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![Here’s fifty photographs documenting an east London canal-side walk along the River Lee Navigation from Bow to Hackney Wick, past Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London Stadium. It’s a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bow-hackney-wick-13-115x115.jpg "Bow to Hackney Wick canalside walk: barges, street art, buildings and twilight, Feb 2019")
Bow to Hackney Wick canalside walk: barges, street art, buildings and twilight, Feb 2019
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 5, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s fifty photographs documenting an east London canal-side walk along the River Lee Navigation from Bow to Hackney Wick, past Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London Stadium. It’s a […] -
Must see: Doreen Fletcher’s incredible East London urban street paintings at the Nunnery Gallery, London E3
Posted on Monday, Feb 4, 2019 | No CommentsEasily my favourite exhibition of the last twelve months, Doreen Fletcher’s Retrospective showcases a stunning collection of urban street views painted around east London. -
A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019
Posted on Friday, Feb 1, 2019 | No CommentsTaken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End. -
Barcelona street photos: graffiti, market life, street art and architecture
Posted on Friday, Jan 25, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a hefty collection of 90 photos taken on the streets of Barcelona, with scenes of street art, market life, graffiti, shoppers, street performers and more. -
The mystery of the London phonebox that’s full of cardboard – in photos
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019 | No CommentsI’ve noticed this cardboard-packed phonebox off Oxford Street a couple of times in the past, and it’s always mystified me. -
A beautiful big Moon over the River Thames – in photos
Posted on Monday, Jan 21, 2019 | No CommentsThe Moon’s closer proximity to the Earth made for a spectacular sunset over the River Thames yesterday evening. -
![Running until Sat 26th Jan 2019 and now in its fifth year, the London Winter Lights festival showcases state-of-the-art light technology in a series of interactive and responsive artworks, installations […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-lights-london-2019-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London, January 2019")
In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London, January 2019
Posted on Monday, Jan 21, 2019 | No CommentsRunning until Sat 26th Jan 2019 and now in its fifth year, the London Winter Lights festival showcases state-of-the-art light technology in a series of interactive and responsive artworks, installations […] -
London’s Getty Images Gallery is now permanently closed, Jan 2019
Posted on Sunday, Jan 20, 2019 | 1 CommentI was really saddened to see that the rather wonderful Getty Images Gallery by Oxford Circus has now closed for good. -
![Here’s a listing of the most popular posts on this blog over 2018 – and it makes for quite an eclectic collection of articles covering a diverse range of topics […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/popular-posts-2018-115x115.jpg "The Top 12 posts of 2018 – dangling sneakers, fake houses, festival searches, turbines, drums, pyramids and recording studios")
The Top 12 posts of 2018 – dangling sneakers, fake houses, festival searches, turbines, drums, pyramids and recording studios
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a listing of the most popular posts on this blog over 2018 – and it makes for quite an eclectic collection of articles covering a diverse range of topics […] -
Ten Years Ago: London’s Astoria Theatre closes for good, Jan 2009 – in photos
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s the sad sight of the Astoria Theatre in central London after it had closed its doors for good in January 2009. -
In photos: a look at the Barcelona beaches in the last days of summer
Posted on Monday, Jan 7, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a set of thirty photographs taken around Barcelona’s ‘La Barceloneta’ and ‘Platja de Sant Miquel’ beaches and harbour towards the end of a last year. -
London pics: Christmas lights, rain, Pixel 3 and a bloke dragging a golden cross, Dec 2018
Posted on Sunday, Dec 9, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photos from a rainy walk around central London on a rainy Saturday afternoon in December. -
The street art, posters and stickers of Manchester – in photos, Dec 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018 | No CommentsI was back up in Manchester last weekend, and took time out to capture some of the incredible street art that can be found around the centre of the city: -
![A market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/stockton-street-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018")
Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018
Posted on Monday, Dec 3, 2018 | No CommentsA market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in […] -
Baubles, dolphins and clock towers – the Christmas lights around Brighton, Nov 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018 | No CommentsAs seen on a chilly night last week, here’s some photos of the rather splendid Christmas lights on display around Brighton on England’s south coast.