Truman Brewery gates and brewery, old brewhouse,Brick Lane,East End, London,England,UK, E1 6QR

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2AE02CMFile size:
49.2 MB (3.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5202 x 3304 px | 44 x 28 cm | 17.3 x 11 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 November 2019Location:
91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QRMore information:
. An on-location image from 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England, UK, E1 6QR in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The scene shows Truman Brewery gates and brewery, old brewhouse, Brick Lane, East End, London, England, UK, E1 6QR. The image connects the immediate subject with hand-pulled beer, drinks hospitality, changing streetscape, local history, visual archive, licensed hospitality, period building, conservation architecture, heritage landmark, festival bar service, architectural character, historic commercial architecture, beer festival scene, and archival record. The subject remains useful for current coverage of pub closures and beer duty, not least because of the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. Today's wider story includes adaptive reuse, historic townscape and the practical question of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a piece of social history, the view leaves evidence of signage, materials, design and everyday use as seen at 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England, UK, E1 6QR. The photograph additionally reflects beer appreciation, community drinking venue, British brewing tradition, conservation interest, contemporary social history, period streetscape, urban fabric, and cask-beer tradition. Details involving Brewery, gates, Truman, brewhouse, and London give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. A later view of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England, UK, E1 6QR may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is pub closures and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits when considered against later change at 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England, UK, E1 6QR.