Albert Road is a spinal route running parallel to this stretch of the Thames, which served the substantial commercial and residential development built around the Royal Docks during the late nineteenth century. Parts of the road were either in North Woolwich, Kent, or East Ham, Essex, originally having sequences of street numbering in two directions, but all is now within the London Borough of Newham. This view shows number 90 and 91, in the sequence of the day, of a terrace of cottages believed to have stood on the north side of Albert Road in between Dock Street, where Antwerp Way now joins Albert Road, and the High Street, since renamed Pier Road. The trapezoid lintels above the doors and windows appear to feature in this and nearby cottages. The bricked-in window panels above both pairs of entrances show signs of cracking and repair work. The dress and arm of a woman can just be seen in the doorway to the left of view. Handwriting to the foot of the photograph states Albert Street [struck through] Road [underlined] No 90 + 91 photographed by S B Bolas and Co. The entire terrace, the one opposite, St John's church, and the schools in the immediate vicinity were all destroyed by bombing during World War II and the site since redeveloped as housing, a fenced and treelined grass space with parking bays serving the houses in Redbourne Way now standing in place of the original terrace.