The city's high rise tower blocks are very much part of the fabric and heritage of Leeds and have been home to generations of dwellers. These rarely-seen photos taken from the YEP archive provide a snapshot of life around tower blocks with Little London, Wortley, Bramley, Burmantofts, Seacroft and Cottingley all in focus. Is your tower block featured? READ MORE: 28 of the best photos chart the rise and fall of Hunslet's Leek Street Flats LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
31. Little London
The new overshadows the old in Oatlands Lane. Pictured in September 1968. | YPN Photo: YPN
32. Holbeck
Recognise these flats at the end of the 1980s? It is Gaitskell Court pictured in February 1989. | YPN Photo: YPN
33. Little London
A view from the flyover on Lovell Park Road looking towards Carlton Towers and showing the newly surfaced carriageway of phase two of the Leeds inner ring road. | YPN Photo: YPN
34. Little London
A picture that hammers home the story. The flats of Carlton Towers and the cobbles and chimneys of Back Well Close Terrace. Pictured in November 1967. | Irving Crawford Photo: Irving Crawford
35. Burmantofts
Youngsters peer out of the Ebor Gardens housing estate. Pictured in June 1994. | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson
36. Hoilbeck
Pleasant View crouches in the shadow of Meynell Heights. Pictured in September 1975. | YPN Photo: YPN