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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]
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]
Windrush Square, London (2006) Windrush Square (often referred to by its original name, Brixton Oval [1] [2]) is an open public space in the centre of Brixton, South London, [3] occupying an area in front of the Brixton Tate Library.
Brixton is its civic centre, and there are other town centres. The largest shopping areas are (in order of size) Streatham , Brixton , Vauxhall , Clapham and West Norwood . In the northern part of the borough are the central London districts of the South Bank , Vauxhall and Lambeth ; in the south are the suburbs of Gipsy Hill , Streatham , West ...
Brixton The south London neighborhood of Brixton, which Swift mentions in her song “London Boy,” is known for musical heritage. When mentioning the area, Swift sings that she enjoys “nights ...
Brixton is an area of south London. It gives its name to: Brixton Academy, a music venue; Brixton House, a theatre; Brixton Market, a street market; Brixton murals, murals painted in the 1980s; Brixton railway station, a national rail station; Brixton tube station, a Victoria Line tube station; HM Prison Brixton, the prison in the area
“It was an agreed fact that Kaba was a core member of a rival gang from Brixton known as ’67’. It was also agreed that Bell and Bamgboye were associated with that same gang.” ...
Lambeth Town Hall, also known as Brixton Town Hall, is a municipal building at the corner of Brixton Hill and Acre Lane, Brixton, London. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Lambeth London Borough Council , is a Grade II listed building.