Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London
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Resumo: | Using Sydney Harpley’s sculpture, The Dockers, installed in Trinity Gardens on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, this article will examine the London County Council’s reimagining of a key centre in London’s East End. Installed in September 1962, these Dockers sit within the post-war planned vision of the capital and are, as Frank Mort describes, “cultural visions” of a new London. For hundreds of years, Poplar served as part of the Port of London’s industrial heartland. After the Second World War, the London County Council assumed the River Thames would continue to be the heartbeat of Britain’s industry. The Port of London was the country’s largest and busiest port. The London County Council recognised that, in London, the most depressed and congested areas with bad housing housed working people. However, by referencing one part of the culture of this part of London, the London County Council was relying on a homogeneity of experience, difficult to defend in 1960s London. Using the initial reception of The Dockers, as well as the sculpture’s subsequent vandalism and destruction, this article shall analyse how the London County Council’s vision for post-war Poplar changed through the rapid deindustrialisation of the 1980s, through to the rapid gentrification of the area in the 21st century. |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East Londondeindustrialisation; Docklands; East London; gentrification; housing; Poplar; Sydney HarpleyUsing Sydney Harpley’s sculpture, The Dockers, installed in Trinity Gardens on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, this article will examine the London County Council’s reimagining of a key centre in London’s East End. Installed in September 1962, these Dockers sit within the post-war planned vision of the capital and are, as Frank Mort describes, “cultural visions” of a new London. For hundreds of years, Poplar served as part of the Port of London’s industrial heartland. After the Second World War, the London County Council assumed the River Thames would continue to be the heartbeat of Britain’s industry. The Port of London was the country’s largest and busiest port. The London County Council recognised that, in London, the most depressed and congested areas with bad housing housed working people. However, by referencing one part of the culture of this part of London, the London County Council was relying on a homogeneity of experience, difficult to defend in 1960s London. Using the initial reception of The Dockers, as well as the sculpture’s subsequent vandalism and destruction, this article shall analyse how the London County Council’s vision for post-war Poplar changed through the rapid deindustrialisation of the 1980s, through to the rapid gentrification of the area in the 21st century.Cogitatio Press2023-02-23info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i1.6075https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i1.6075Urban Planning; Vol 8, No 1 (2023): Bombed Cities: Legacies of Post-War Planning on the Contemporary Urban and Social Fabric; 255-2652183-7635reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/6075https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/6075/6075Copyright (c) 2023 Rosamund Lily Westinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWest, Rosamund Lily2023-06-29T21:15:25Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6075Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:47:03.564379Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London West, Rosamund Lily deindustrialisation; Docklands; East London; gentrification; housing; Poplar; Sydney Harpley |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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Dockers in Poplar: The Legacy of the London County Council’s Replanning of Poplar, East London |
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West, Rosamund Lily |
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West, Rosamund Lily |
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West, Rosamund Lily |
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deindustrialisation; Docklands; East London; gentrification; housing; Poplar; Sydney Harpley |
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deindustrialisation; Docklands; East London; gentrification; housing; Poplar; Sydney Harpley |
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Using Sydney Harpley’s sculpture, The Dockers, installed in Trinity Gardens on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, this article will examine the London County Council’s reimagining of a key centre in London’s East End. Installed in September 1962, these Dockers sit within the post-war planned vision of the capital and are, as Frank Mort describes, “cultural visions” of a new London. For hundreds of years, Poplar served as part of the Port of London’s industrial heartland. After the Second World War, the London County Council assumed the River Thames would continue to be the heartbeat of Britain’s industry. The Port of London was the country’s largest and busiest port. The London County Council recognised that, in London, the most depressed and congested areas with bad housing housed working people. However, by referencing one part of the culture of this part of London, the London County Council was relying on a homogeneity of experience, difficult to defend in 1960s London. Using the initial reception of The Dockers, as well as the sculpture’s subsequent vandalism and destruction, this article shall analyse how the London County Council’s vision for post-war Poplar changed through the rapid deindustrialisation of the 1980s, through to the rapid gentrification of the area in the 21st century. |
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