Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO CROYDON 102 GEORGE STREET THE LARGE EXPANSE OF MIRRORED GLASS DATES THIS BLOCK PROBABLY TO THE 1970S OR EARLY 1980S. THE EFFECT IS PLEASINGLY CRISP AND CLEAN EVEN IF SUCH BUILDINGS OFFER A REBUFF TO PASSERS BY. IT IS CURRENTLY THE HEADQUARTERS OF MONDIAL A TRAVEL INSURANCE COMPANY.BETWEEN THE 1950S AND THE 1970S CROYDON EXPERIENCED A BURST OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNPARALLELED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. THE IMPETUS WAS PROVIDED BY THE CROYDON CORPORATION ACT OF 1956 WHICH GAVE CROYDON COUNCIL POWERS TO DEVELOP LAND IN THE BOROUGH. A COMBINATION OF IMPROVED ROADS GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES TO RELOCATE FROM AND CROYDON'S PROXIMITY TO CENTRAL LONDON AND LOWER RENTS ATTRACTED EMPLOYERS IN THEIR DROVES. BY 1970 ABOUT SIX MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE HAD BEEN PROVIDED IN CENTRAL CROYDON. DEVELOPMENT HAS CONTINUED SINCE BUT AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE. FROM A DISTANCE THE SKYLINE IS IMPRESSIVE (THE NEAREST THIS COUNTRY COMES TO MANHATTAN) BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT FEW OF THE BUILDINGS ARE OF ARCHITECTURAL MERIT. 2011 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) STEPHEN RICHARDS PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO SRV-13031 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Stephen Richards obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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