Street art · London
Photo: Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0
Down a shuttered back alley off Brick Lane, layers of wildstyle…
By Ronso
Down a shuttered back alley off Brick Lane, layers of wildstyle bubble letters fight for space across metal roller doors and brick — a living palimpsest of tags built up over years, pure East London graffiti culture in action.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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