01 THE ANALYSIS KEY MOMENTS IN POPLAR’S HISTORY
Total Urban Renewal plans start after WW2
East India Docks open on Poplar’s Doorstep 1803 WW1 1914-18
Poplar suffers severe bomb damage in WW2 1939-45
Slum clearance programmes rehome people from dilapidated terraces into Poplar’s first social housing 1920s-1930s
Poplar Rates Rebellion in 1921
Bangladeshi community start to settle in Poplar 1970s
Urban decline throughout East London 1970s-1980s
Poplar is a central location in the Festival of Britain. Pioneering social housing developments, like the Landsbury Estate, are built 1951
First Canary Wharf Skyscrapers take form 1991
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