Demise of a Tower Block
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Demise of a Tower Block
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 9 Mar 2017
This concrete tower is the last part still standing of the former, and mercifully short-lived, Portobello High School. Never a thing of beauty, its height ensured that it was a prominent eyesore. It was built in the 1970s and closed just half a century later. Compare with Image], taken a few weeks earlier.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.948501
Longitude
-3.124055