
During the 1950s and 60s governments tried to reduce the cost of state housing by building more multi-unit dwellings and using cheaper materials, such as fibrolite. Lacking privacy and landscaping, many of these communities soon assumed a monotonous, desolate appearance. These multi-units in Talbot Park, Glen Innes, Auckland, have since be demolished as part of the area's Community Renewal initiative.
Victoria Birkinshaw, 2004
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How to cite this page: 'Glen Innes state flats', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/glen-innis-flats, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 28-Mar-2007
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