ABSTRACT
Long before Docklands was seen as the place to be and a decade before the lddc came into existence, a newspaper article reported that
An East End construction company is building a block of 11 town houses on the Isle of Dogs — and the cheapest is £20,000 … Now it is the “in” thing to live near the river — and the agents handling the sale of the houses are confident they will have no difficulty selling them … The scheme has met with a cool reception from Island Councillor Ted Johns who said “The frightening thing is that this is just the start of what is bound to happen in the future … The riverside is gradually being taken away from the East End and this must be realised before it’s too late.” (East London Advertiser 29 January, 1971)
