Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

You’ve got to give him points for effort here. A unicycling, guitar playing busker wearing rabbit ears sings it out loud outside KFC in central Brixton.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

Formerly the premises of Landy & Berlin (‘the great expert tailors’), this fine building at 417, Brixton Road (at the junction with Brixton Station Road), was occupied by the Lambeth Building Society for many years. The ground floor is now home to San Marino coffee.

See Brixton ‘Then and Now’ photos of this  building here.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

The former Black Horse pub on Brixton Road, now used by the Halifax Building Society.

See: Brixton lost pubs.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

The entrance to the architectural nightmare that was the Popes Road car park, now scheduled for demolition, with the site set to find an unusual use as a temporary ice rink.

See Popes Road car park feature.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

First Christmas decorations spotted! It’s only the beginning of September and the 99p store is already stocking up on festive baubles and plastic reindeers.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

Flats, off Canterbury Crescent.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

Ritzy wi-fi.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

It’s a shame that this lovely Victorian Gothic building has been left to rot away. The ground floor was was previously used by the San Marino cafe, but the top floors have been empty for as long as I can recall.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

Sanders diamond merchants, goldsmiths and opticians. The business may have disappeared long ago, but their advertising remains underneath the high level railway bridge in central Brixton.

First Look was a precursor to the £1 shops that have sprung up, but has been empty for at least three years.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

Band at the Rest Is Noise. Brixton’s great for free nights out – last night we started off here (and had a lovely chat with the friendly barmaids), moved on to the Albert, nearly got lured into the 414 Club before ending up at the trusty Dogstar.

Brixton photos: unicycling busker, architecture and coffee

After all that, a cup of Brixton’s finest coffee at the Federation cafe was much called for….

2 Comments on “Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee”

  1. Hi I lived in Brixton, from 1975-84. I lived in Villa Rd, squots, and I lived in Effra Parade squots, in the Brixton, Riots.
    At age 17-24. the police were an unnecessary pain. Drugs killed most of the people I knew.
    There are some people I knew then that would be alive and OK, I hope. If any one knows them could you let me know where they are, I would like to talk to them again. I never thought at 17 that I would ever live this long or that I would ever leave Brixton,
    I now live in Australia, I live on a small Island near Melbourne,
    My old Friends list. Adrian Kenny, Barkly Vincent, Merry/Mad Merry, Tony Cook, Veronica Murphy. If any one wants to reply please do reply to
    Thank’s Mark,

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