Newish graffiti on the side wall of the New River Cafe opposite Clissold Park. It looks as if it might have been commissioned - it’s quite large and well-done, and has the letters nfa at one corner. The cafe has changed its name to New River Cafe & Restaurant and has had a fresh paint job. There’s a large ventilation pipe just above it, in the middle of the word. Someone has written ‘SHIANNE’ on the graffiti, at the bottom right-hand corner.
30.03.23 Stoke Newington High Street
A streak of red along the pavement by the bus stop opposite the Jolly Butchers, dividing it in two along its length for several metres. Where it clumps together you can see more clearly that it is tomato sauce, not paint or blood. It rained in the morning so the sauce has been dropped since then; it will have disappeared in a few days or weeks.
28.03.23 Connaught Bridge
A series of structures underneath Connaught Bridge, between London City Airport and Albert Dock, look like a sculpture installation but I don’t think they are. There is a set of giant ventilation tubes of different lengths and widths, growing from the ground then bending down at the neck; a fat brick cylinder; and two concrete blocks, shaped like huge wedges of cheese or back-garden air raid shelters like the one my grandparents had – one of them looks as if it might be holding up the bridge, but it isn’t. Once these objects must have had a use but now they seem to be simply decorative.
