I've had an enquiry about this fading fascia that has been retained in situ at 74 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1*.

It's a palimpsest for R. Sullivan (Wardrobe Dealer) and what someone once told me were metal workers A. Liechti

Various street directories between 1882–1939 have a tobacconists here, including those prior to 1900 when the house number looks like it was 56. However, the Liechti sign also seems to have the number 58 or 68 on it...

The presence of 74 on the Sullivan layer means that that sign at least is post-1939, unless that business was a short-lived occupancy between two tobacconists.

Can anyone shed any further light on it all?

*Streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kfGNWDu3wV74sQJC8

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51.45637, -0.97212

But is it art? / Pedestrian zone

#Shopfronts #Retail #Signage #ReadingUK #Photography

Taipei in Vertical.

Kodak Eastman Double-X 5222, Olympus Pen W

#filmphotography #35mmfilm #analoguephotography #blackandwhite #halfframe #kodakeastmandoublex5222 #motionpicturefilm #olympuspenw #shopfronts #taipei #taiwan

New at bl.ag online, 'Renegade Writing: London’s Faux Fascias', where we meet This Is My Costume and learn about their decade-long initiative refashioning abandoned shops.

https://bl.ag/renegade-writing-londons-faux-fascias/

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As Seen in An Alleyway / 654.

Fujicolor 100 (expired), Nikon FM

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As Seen in An Alleyway / 655.

Kodak UltraMax 400 (expired), Revue 400 SE

#filmphotography #35mmfilm #analoguephotography #asseeninanalleyway #expiredfilm #kodakultramax400 #olddoorsandgrills #revue400se #shopfronts #taipei #taiwan

1870s blonde sandstone tenement on Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow. I love the way the ground floor shop fronts on this block are relatively traditional and blend in well with the architectire above them.

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I'm not usually a fan of bookmakers, but kudos to William Hill for their architecturally sensitive signage on John Gordon's 1894 Glasgow Savings Bank building in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #bridgeton #glasgowsavingsbank #shopfronts #signage #architecturephotography