Kensington Street
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Kensington Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 31 Jul 2011
A side street linking North Road to Gloucester Road. The building on the right is the former printing works of the local Evening Argus which moved to an industrial estate at Hollingbury around 2000 leaving the old premises empty for a while until part was gutted by a fire in 2002. Since then the southern portion facing North Road has been turned into retail outlets and offices whilst this section has been converted into apartments called Argus Lofts. To the left is a mural of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition politician, who was guest director of this year's Brighton Festival. Another mural of James Brown is also visible in the distance. Knesington Street was once lined with small terrace houses built around the 1840s which eventually succumbed to the extension of the printing works on the eastern side and clearances to the west which have often been left and are used for little more than parking spaces. The tall building in the distance is Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.826616
Longitude
-0.138251