02/08/2012

Shoreditch, mon amour

Ah London is all about East London...

New trendy neighbourhoods, olympics stadium, mixing, culture and nightlife, the East end has it all!

And East London starts actually quite central, in one of my favourite area I want to pay a small homage to in this blog with a few pictures: Shoreditch.


Old Street is the coolest Tube station in London, but it has the ugliest roundabout in town! Don't stop at this piece of failure of architecture, there is definitely more aroung the corner...

Commercial Street versus Commercial City

East London is the place where the Olympic mood start! Here is Damon Albarn on an ad for a sport brand, along with some other famous sport brand's message... at the corner of Old Street and Great Eastern Street.

The view on the new tallest building in Western Europe, the Shard



The area around Hoxton Square has for long been a hub for street art and is now one of the spot where the most famous art galleries have settled, following the ultra-well-know and prestigious White Cube.







The White Cube Gallery is the heart of Hoxton's beat and the home of Young British Artists

Galleries and artists have long attracted cool bars and a vibrant music scene, like in the Electricity Showroom:


The Electricity Showroom: http://www.electricityshowrooms.com/


Hoxton is in the Borough of Hackney and the hipster part of Shoreditch, with its taste of almost every parts of the world:

The famous Hoxton Square corner

Art meets streets

Rooftop art experimentation

Street messaging

A taste of Mexico ?


Japanese and Thai restaurants, Mexican bars, French cafes, British pubs, old factories, Italian designers, African fashion....

Shoreditch is also a good spot to enjoy the olympic mood this summer, no doubt...




But do not miss the art because of the sport mood, my humble advise!

See you there folks.


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