Noted philanthropic housing, Blackwall Buildings, Whitechapel, is…
1890 CE
Its first tenants are rehoused from an area that had been cleared during railway construction work, and they pay a nominal rent.
Built by the Great Eastern Railway, Blackwall Buildings had been started because of an obligation created by Parliament when large scale engineering works were constructed and a number of houses were demolished, that these dwellings be replaced and the people re-housed.
In 1885 the London and Blackwall Railway had applied to Parliament for permission to widen their line between Fenchurch Street and Stepney.
This had been granted and as a result the houses demolished had to be replaced.
Blackwall Buildings are the result.
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