Editing Poplar, London (section)

==Built environment==
Architecturally, the area is a mixture of 18th- and 19th-century [[terraced houses]] and 20th-century [[council estates]]. Notable examples include the [[Lansbury Estate]] and the [[Balfron Tower]].

[[File:St. Mary and St. Joseph, Lansbury Estate.jpg|thumb|right|St. Mary and St. Joseph Church]]

A new Church Green next to St. Mary and St. Joseph Church was created in 2012 on the site of the former [[The Blitz|Blitz]]-bombed Catholic church, across the road from the current church designed by [[Adrian Gilbert Scott]]. It is open to the public during the day and public sculptures include, the former Catholic Boys' School entrance statue dedicated to dockers and seafarers, a 15-foot crucifix that stood on the site of the old high altar and a contemporary granite and light sculpture, ''A Doorway of Hope'', by sculptor [[Nicolas Moreton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.josephiteweb.org/downloads/CJ-NEWS_2012-31_Two_dreams_coming_true.pdf|title=Two dreams coming true|website=[[Josephites-CJ]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203103449/http://www.josephiteweb.org/downloads/CJ-NEWS_2012-31_Two_dreams_coming_true.pdf|archive-date=3 December 2013}} CJ 2012-31</ref>

[[Poplar High Street]] is host to a number of landmarks as it had previously been the principal street in Poplar.<ref name="BHO">{{cite web|title=Poplar High Street: Introduction|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp55-61|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|publisher=British History online|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> These include the [[Old Town Hall, Poplar|Old Town Hall]], which has [[mosaic]] detail and is now a hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/fury-at-tower-hamlets-over-knock-down-sale-of-old-poplar-town-hall-1-3229395|title=Fury at Tower Hamlets over knock-down sale of old Poplar Town Hall|first=Mike|last=Brooke|website=East London Advertiser|date=22 January 2014 }}</ref> Poplar Bowls Club, founded in 1910, is part of Poplar Recreation Ground<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bowlsclub.org/club/1707/|title=Poplar Bowls Club|website=bowlsclub.org}}</ref> A recently reopened sports centre called ''The Workhouse'' stands on the site of Poplar [[Workhouse]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports-facilities.co.uk/sites/view/1200553|title=THE WORKHOUSE LEISURE CENTRE London E14 0AF|website=sports-facilities.co.uk}}</ref> where local politician [[Will Crooks]] spent some of his earliest years (a nearby council housing estate is named after him). Another is the designated [[listed building|Grade II* listed]] [[St Matthias Old Church]], now a community centre and formerly a chapel that was built by the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] in 1654.<ref name="Fuller">{{cite book | title=Memorial Inscriptions at the East India Chapel, Poplar | publisher=Armenians in India Press | author=Fuller, Tony | year=1998 | location=Hornchurch}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1065793 |desc=Church of St Matthias |access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref>

The original [[Poplar Baths]] opened in 1852, costing £10,000.  It was built to provide public wash facilities for the East End's poor as a result of the [[Baths and Washhouses Act 1846]]. The Baths were rebuilt in 1933 to a design by Harley Heckford and the larger pool was covered over to convert the building into a theatre and designated the East India Hall. Poplar Baths reopened in 1947 after the [[Second World War]] and continued to be used as a swimming facility, attracting on average 225,700 bathers every year between 1954 and 1959, the Baths closed again and was conversion to an industrial training centre in 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guildmore|url=http://www.guildmore.com/news/guildmore-creates-history-at-poplar-baths|access-date=5 October 2014|date=June 2013}}</ref> The Baths once again re-opened on 25 July 2016 and were removed from the Buildings at Risk register.<ref>{{cite news|title=Poplar Baths reopens after closing its doors nearly 30 years ago|url=http://www.wharf.co.uk/lifestyle/fitness/poplar-baths-reopens-after-closing-11662535|access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Heritage at risk 2016|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/heritage-at-risk-2016|website=Historic England|date=21 October 2016 }}</ref>

The [[Museum of London Docklands]] in [[West India Quay]], opened in 2003 on the site of a [[grade I listed]] early-19th century [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] "low" sugar warehouses built in 1802 on the side of [[West India Docks]] in the [[Port of London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands|title=Museum of London Docklands &#124; Free museum in London|website=www.museumoflondon.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1242440|desc=Warehouses and general offices at western end of North Quay|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref>