The Town of Tomorrow 50 Years of Thamesmead experimental_abstract Includes an extract from ‘Nicaragua

Includes an extract from ‘Nicaragua Water Fire’ (‘Nicaragua Agua Fuego’) by Gioconda Belli

making them in turn strangers to one another

The mane is a universal symbol

the pain it causes

The Town of Tomorrow 50 Years of Thamesmead experimental_abstract Includes an extract from ‘NicaraguaRising from Londons Erith marshes in the 1960s, Thamesmead was London County Councils bold attempt to build a new town to address the citys housing shortage after the Second World War. Noted for its daring, experimental design concrete modern terraces, blocks of flats and elevated walkways built around a system of lakes and canals the town received attention from architects, sociologists and politicians throughout the world but also gained notoriety