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Three pics: Hollow sidewalk, Joe’s Locksmiths, fire hydrant, NYC

Wed 16th February, 2011Tue 15th February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

‘Hollow Sidewalk – No Trucks Allowed’ handwritten sign, Soho, Manhattan NYC scene.

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London boozer bags ‘Best Pub in Britain’ prize from CAMRA

Wed 16th February, 2011Wed 16th February, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Located close to Trafalgar Square – so handy to pop out for a quick beer if you’re busy protesting – The Harp at 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, WC2N 4HS …

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Archive Brixton scenes from Reggae Britannia

Tue 15th February, 2011Tue 15th February, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Still available on BBC’s iPlayer (if you’re quick enough) is Reggae Britannia, an excellent documentary charting the impact of reggae on Britain’s music scene, featuring interviews with greats like Big …

London / photos / Places

Photo of the day: Stockings and Salt & Vinegar crisps, Soho

Mon 14th February, 2011Mon 14th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

For Valentine’s day, here’s a Soho street scene, London.

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Pic of the day: Preacher asks the question, Brixton

Sat 12th February, 2011Fri 11th February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Walk through the centre of Brixton on any given day and you can guarantee there’ll be some religious types hollering the Word of God in your ear ‘ole.

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Gravestones in a tree – the Hardy Tree, St Pancras Churchyard

Wed 9th February, 2011Wed 9th February, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Situated a short distance north of the grand St Pancras railway station is St. Pancras Churchyard, a quiet public park that was completely deserted when I visited on a cold …

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Lost streets of Brixton: Geneva Road, SW9

Tue 8th February, 2011Thu 18th February, 2021 - by editor - 152 Comments.

Now lost beneath the Moorlands Estate development of the 1970s, Geneva Road once ran south from Coldharbour Lane, and consisted of an unbroken terrace of solid three-storey Victorian buildings with basements.

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Brixton anti-cuts demo outside Lambeth Town Hall, Feb 7th, 2011

Mon 7th February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

There was a big and very lively turn out tonight outside Lambeth Town Hall as councillors met inside to discuss a proposed £37 million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs – including …

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Brixton wigs, Brixton Village

Fri 4th February, 2011Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I could be wrong, but I reckon Brixton must have more wigs, extensions, hair products and accessories for sale than any other part of London. There’s been wig shops in …

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London signs and notices – photos from the city

Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Here’s a Friday selection of signs and scenes that have caught my eye while wandering around London. Above is Senate House, a natty Art Deco offering in Bloomsbury, constructed between …

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Photo of the day: trolleys, St Pancras station

Fri 4th February, 2011Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Photo taken on a Ricoh GX100 digital compact, with a slow hand-held exposure (0.4s). I leant the camera against a bannister to keep things sharp. I took a few photos of the scene (that’s …

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Moderately amusing sign, central London

Thu 3rd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Well, it brought a smile to my face anyway…

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Gas lamp man, Green Park, London

Thu 3rd February, 2011Thu 3rd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Photographed back in April 2002, here’s a gas lamp man hard at work in Green Park, central London.

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London rain: six rain-drenched scenes from the capital’s streets

Wed 2nd February, 2011Wed 2nd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

“Here comes the rain.. Here she comes again…I love the rain” sang The Cult, and with London regularly being doused in the stuff, it’s no surprise that so many artists choose …

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Abandoned diner, 357 West Street, Greenwich Village, NYC

Tue 1st February, 2011Tue 1st February, 2011 - by Jim_NYC - 6 Comments.

This sad little diner located at 357 West Street in NYC has been closed since 2006. It was originally built sometime in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s by the …

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Pic of the day: Superman in Philadelphia

Tue 1st February, 2011Tue 1st February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’m not quite sure why I like this photo, but I found myself compelled to grab this shot of a guy in central Philly wearing a battered leather jacket with …

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NYC street scene: Block drug stores and feather top hat

Mon 31st January, 2011Mon 31st January, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Night scene at Block drug stores, 101 2nd Ave (between 5th St & 6th St) in the East Village, New York. [More New York photos]

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The châteauesque glory of Box Hill railway station

Mon 31st January, 2011Sun 30th January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

I’m a big fan of Victorian railway architecture, and although a lot of fine vernacular buildings have been senselessly destroyed since the 1960s, it’s always heart-warming to find some inspiring examples still standing.

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Pic of the day: feeding the pigeons, Trafalgar Square

Sat 29th January, 2011Mon 23rd April, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve no idea why anyone would willingly invite flying rats to clamber all over them, but I snapped these two guys photographing each other in Trafalgar Square.

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London Eye and EDF Energy lights up London, 2.30am

Tue 25th January, 2011Tue 25th January, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Looks like someone’s quietly testing out a big lighting rig near the Thames tonight, ready for the London Eye’s snazzy relaunch before sunrise.

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Incredible sci-fi Brixton robot future imagined

Mon 24th January, 2011Wed 29th June, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Wow. I’m loving these Bladerunner-esque dystopian images and ‘work in progress’ video (below) by Kibwe X-Kalibre Tavares‘ showing a future Brixton full of robots, including a revamped Barrier Block.

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The Bromley Arms, Cleveland St NW1 and the case of the bad shilling

Sun 23rd January, 2011Sun 23rd January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Rather cruelly dismissed as a “late building of no interest,” in the Survey of London: volume 21 (1949), the Bromley Arms used to be at 84 Cleveland Street (corner of …

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St Erth for St Ives railway station – a country junction

Thu 20th January, 2011Thu 20th January, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Although it’s a station on the busy main line from Paddington to Penzance in Cornwall, St Erth retains the air of a Victorian country junction.

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Walkie Talkie tower, Fenchurch St crackles into life

Wed 19th January, 2011Thu 20th January, 2011 - by editor - 14 Comments.

Construction has started on a new skyscraper in the heart of the City of London, and it’s certainly an odd looking thing, with the controversial top-heavy tower quickly earning itself …

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Battery Park, New York City in the driving autumn rain

Tue 18th January, 2011Tue 18th January, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

I love walking through cities in the rain, and when it’s New York in late November, there’s rarely any shortage of the stuff.

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Half naked, unicycling knife-juggling street performer, Covent Garden

Mon 17th January, 2011Sat 29th September, 2012 - by editor - 7 Comments.

The tradition of street performers at Covent Garden dates back to the 1600s, but the area has changed dramatically after the famous covered fruit and vegetable market closed in 1974.

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Pic of the day: Hats, Covent Garden

Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

The Blue Nile named a wonderfully melancholic album after them, Frank Sinatra was never seen without one, Tommy Copper wore a particularly fine example, and after decades in the fashion wilderness, it seems …

London / photos / Places / railways

Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1

Sat 15th January, 2011Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Abandoned for at least 30 years is this old ‘accumulator tower’ at Royal Mint St, by Tower Hill, London E1, which had been used for storing hydraulic power. “An accumulator …

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Derelict shops, Toynbee Street, Spitalfields, London E1

Thu 13th January, 2011Thu 13th January, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

Looking unlikely to ever come back from the dead is this block of derelict shops along the east side of Toynbee Street in the Spitalfields district of east London, E1.

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Whitechapel Gallery – buzzing light bulbs and coffee

Wed 12th January, 2011Wed 12th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Founded in 1901 as one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in the capital, Whitechapel Gallery is a free gallery, located right next to Aldgate East tube station, …