Ionic

Ionic, 612 Finchley Road, Borough of Barnet, London NW11, 2003 • A 1975 replacement for the original 1913 Ionic (great name!), which got crammed into a corner of the Sainsbury’s that replaced it. It closed for good in 1999 and is now completely subsumed into the supermarket – more info here.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2014/01/03
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2003, Borough of Barnet, London, NW11, Shopfront Elegy

broken sign, cinema, extinct, final closure, ghost sign, uncovered

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