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<br/>The Crossways Estate, Bow (where Dizzee Rascal grew up)
©dg
Dist:0.3km north<br/>A lot of the Victorian housing stock in this area has been lost but there are odd groupings that survive. This terrace is on the south side of the road, but note the modern terrace further down, where the architect has attempted, not very successfully, to replicate the design of the older houses. If you look at the aerial photography, with the birds eye view looking at the rear of the terrace, on http://maps.live.com the difference between the two terraces is quite startling. The older ones have individual pitched roofs behind the front parapet wall while the newer ones have one continuous pitched roof with the ridge line parallel to the road. The older ones have individual rear extensions while the new ones have no extensions at all. Up to and including the edition of 1899 the Ordnance Survey mapping of this area clearly shows this street as Orwell Road. However by 1920 the OS have the current name of Arrow Road. Quite why Orwell fell out of favour is a mystery.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Devons Road Station on the Docklands Light Railway. A mile to the south are the principal towers at Canary Wharf.
©Peter Thwaite
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This former Taylor Walker house in Stroudley Walk was evidently still open in 2006, but is now closed.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Bow Church station on the Docklands Light Railway opened with the original system on 31 August 1987.
©Oxyman
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A smart terrace just off Bow Road. Contrast this picture with the street immediately the other side of the railway tracks. [[433880]]
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Near Bow Road. Contrast this picture with the street on the other side of the railway tracks. [[433882]]
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This court is on Bow Road, E3, at the corner with Mornington Grove.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The pub is on Bromley High Street at its junction with Edgar Road (in the foreground).
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is on the Docklands Light Railway, interchange between this station and nearby Bow Road station is well signposted and actively encouraged. Here is a view of the platform [[134079]] , and here is a closer view of those tower blocks in the background [[18059]] .
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The DLR is deservedly popular with East Londoners, providing a reliable and frequent service over a wide area. It also provides excellent views and, if you do not already know the area, a ride on this railway is to be thoroughly recommended.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Situated on Powis Road near to its junction with Bruce Road. The blue plaque commemorates Ghandi's visit in 1931. Blue plaque: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/996919
©Peter Thwaite
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This solitary brick-built structure, that looks like a former factory chimney, is on the east side of Violet Road, and is in fact a sewer ventilation shaft, probably dating back to late Victorian times. It serves the same function as the familiar but smaller vertical iron pipe type vents that are used on ordinary residential sewers, but must be connected to one of London's main outfall sewers to justify its size.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The London County Council's blue plaque on Kinsley Hall commemorates Ghandi's stay in 1931 for the conference on the future governance on the Indian Empire. see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/996918
©Peter Thwaite
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A Business Centre on the corner of Fairfield Road and Bow Road. Here is their website http://www.bowbusinesscentre.co.uk/ Click here for a 1965 photo http://www.sublimephotography.co.uk/thenandnow/pages/poplarcivicold.htm
©Danny Robinson

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