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City Road Basin

Darkness of slumber and death,

City Road Basin, City Road, Islington, N1

forever sinking and sinking.

City Road Basin, City Road, Islington, N1

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Evangeline (1847)

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Parasol Unit

He was looking skywards.

Keith Tyson's Cloud Choreography and Other Emergent Systems, Parasol Unit, Wharf Road, Islington, N1

Taking a deep breath, he pretended to enjoy the view. 

Keith Tyson's Cloud Choreography and Other Emergent Systems, Parasol Unit, Wharf Road, Islington, N1

His gaze climbed to the clouds, bypassing the structure that stood before him and passed off into the distance.

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City and Islington College

He had never seen his wife at work. He couldn’t picture her in a working environment.

City and Islington College, Holloway Road, Islington, N7

She was a part-time secretary at a nearby sixth-form college.

City and Islington College, Holloway Road, Islington, N7

But, in an attempt to feed his proud nature, he would tell people she “worked at the school down the road”, hoping they would presume she had a loftier position.

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