Storm Brewing over a Blakenhall Tower Block
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Storm Brewing over a Blakenhall Tower Block by Roger Kidd as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 29 May 2007
Several of these 1960s tower blocks in Blakenhall have been demolished with explosives in recent years. This is the only one left, Phoenix Rise. Update: Phoenix Rise is being demolished slowly by traditional methods. See this October 2010 image: Image] Job finished January 2011.