Fresh eyes on London

Hard to believe this area was once one of London's worst slums, but that was more than a century ago. The charming red brick apartments that surround Arnold Circus were built at the turn of the 19th century.
 Believed to be the world's first council housing estate. Under the Thatcher years tenants were encouraged to buy their council homes, as a result this estate is now a mixture of private and council housing within the same buildings.