Grove Road
The road then enters the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and forms a divide between the two halves of Victoria Park, until a roundabout junction with Old Ford Road (the B118). By the roundabout is Lakeview Estate, designed by Berthold Lubetkin. From there until it crosses Mile End Road it is called Grove Road and for much of the distance after crossing Roman Road it is immediately adjacent, on the west, to Mile End Park and forms the eastern boundary of that park with the Regent's Canal forming the western boundary.
At the point where the road passes under the Great Eastern Main Line there is a plaque indicating the spot where, on 13 June 1944, the first structure in London was hit by a flying bomb in the Second World War, killing six, injuring 30, and making 200 people homeless. The area remained derelict for many years until it was cleared to extend Mile End Park. Before demolition, local artist Rachel Whiteread made a cast of the inside of 193 Grove Road. Despite attracting controversy, the exhibit won her the Turner Prize for 1993.
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