Electricity Junction Boxes in EC1

In EC1, just to the south of me, the electricity junction boxes have been painted in bright, colourful scenes, by what appears to be local schoolkids, or certainly based upon the artwork of local children. This is one of the best pieces of public art I've ever seen, and never fails to give me a smile when I discover a new one. A lot of them reference the local area, including St. Lukes church, local tower block Gambier House and the local market stalls.

And a couple more I came across yesterday.

And another one, 23 May.

More, 20 June.

And another. don't know how I missed this one til now, I go past it all the time.

Pall Mall

Pall Mall is named after a game, a cross between croquet and golf, that used to be played here in the 17th century. It's almost completely owned by the crown, and is the home to numerous clubs. House price in Monopoly - £100. Average house price now - £1,138,222

Starting off in Pall Mall East, next to Trafalgar Square, at the Sainsbury extension to the National Gallery, once described by Prince Charles as a monstrous carbuncle. Idiot.

New Zealand house. Blue plaque here, commemorating the fact that Ho Chi Minh once worked as a waiter in a hotel that used to be on this site.

Just down from Pall Mall is Carlton House Terrace, which is where the British Academy is.

Here is the Aethenium Club, designed by Decimus Burton.

And here's the Institute of Directors.

The Reform Club, famous as the place where Phileas Fogg sets off and returns to in Around the World in Eighty Days. Micheal Palin, when repeating that journey, wasn't allowed in at the end of his journey, as he was too casually dressed.

Travellers club, next to the Aethenium, designed by Charles barry, the architect of the houses of Parliament.

Just off Pall Mall is St. James Square, with plenty of interesting buildings, including the home to Ada, Countess of Lovelace, Chatham Hose, and the Headquarters of Eisenhower during World War 2.

The western end of Pall Mall.

Clarence House, the home of Prince Charles. Idiot.

Just off the western end of Pall Mall, up St. James Street, is Berry Bros and Rudd, a wine shop founded in 1698. The building itself is amazing, with centuries of repainting giving a wierd texture that you can't appreciate in photos. Interestingly, when Texas was an independant country, they set up an embassy in one of the rooms here, commemorated in a plaque.