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Plaque

Cooper Close Co-operative

Erection date: 2009

Inscription

This mosaic commemorates the Twentieth Anniversary, 1987 - 2008 and beyond, of Cooper Close living as a co-operative. With thanks to the London Borough of Southwark for the award from the Cleaner, Greener Initiatives Fund.
This beautiful piece of art installed in 2009 was designed and created by the Artists Sally Kendall and Donna Reeves.

   

Site: Cooper Close Co-operative (1 memorial)

SE1, Waterloo Road

About Cooper Close  gives: "... the estate has 63 properties, ranging from one bedroom apartments to two bedroom maisonettes. Cooper Close operates as a Co-operative with its own Management Committee who handle the day to day running of the estate on behalf of the London Borough of Southwark. The make-up of the estate is roughly two-thirds leaseholders and one-third council tenants."

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cooper Close Co-operative

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Southwark Council

The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...

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Sally Kendall

Mosaic artist who graduated in 1992, active in 2009.

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Donna Reeves

Mosaic artist active in 2009. She is the author of Roman Style: Mosaic Projec...

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