A photographic print of Housing, Post War, Houses - Flats, Maisonettes and Estates, etc, including Mews

"TOPPING-OUT" FOR LONDON'S TALLEST FLATS 26.2.1959. DNY TOMORROW, FRIDAY, THE TRADITIONAL "TOPPING-OUT" CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON A BLOCK OF THE TALLEST FLATS YET DEVELOPED IN ENGLAND, ON THE L.C.C. BRANDON ESTATE AT KENNINGTON PARK. THE CEREMONY IS THE TRADITIONAL ONE OBSERVED WHEN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BUILDING IS COMPLETED, AND THE BLOCK AT THE BRANDON ESTATE IS THE FIRST OF SIX 18-STOREY BLOCKS EACH CONTAINING 64 TWO-BEDROOM FLATS, AND FOUR PENTHOUSES. THESE SIX MAMMOTH TOWER BLOCKS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY 1960 WILL DOMINATE THE CHANGING LONDON SKYLINE. THEY WILL COST £1,138,343, WILL HAVE BALCONIES, CENTRAL HEATING AND HIGH-SPEED LIFTS. THE BRANDON ESTATE IS THE FIRST LARGE SCHEME OF REHABILITATION AND REVELOPMENT APPROVED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL; IT COMPRISES ABOUT 36 ACRES OF WHICH 26 ACRES ARE BEING REDEVELOPED ON THE LINES ILLUSTRATED HERE, AND THE REMAINING TEN REHABILITATED, BY THE CONVERSION OF 182 HOUSES INTO SELF CONTAINED FLATS. THE PICTURE SHOWS - A VIEW OF THE MOST COMPLETED 18-STOREY BLOCK SHOWING HOW IT DOMINATES THE REST OF THE BRANDON ESTATE. NEARBY OTHER BLOCKS OF FLATS AND MAISONETTES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THERE WILL ALSO BE BLOCKS OF TERRACED HOUSES AND DWELLINGS FOR OLD PEOPLE. HOMES - FLATS