Peter House
This block was built in 2006 by Tower Hamlets Community Housing and named after Peter Piaktow, who was known as Peter the Painter, the antihero of the nearby Sidney Street Siege.
E1, Commercial Road, Peter House
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peter Piaktow and Sidney Street Siege
We are indebted to Derek Smith for the following write-up of the siege: The S...
Not everyone was happy that Hackney named a block of flats after this anarchist.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Peter Piaktow and Sidney Street Siege
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
Sylvia Pankhurst, 1882-1960, campaigner for women's rights, lived here.Greate...
The photo of the plaque comes from Storia e Memoria di Bologna. The caption t...
This plaque is very decorative,with an ornate frame, at the top of which is a...
This space, previously the car park of St. Joseph’s Church, was created by f...
