Civic Centre, Dagenham
…architect on behalf of the LCC and between 1921 and 1935 the cottage estate, comprising around 26,000 homes, was developed. The area was to be called Becontree. In August 1928, following implementation of the Dagenham Urban District Council Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. cxvii), the council purchased 135 acres…