Grenfell Tower cladding that may have led to fire was chosen to improve appearance of Kensington....

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2. How many other tower blocks are at similar risk?

The few that are left near me have been cladded to make them less hideously ugly, with the exception of Sheffield's Park Hill flats, which are grade II listed and as such can't be altered too radically.

In the last 25 years, a lot of high rise blocks of flats have been demolished to make way for low rise housing, but that doesn't always appear to be an option in London.

(P.S. The less said about Park Hill being a listed building the better. What on earth were they thinking when they listed that?)