EC2, King Street, 28
These roundels, below the second floor windows, are numbered from the left. Under other windows are: "T. C. C.", "1868", "H.H.".
Number 4 with his moustache looks most distinctive but are these portraits, or are they just decorative, generic heads?
Since they are so concerned about their copyright we'd better provide a link to the NG's page for the original of this medallion. This p...
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
Royal Observatory Greenwich comments on a photo of this portrait and its 2 neighbours: "Halley, Newton and Napier as they appear on the o...
Stalin? Can't be - for so many reasons, one being that he didn't look like this at this time; he was much younger. Lea Cornthwaite sugg...
One New Change: "The mosaics were originally located within the main entrance lobby of the New Change Building, a home to Bank of England...
This phrase translates as "Society for Deeds of Loving Kindness", a Jewish Benevolent Society. It was established on the site where Albert Stern House now is and included a hospital for sick poor a...
A modern plaque screwed to the west side of the plinth reads: "This plaque commemorates the completion of the refurbishment of this memor...
Augustinian friary just north-east of Bank, probably founded 1260ish, covering about 5.5 acres, it included a church, various other buildings for the accommodation of the friars and visitors, veget...
These were used initially by the Royal Air Force Bomber Command and the German Luftwaffe in 1940-41. They acted as blast bombs and were capable of killing up to 100 people.
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