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The former Bon Marché building facing Brixton Road Topland House. Bon Marché was a department store based in Brixton, London, England. It was the first purpose built department store in the city. [1] The store was founded in 1877 by James Smith of Tooting [2] [3] after he won a fortune at Newmarket races.
Then & Now: Brixton Artist Gallery & Brixton Artists Collective [7] and Women's Work: Two Years in the Life of a Women Artists Group, Brixton Art Gallery, 1986. An archive of material including catalogues, photographs, posters, artist's CVs and a scale model of the original Gallery made by Guy Burch are in the Tate Archive. Andrew Hurman, a co ...
The Market began on Atlantic Road in the 1870s and subsequently spread to Brixton Road which had a very wide footway. Brixton then was a rapidly expanding London railway suburb with newly opening shops, including the first London branch of David Greig at 54-58 Atlantic Road in 1870, and London's first purpose-built department store, Bon Marché, on Brixton Road in 1877. [2]
Take a trip down memory lane with by looking at these incredible photos of Christmas window displays from the last 100 years, ... 25 of the very best deals from Nordstrom's Half-Yearly Sale: Rothy ...
Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th century as communications with central London improved. Brixton is mainly residential, though includes Brixton Market and a substantial retail sector. [4] It is a multi-ethnic community, with a large percentage of its population of Afro-Caribbean descent. [5]
Brixton Library: 1905: Thomas Brock: Bust: Bronze Grade II [1] Justice, Science, Art and Literature: Lambeth Town Hall clock tower: c. 1905–1908: Portland stone Grade II: Youth: Lambeth Town Hall: c. 1935–1938: Denis Dunlop: Relief: Portland stone Grade II: More images: Pile of bricks tile motif Brixton tube station, Victoria line platforms ...
Brixton Heritage Trails states its construction replaced an older pub with a similar name. [3] The "New" in the name was presumably to differentiate itself from The Old Queen's Head that was also in the same area, then known as Stockwell Green.
The Brixton murals are a series of murals by local artists in the Brixton area, in south London. Most of the murals were funded by Lambeth London Borough Council and the Greater London Council after the Brixton riots in 1981. The murals portray politics, community and ideas. Many are now in a state of disrepair and some are no longer there.