Fiat 500, in shop window of Arancina - 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG, Italian street food, arancini and pizza

Fiat 500, in shop window of Arancina - 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK,  W11 3HG, Italian street food, arancini and pizza Stock Photo
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Image details

Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2M108M3

File size:

57.1 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

23 July 2022

Location:

19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG

More information:

. Made at 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The photograph centres on Fiat 500, in shop window of Arancina - 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG, Italian street food, arancini and pizza. The broader subject matter reaches into retail property, archival record, everyday life, local character, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, period detail, town-centre trading, independent retail, historical comparison, shopfront economy, changing land use, small business, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines town-centre regeneration, business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. As a dated visual record of 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include public realm, regional identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, specialist retailer, customer footfall, local history, visual archive, and contemporary social history. The recorded references to Pembridge, window, arancini, Arancina, and Italian preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of 19 Pembridge Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3HG. The image fixes a local visual benchmark for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2M108M3.