Sometimes modern buildings add something to a street, and sometimes they don't.

Here is Thornhill Gardens, Leyton, in 1956, completed with trolleybus lines and a Co-op. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)

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And here is the view from the same spot today. The Co-op on the right has been replaced by an interesting building.

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Next is an undated photo of St Philips & St James and Evangelical Church in Grove Hill, South Woodford. (Image courtesy of Wanstead Historical Society.)

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On the same site today stands Grove Hill Evangelical Church, South Woodford. You can still see the outline of the old roof on the wall in the background.

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