Some buildings have vanished from the skyline - for better or for worse.

Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)

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Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) But the building was demolished in 1998. Here is the site today:

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) But the building was demolished in 1998. Here is the site today: Does anyone know more about this row of cottages as Nos 647-651 High Road, Leyton, undated. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

Here is one. This is John Drinkwater Tower, Leytonstone, shortly after it was built in 1966. It was named after Leytonstone-born playwright and poet John Drinkwater. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) But the building was demolished in 1998. Here is the site today: Does anyone know more about this row of cottages as Nos 647-651 High Road, Leyton, undated. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) There is a changed streetscape at the same spot in High Road, Leyton, today:

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