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Photo storyPlaces Originally published in Standart Issue 42

Black-and-white archive view of a London street with Bianchi's, Nino's Salon and parked cars.

Buildings in Frith Street

Past & Present

Bar Italia in London today, with people seated at small tables on the pavement outside.

Joel Smedley &
The London Archives

London, as it was then and as it is now, time’s relentless march having altered some things for the better, some for the worse, and others, not at all. We can be glad at any rate that one of time’s more generous gifts has been the proliferation in this city of a diverse array of coffee houses to please every taste.

Black-and-white archive view of a large corner building on a London street with passing cars.

Holborn Underground Station in Kingsway

A pale stone building behind a bare tree, with a green-awning cafe and people on the pavement.

Blank Street Holborn

Black-and-white archive view of Maida Vale Underground station entrance on a street corner.

Maida Vale Underground Station

Maida Vale Underground station entrance in colour, with roundels and a blue canopy sign.

So Café Maida Vale

Black-and-white archive view of a London street lined with tall office buildings and a small cart.

Cannon Street, City of London:

A man in a suit walks past a small shopfront on a London street beside a scaffolded building.

Commons Cannon Street

Black-and-white archive view of a suburban high street with an antiques shop and one small car.

Shops in Carshalton High Street

A pet groomer's shop on a sunlit high street today, with a brick building behind and a curving road.

Rubes

Archive photo of two shopfronts, numbers 24 and 25, with brick walls above and notices in the windows.

Shops in New Row

A pink shopfront and a cafe with a white awning and festive garland, with empty pavement tables outside.

Kiss the Hippo

Black-and-white archive view of a rounded corner pub building with parked cars and a van.

The Kings Arms Public House

The King's Arms, a pale blue corner pub on a London street, with a cafe next door and a passer-by.

Kaffeine

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