BON MARCHE, Brixton Road (A23), SW9
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BON MARCHE, Brixton Road (A23), SW9
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 17 Jan 2018
The building, which is said to have been the first purpose built department store in the UK, and the first steel frame building in the country, has had a chequered history http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/06/brixton-history-one-hundred-years-of-bon-marche-in-brixton-and-its-secret-tunnels/ . Photo taken from platform 1 on Brixton Station.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.463668
Longitude
-0.114888