In the 1960's high rise blocks of flats were built in many towns and cities across the UK. These were not apartments and most were built as council built blocks.
High rise living was touted by the planners and architects as the answer to city living, not that they of course ever lived there.
The block in the above photo is Holborn Towers in the Woodhouse area of Leeds. Its funny I grew up in an affluent area of Southern England, a place where a house could well be called The Towers and it was home to one family.
Holborn Towers was built in 1965 is 17 floors and contains 98 flats.
I once lived in a large house where the other 2 flats were lived in by social housing tenants. 3 times in less than 2 years my kitchen ceiling came down because the people (2 different tenants) living above me did not care about where the water went from their washing machine.
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That really IS high rise!
ReplyDeleteI've never lived in a tower block, but have stayed at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester many times and love the views you get from being in such an elevated position.
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