JacLen

JacLen, 18 Dockley Road, Borough of Southwark, London SE16, 2001 • I love the typography on this DIY doorway, deep in a Dickensian Bermondsey viaduct. It’s presumably named after Jack and Len. The area’s been smartened up and though the doorway’s still there, JacLen has gone.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2014/12/18
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2001, Borough of Southwark, London, SE16, Shopfront Elegy

amateur signwriting, arch, extinct, grimness, palimpsest, vehicles, works, yellow

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