Street art · London
Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0
Bird Boy (without a tail)
By Laura Ford
A lone bronze child in a bird mask keeps watch on a tiny floating platform, part myth part marina fixture — like a Studio Ghibli spirit crossed with Antony Gormley's solitary figures, quietly stealing the harbour's spotlight from a passing swan.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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