Nick Harrison on Flickr Painter House. This block was built in 2006 by Tower Hamlets Community Housing and named after Peter Piaktow, who was know as Peter the Painter, anti-hero of the nearby Sidney Street Siege in 1911 Sidney Street, London by London Borough of Tower Hamlets Colour: This plaque is purple, white and green glass claret orange purple clear bronze grey stone red slate wood blue brass multicoloured pink black marble brushed metal green maroon film cell green and red Belgian Blue Stone red and black yellow terracotta brown silver white gold Wikimedia: Flickr: Google Streetview OpenStreetMap See also... John Levin on Flickr