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1960s, the tennis hall served as a primary school. The hall was destroyed in a fire in 1967. In the 1970s the
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Westend tennis hall. In 1949 Grahn sold the hall to the Central Association of Agricultural Producers, and the hall served as a school building. After the Olympics, the Central Association received a new education centre and the tennis hall returned to its original use. In the late
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was built in the early 1960s, representing a type of bungalow with spaces wrapping around an inner atrium. The series of buildings in
Westend designed by Erkki Kairamo since the early 1970s represented new and creative, yet tradition-conscious architecture, such as the paired houses at Lyökkiniemi 6
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and details typical of the time. Other prominent houses include the culmination of the classical tradition Villa
Blumberg (Ankkurisaarentie 6, 1948), the multi-faceted Villa Kihlström (Hiiralantie 5) by P. Lauste in the late 1940s as well as director Kaarlo Forsman's house at Lyökkiniemi 5, designed
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to design a similar plan for a "city" of about 12 thousand inhabitants to be built on the
Hagalund lands, and in the early 1950s he sold the area to the Väestöliitto federation, which bought it for the new Asuntosäätiö foundation. The structure of Westend was based on Meurman's ideal of an English
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highway. The planned name for the hotel is
Marriott Westend Helsinki. The public beach will remain in its current use. There is an option for a hiking trail between the hotel and the seashore. The plan change for the hotel was made in 2009, after which construction of the hotel was originally
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in 1934. The street map of
Westend still remains mostly identical to Gustafsson's 1930s plan. New construction in Westend has occurred mostly by dismantling old buildings, so the old street map plan has been preserved.
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occupied the area, at least since the 17th century. The village of Hirböle received the
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1049:Suur-Kauklahti (Stor-Köklax)
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18:Westend (disambiguation)
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1176:Keilaniemi (Kägeludden)
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1009:Espoonlahti (Esboviken)
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1029:Saunalahti (Bastvik)
1019:Latokaski (Ladusved)
701:. 11 September 2021.
478:by Forsman himself.
199: • Swedish
191: • Finnish
16:For other uses, see
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1120:Sepänkylä (Smedsby)
982:Velskola (Vällskog)
714:Rahikainen, Lauri:
516:Notable inhabitants
506:European Commission
484:Kristian Gullichsen
405:Westend tennis hall
381:Otto-Iivari Meurman
348:, built during the
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1284:Nupuri (Nupurböle)
1269:Kunnarla (Gunnars)
1206:Tapiola (Hagalund)
1148:Matinkylä (Mattby)
1072:Vanttila (Fantsby)
1062:Kauklahti (Köklax)
609:Districts of Espoo
590:, Formula 1 driver
558:Martin Saarikangas
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386:Heikki von Hertzen
291:West End of London
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699:"visitlondon.com"
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683:January 26,
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624:Lauttasaari
572:, socialite
471:Dag Englund
456:Aulis Kalma
434:Art Nouveau
318:World War I
314:Rantaraitti
272:Niittykumpu
202:15.3 %
194:80.9 %
98: /
1294:Siikajärvi
630:References
619:Kauniainen
540:Pekka Perä
497:Länsiväylä
475:slate rock
390:Aarne Ervi
369:Arne Grahn
356:invasion.
346:Haukilahti
264:Laajalahti
260:Haukilahti
245:Länsiväylä
210:3.9 %
173:Population
146:Sub-region
942:Kalajärvi
917:districts
469:in 1945,
462:in 1939.
367:champion
186:Languages
1314:Category
603:See also
548:, singer
342:trenches
276:Otaniemi
241:Helsinki
1234:Gumböle
1211:Westend
952:Lakisto
411:of the
337:Hirböle
328:History
284:Tapiola
268:Mankkaa
237:Tapiola
233:Finland
225:Westend
168:Westend
139:Uusimaa
115:Finland
111:Country
86:24°48′E
83:60°10′N
32:Westend
1239:Högnäs
947:Lahnus
365:tennis
354:German
308:Sights
134:Region
937:Bodom
921:Espoo
650:(PDF)
298:Espoo
229:Espoo
181:3,078
127:Espoo
69:Espoo
1095:Kilo
685:2021
658:2021
312:The
282:and
215:Jobs
919:of
218:632
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801:,
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