stretch of the outer ring road, which is one mile southwest of the city's inner ring, with the other two sides – Earlham Road and Newmarket Road – pointing into the city centre.