Pictures: top to bottom Before the exhibition,
The flip-flap and the cascade from the 1908 exhibition, and White City Estate today.
The White City Exhibition/Estate
White City was named after an Exhibition in Shepherds Bush. The Exhibition was in 1908 and was there to show what kind of buildings were in other countries. It was a bit like the Millennium Dome.
In 1936 a large part of the Exhibition grounds were purchased by Hammersmith Council for £190,000 who then built many blocks of flats and named the roads after some of the Exhibition buildings such as Commonwealth Avenue, Australia Road, India Way, Canada Way, South Africa Road and White City Road. As long as these roads remain the Exhibition will live on.
The White City Exhibition/Estate
White City was named after an Exhibition in Shepherds Bush. The Exhibition was in 1908 and was there to show what kind of buildings were in other countries. It was a bit like the Millennium Dome.
In 1936 a large part of the Exhibition grounds were purchased by Hammersmith Council for £190,000 who then built many blocks of flats and named the roads after some of the Exhibition buildings such as Commonwealth Avenue, Australia Road, India Way, Canada Way, 
South Africa Road and White City Road. As long as these roads remain the Exhibition will live on.