Pedley Street

Hell’s hinges…

Pedley Street, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1

Whitechapel’s henges.

From Iain Sinclair’s White Chappel, Scarlet Tracings (1987)

Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre

“Who wants to go to town?” demanded Daisy insistently.
Gatsby’s eyes floated toward her.

Penoyre and Prasad's Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, City of London, EC1V

“Ah,” she cried, “you look so cool.”
Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table.

From F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925)

Hackney Central

By wandering aimlessly, all places became equal…

Mare Street, Hackney, E8

…and it no longer mattered where he was.

Mare Street, Hackney, E8

On his best walks he was able to feel that he was nowhere.

St John-at-Hackney, Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, E5

And this, finally was all he ever asked of things…

Mare Street, Hackney, E8

…to be nowhere.

Brett Road, Hackney, E8

From Paul Auster’s City of Glass (1985)