AGM & 'The Beauty For Quest' - a talk by Dan Cruickshank

AGM & 'The Beauty For Quest' - a talk by Dan Cruickshank - 6 for 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Thursday 29th July 2021

The Friends Of Arnold Circus are delighted to announce that the guest speaker at its forthcoming Annual General Meeting will be Dan Cruickshank, architectural historian, television presenter, Spitalfields Trust trustee and FOAC patron. Arnold Circus will feature substantially in a forthcoming book on the creation of homes in Britain (Random House has yet to confirm a publication date). Dan’s talk will touch upon the nature of the notorious Old Nichol and the process by which the nascent London County Council’s pioneering project of publicly funded ‘council’ housing was developed. He will look at the architecture of the Boundary Estate and ‘the quest for beauty as a means of raising the quality of life in the area’ as well as examining who the new tenements were built for. In conclusion he will focus on some current controversial proposals.

This event is open to all but, please note that, only FOAC members will be able to vote at the initial AGM business section of the evening's proceedings. Attendance is Free - please reserve a place here.