Metropolitan Building, Lee Street, Leicester
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Metropolitan Building, Lee Street, Leicester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 Aug 2011
To me this has the look of a 1960s/1970s office block - it doesn't have the frills or jaunty angles of a new-build - but I can find no evidence for this and it is now flats, or in the modern parlance, apartments. For the last 10-20 years, most, if not all, British cities have pushed city-centre living, mostly targeted at young professional types, in an attempt to reverse their depopulation during non-working hours.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.638097
Longitude
-1.128098