B is for Buildimg

Willis Building, London, England, by Cybermyth13.

The Willis building in Lime Street, the City of London, was designed by Norman Fosterand Partners and was completed in 2008. It is 410 ft (125 m) tall, with 26 storeys. 

C is for Covent Garden

Busker and 2010 Christmas lights at Covent Garden, London, by Cybermyth13.

Covent Garden on a Saturday evening in December with a busker entertaining some of the shoppers.

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D is for dark

A Coffee Shop on a Saturday evening, by Cybermyth13.

In the dark strange shadows appear. Outside a coffee shop near Tottenham Court Road tube station on a drizzily Saturday evening.

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E is for Einstein

Einstein on a Bicycle, Phone Box, The Strand, London - 4, by Cybermyth13.

Einstein on a bicycle, Phone Box, The Strand, London

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H is for Hackney

Mare Street, Hackney, early evening, by Cybermyth13.

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.

I is for Inflatable

Giant Bunny invades Covent Garden by Cybermyth13.

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

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J is for Jumping

Two Pupils statue, King's Road, London - 4, by Cybermyth13.

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."

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M is for Manchester

Approach to Maine Road Stadium, Manchester, 1985,  by Cybermyth13.

The approach to Maine Road Stadium in Manchester in 1985. The stadium has since been demolished. The car in the foreground is a Ford Cortina Mark IV.

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N is for Night

Traffic in Regent Street, London, at night with 2010 Xmas Lights, by Cybermyth13.

At night the lights come on. Traffic in a busy Regent Street under the Christmas lights in November 2010.

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P is for Pavilion

Reflections Serpentine 2009 Pavilion 2, by Cybermyth13.

Each year the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London, has a temporary summer pavilion designed by an architect who has not built in the UK before. This produces some interesting results.

In 2009 the deign was by the Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the architecture firm SANAA. One of the features of the building was the reflective ceiling.

For more of my pictures of the pavilion see here.

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Q is for Quick

Cyclists in the Tour of Britain 2009, London Embankment, by Cybermyth13.

Going more quickly than most London commuters, the cyclists on the 2009 Tour of Britain speed along the Thames Embankment in London.

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R is for Red

Red railings and grass at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion,  by Cybermyth13.

The combination of evening summer sun and a pavilion with red glass walls is enough to turn the black railings and green grass both red. Red was the theme of the 2010 summer pavilion by Jean Nouvel at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London. See this set on Flickr for pictures of the pavilion.

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S is for Snow

Snow in Victoria Park , East London, Dec. 2010 - 9, by Cybermyth13.

Snow creates a special atmosphere, especially in a park. In December 2010, the snow settled not only in the ground but also in the trees. With the low light of late afternoon, it looked magical.

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T is for Tower

Kingshold Estate, South Hackney, London, Dec 1993, by Cybermyth13.

Halston Point, a 23-storey 209ft residential tower block on the Kingsland estate, in 1993. The estate was built in the 1960s and demolished in the 1990s.

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U is for Umbrella

Oxford Street Christmas lights 1, by Cybermyth13.

Umbrellas in Christmmas lights in Oxford Street, London, in December 2009.

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V is for Victoria Park

Foggy Day, Victoria Park, London, England, 1987, by Cybermyth13.

A foggy day in Victoria Park, East London, in October 1987.

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X is for X

Contrails and blue sky forming the Scottish flag, by Cybermyth13.

Contrails in the sky form an X in the sky over Hackney on a Sunday afternoon in October 2010. It resembles the Scottish flag.

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Y is for Yellow

Concrete Staircase at night, Southbank, London - 2, by Cybermyth13.

A yellow staircase at night in the Southbank Centre by the River Thames in London. The style of architecture for the centre is Brutalism.

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Z is for Zero

Look, No Planes (and no clouds) over London, by Cybermyth13.

A picture of zero planes and zero clouds over Leicester Square, London, in April 2010, as the planes were grounded over the UK by the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland. The suggestion was that there were fewer clouds because there were no planes and so no contrails.

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