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March 22, 2017

Glasgow Today and Tomorrow (1949)

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East Kilbride: Town of Tomorrow (1954)

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10 amazing official postwar plans

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John Grindrod: London, United Kingdom; Hello, I'm the author of Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain and Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt. Contact me on: dirtymodernscoundrel@gmail.com, @Grindrod on Twitter, and facebook.com/Concretopia

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