Wickham's Department Store, Mile End Road
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Wickham's Department Store, Mile End Road
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 23 Oct 2007
It is always sad to see a fine building laid low, but it looks to be near the end of the road for this impressive former high-end department store, built in 1927 to be the 'Harrod's of the East End' It looks just about restorable, given the odd few million: but no one seems to care.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520721
Longitude
-0.051271