Last week I posted some black and white postcards from Fitzrovia, here are a few colour shots. I think the above snap of the BT Tower is my favourite. I hadn’t thought to shoot it in that way before. There’s also a photo of the Charlotte Street Blues bar (that used to be Jamie’s bar) which has sadly shut down and since been boarded up. The two white mosaics are from Fitzroy Square.
When I’m not in Yorkshire, I spend all the spare time I can in Fitzrovia – the first neighbourhood I lived in when I came to London. Here are some black and white photographs I took today. The Saatchi building is likely to feature again in my photography as it will be soon ripped out – Boris has given the go ahead – and replaced by a building that the locals are less keen. More photos from Fitzrovia can be found on my Pinterest board here.
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Inspired largely by the works seen in Mapping Manhattan, I recently decided to map the area I lived in when I first came to London: Fitzrovia. It’s my first attempt at cartography, which is why it looks a little bit like a seven year old might have made it. This is my Fitzrovia, the things I know and cherish about the area. The map is part of an ongoing book project I’m currently working on.
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Park Crescent, Fitzrovia
Yesterday I traipsed round Fitzrovia in the rain for a writing project I’m working on. I used to live just north of the area on Hampstead Road but barely explored it as I was new to London and didn’t really get its cultural/social significance. Below are a few postcards that offer a small insight into the varied views of Fitzrovia, there’s plenty to admire and I even stumbled across a Banksy – you can tell which street art is by Banksy because, generally, the council put them behind glass.
Portland Place, Fitzrovia
Roses, Portland Place
Royal Institute of British Architects building, Portland Place
- Architect John Nash, All Souls Church
- The BT Tower, lost amongst the cranes
The Fitzroy Tavern, Charlotte Street
Mural, Whitfield Gardens
Banksy, just of Hanson street
The BT Tower, from Fitzroy Square