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The Park Hill flats were one of the most pioneering public housing projects of Fifties Britain. They epitomised a spirit of idealism and optimism that infused the post war decade as architects rebu...ilt the country in a new style. Modernist blocks of flats seemed to be the perfect answer to the problems of the grimy Victorian slums that dominated so many inner cities. With extraordinary access to the designers, planners and residents of Park Hill this programme charts the rise, fall and rise of Britain's most controversial housing estate.
The Park Hill flats were one of the most pioneering public housing projects of Fifties Britain. They epitomised a spirit of idealism and optimism that infused the post war decade as architects rebu...ilt the country in a new style. Modernist blocks of flats seemed to be the perfect answer to the problems of the grimy Victorian slums that dominated so many inner cities. With extraordinary access to the designers, planners and residents of Park Hill this programme charts the rise, fall and rise of Britain's most controversial housing estate.
| Series: | Saving Britain's past |
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| Episode | 1 |
| Recording date: | 18-05-2009 |
| First transmission date: | 2009 |
| Published: | 2009 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:45 |
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| Producer: | Helen Nixon |
| Presenter: | Tom Dyckhoff |
| Contributor: | Tom Dyckhoff |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/ |
| Subject terms: | Historic preservation; Historic sites--Conservation and restoration; Bath (England) --Buildings, structures, etc |
| Production number: | FKAE223E |
| Videofinder number: | 8096 |
| Available to public: | no |
