{"id":19038,"date":"2019-11-22T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19038"},"modified":"2019-11-21T16:09:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:09:48","slug":"street-scenes-portrait-gallery-and-trafalgar-square-central-london-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/street-scenes-portrait-gallery-and-trafalgar-square-central-london-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square &#8211; Central London photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-01.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I took a photographic stroll around central London a while ago, walking from Oxford Circus down to the Portrait Gallery and then back past Covent Garden and Bloomsbury up to Warren Street.<\/p>\n<p>Above you can see the reflection Telecom Tower in the glass fronted building by Warren Street tube station. I was lucky enough to take a trip to the top of Telecom Tower some years ago &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-a-trip-to-the-top-of-londons-bt-tower-in-march-2004\/\">see the photos here<\/a>.\u00a0Here&#8217;s some photos from the rest of the day&#8217;s travels.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-02.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-03.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple street signs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-04.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These old adverts by the entrance to the Q Park car park had been left untouched for decades, but recently some useless taggers have scrawled their amateur rubbish all over the posters. Shame.<\/p>\n<p>(*Note: I&#8217;m not against all tagging, but this just looks rubbish!).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-05.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alley stickers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-06.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Anne%27s_Church,_Soho\">St Anne&#8217;s Church<\/a> in Soho dates back to 1677.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-07.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Strange text.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-08.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Movin&#8217; the baggage by Leicester Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-15.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Escalator at the National Portrait Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-09.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BP Portrait Award 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-10.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-11.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the paintings were exquisite.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-13.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photographing the person photographing the person in the artwork.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-12.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-14.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-16.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-17.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Storm clouds looming over Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-18.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Busker performing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-19.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tragic sight of the growing numbers of homeless people on the streets, all thanks to the Tories and their austerity bullshit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-20.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-21.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seven Dials, Covent Garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-22.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghost sign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-23.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Centre Point with the shell of the stripped out mansions in the foreground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-photos-aug-2019-24.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square - Central London photos, August 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a photographic stroll around central London a while ago, walking from Oxford Circus down to the Portrait Gallery and then back past Covent Garden and Bloomsbury up to &hellip; 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