Loughborough Estate, Loughborough Road (2)
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Loughborough Estate, Loughborough Road (2)
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 Mar 2012
The estate was built in 1953-57 to the designs of the London County Council's chief architect Leslie Martin. Here are three six-storey blocks, bearing the influence of Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles. Two-storey flats recessed behind the grid. In this unlikely setting, some kids were horse riding (right). This is the home of Ebony Horse Club, "a community riding centre using horses to help improve the life skills, education and aspirations of children and young people growing up in the Coldharbour area of Brixton, South London - an area of severe deprivation where 38% of children grow up in poverty."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.465234
Longitude
-0.106041