London Zoo exit sign

Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 22, 2008 10:36 PM |

Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels over the years: this shot of the brick wall near the rear exit of the London Zoo in Regent's Park. I love the signage from three different eras, and the erupting thick black wires that look like they've been dipped in gutta percha -- it's my favorite kind of London streetscene, walls that have been scarred and repurposed as the technologies of municipal living changed. Link
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#1 posted by noen , February 23, 2008 7:53 AM

I think "beware of the leopard" is good advice indeed. I like this photo too for many of the same reasons.

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#3 posted by Thad E Ginataom , February 23, 2008 8:28 AM

Nice, especially the line of pipes, like dowsing rods in the hand

but that is lagged piping.

Used to stop water pipes freezing, but also to keep the contents cold if it is attached to an air-conditioning unit.

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#4 posted by loci , February 23, 2008 9:00 AM

wsh y wld stp pstng hr.
Thr r sts fr ths typs f psts, flckr, yr wn blg tc.
f vryn ls strtd pstng thr bnl pht's hr....bng wld g dwnhll fst.

g wy pls

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#5 posted by jmk5643 , February 23, 2008 11:37 AM

I like the circle at the base of the hand, making it look like it was lopped off.

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#6 posted by dculberson , February 24, 2008 12:14 AM

Loci, you need to heed your own advice. Really.

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#7 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Author Profile Page, February 25, 2008 9:38 AM

Cory, I think you should submit that photo to Entrances to Hell in and around the UK -- one of my all-time favorite websites.

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