Middlesex Street Estate

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The Middlesex Street Estate is a housing estate in Aldgate, on the east edge of the City of London in the East End. It was connected to other local buildings by an elevated walkway system called the City of London Pedway Scheme.

The estate was built between 1965 and 1970{{cite web |title=Middlesex Street Estate |url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/housing/housing-estates/middlesex-street-estate |website=City of London |access-date=9 September 2022 |language=en}} for the Corporation of London and comprises the 23-storey Petticoat Tower{{Cite web|title=Petticoat Tower|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/london/petticoat-tower/27299/|access-date=26 November 2020|publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}} and low-rise buildings around Petticoat Square. The materials are concrete, including slotted concrete for balconies, and engineered brick.Pevsner, The Cities of London and Westminster

The estate includes 146 low-rise dwellings and the 88 apartments in the tower block.{{Cite news|last=Brooke|first=Mike|title=Petticoat Tower upgrade now ready|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/petticoat-tower-upgrade-now-ready-1-784770|access-date=26 November 2020|work=East London Advertiser|date=26 January 2011}}

It was the main filming location for the 2017 Netflix film iBoy.{{Cite web|title=Movies Filmed at Middlesex Street Estate|url=https://moviemaps.org/locations/7ge|access-date=26 November 2020|website=Movie Maps}}