Edwards Home - Before & Afters

Pictures - Bottom 1920s top 1815; August 2006

I was in London the other day on a soon to be revealed project... and I couldn't resist going back to the place where Edward the dog used to live, outside that shop in 196 Blackfrairs Road.
After the war, the shop site was replaced with the Rowland Hill block of flats, they were named after the founder of the large round Surrey Chapel, once opposite.
After nearly 100 years of preaching to local sinners, the chapel became a boxing ring among other things, this was also destroyed during WW2.
In its place they are currently finishing off the Palestra by architect Will Alsop, www.palestra-london.com, and soon to be the new HQ for the London Development Agency who are responsible for the 2012 Olympics, www.lda.gov.uk

I love looking at those books where they show you now and then photographs of places, so here goes my contribution.

By the way, thanks for everyone writing to tell me that they love the new name change to Streetware.

New artwork coming soon.

Cheers

Jason