Looking south-east from Jubilee Gardens, 1989

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The photograph on this page of Looking south-east from Jubilee Gardens, 1989 by Christopher Hilton as part of the Geograph project.

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Looking south-east from Jubilee Gardens, 1989

Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 13 Apr 1989

The buildings closing off the view are, from left: the Shell Centre; Elizabeth House, at that time home to the Department of Education and Science; County Hall North Block; and County Hall itself. The architect of Elizabeth House was the notorious John Poulson (1910-1993), better known for weaving a web of corruption in local government (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poulson ). The vista here is now completely blocked by new development.

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