Grahame Park
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Grahame Park, located on the site of the old Hendon Aerodrome in north west London, and is the largest housing estate in the London Borough of Barnet with 1,777 homes, and was built in the 1970s by the Greater London Council.
The estate is named in honour of Claude Grahame-White, the pioneer of aviation who established the original air-teaching school and aerodrome.
Most building names, walkways and roads on the estate have names linked to the aviation history of the site.
A typical characteristic of the estate is the plain square brick style terraced houses, also known as "block" style, and long winding low-rise flats with flat roofs.
In the late 1980s the estate went through its first regeneration process which split the blocks of flats into smaller blocks and added arched roofs to many of the buildings.In 2003, residents voted in favour of a full regeneration of the estate. The Housing Corporation has earmarked £15 Million for the redevelopment.
