40 Hanbury St,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL

40 Hanbury St,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AE02AF

File size:

52.6 MB (3.3 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5040 x 3648 px | 42.7 x 30.9 cm | 16.8 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 November 2019

Location:

Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL

More information:

. This period scene at Brick Lane, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, East End, London, South East, England, UK, E1 6QL in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The subject recorded here is 40 Hanbury St, Brick Lane, art and graffiti, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, East End, London, South East, England, UK, E1 6QL. Further facets of the subject include changing streetscape, industrial material culture, period streetscape, historic commercial architecture, cityscape history, documentary photography, factory history, public realm, before-and-after reference, industrial supply chain, social history, architectural detailing, regional identity, and historic townscape. In the mid-2020s, factory closures and regional industry keep the subject current, particularly through the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. The subject remains useful for current coverage of redevelopment pressure and maintenance costs, not least because of the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. As a dated visual record, the frame records the visual character of the locality at the time at the recorded site in Brick Lane, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, East End, London, South East, England, UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context also covers heritage landmark, historic frontage, conservation architecture, traditional masonry, period building, engineering heritage, contemporary social history, and historical comparison. References to graffiti, Tower, London, Hamlets, and Brick help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Brick Lane, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, East End, London, South East, England, UK, E1 6QL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2AE02AF.