Art Deco shop in Obelisk Road / Canada Road

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The photograph on this page of Art Deco shop in Obelisk Road / Canada Road by Alan Cooper as part of the Geograph project.

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Art Deco shop in Obelisk Road / Canada Road

Image: © Alan Cooper Taken: 27 Sep 2005

Many of the original features of this Art Deco (Art Moderne) retail building survive. Most of the other buildings nearby are Victorian so maybe this was built post WWII on a bomb site. I'm told it has now become a restaurant.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.89409
Longitude
-1.371492