Wednesday, 22 June 2011

G is for Giant

Giant Squirrel by street artist ROA, near Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, East London.

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

H is for Hackney

Hackney Central at dusk on a Monday in January 2010. The Hackney Empire is the building on the left. The decorative lights are described by Hackney Council as seasonal lights.

Sunday, 12 June 2011

I is for Inflatable

An inlatable giant rabbit by Jeff Koon was displayed at Covent Garden in October 2009.

I in Conor's A-Z.

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

J is for Jumping


The statue of a boy jumping over a bollard.

Part of the Two Pupils statue by Allister Bowtell (1940-2006), made in 2002. The statue representing two pupils from c1814 and commemorates the Royal Military Asylum (renamed The Duke of York's Royal Military School in 1892) which occupied the site from 1803-1909. The statue is liocated just off the King's Road near Sloane Square.

Allister Bowtell: "...a pupil in about 1820, leap-frogging over a Chelsea bollard, trying to impress a girl sitting on a plinth who is pretending not to see him."

J in Conor's A-Z.