Mathew Clayton

Hello Everyone, It has been a little while since I posted an update, so here the latest on Modernism Beyond Metro-Land. We have reached 78% of the crowdfunding total, a jump of 40% since the last update! Thank you to everyone who has supported the project, it is only with your help we can realise the book. As I always mention, if you know anyone who might be interested please tell them about the project. Thank you also to those of you who have featured the project in a newsletter, on a website or on social media. Any exposure is greatly welcomed. And if there is an organisation you think will be interested, please let me or them know. In the last few months I've been working hard on getting the book ready for when we reach 100% , so it can be in your hands as soon as possible. Since last summer I have visited Bellingham, Catford, Lewisham, Beckenham, Chislehurst, Upminster, Gidea Park, Ilford, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Forest Hill, Leyton, Walthamstow, Snaresbrook, Woodford, Gants Hill, Barkingside, Penge, Sydenham and probably a few other places I have now forgotten! I still have a few more places to visit to make sure I get all the buildings I think you will find interesting, into the book. That is all for now, and next time I make an update hopefully we will be very close to the magic 100%! Josh

Modernism Beyond Metro-Land UPDATE!

Aliya Gulamani

Hello everyone, Hope you are all well. I just wanted to share a small but important update about Modernism Beyond Metro-Land. We have reached 89% of the crowdfunding total, so we can almost see the finish line. More importantly I have now finished the text for the book, (at least until a copywriter gets a look at it!) and I have also edited and chosen all the images, and prepared the maps. Considering I was worried about what buildings I would be able to include for some boroughs like Barking & Dagenham, Bexley and Sutton, where the modernist impulse did not seem as strong as the other boroughs, I am pleased that in the end, it was a matter of what to leave out. To this end, I have dropped the section that was going to focus on the London adjacent part of Surrey. The 12 boroughs included in the book have more than enough to compensate for what we lose from the leafy county over the border. So all we need to do now is get to 100%! Thank you for your support so far. If you know of anyone who might be interested in a modernist guide to London’s eastern and southern suburbs, or somewhere that might be interested in advertising it, please let them or me know. Hopefully it won’t be too long now. Josh Abbott

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