The urban degenerated

2007-11-23T00:00:00

“A second Blitz”: although London’s South Bank, seen here from Hungerford Bridge, survived the second world war, this 1836 brewery was demolished in 1951 to make way for the Festival Hall.

Source: Photo from the book: English Heritage, National Monuments Record

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