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Name: National Recreation Centre, Crystal Palace 
Date: 1960-64
Architect:  London County Council Architects Department
Borough: Bromley
Listing: Grade II
Notes: Sports and leisure complex designed 1953-4 by the L.C.C. Architects Department under Leslie Martin, and built between 1960-64. It features a concrete framed Sports Hall with a swimming pool, an athletics track and stadium and staff houses and apartments. The grounds also feature a corten steel bandstand, designed by Ian Ritchie in 1997 and nominated for the RIBA Stirling Prize.
See Also: L.C.C. & G.L.C. 

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  • Metro-Land and Modernism
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    • Modernism Beyond Metroland
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    • Tube Station Books
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