Zenith Fancy Goods (A2Z Smoking Products Ltd)

Zenith Fancy Goods (A2Z Smoking Products Ltd), 42 Goulston Street, Borough of Tower Hamlets, London E1, 2014 (top), 2010 (bottom) • Grand brackets and creepy graffiti for ex-fancy goods outlet Zenith (bottom). The tiny writing now replacing the Zenith logo says “A2Z Smoking Products Ltd” – hence presumably the smoking urchin face.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2016/06/08
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2014, Borough of Tower Hamlets, E1, Shopfront Elegy

fancy goods, final closure, graffiti, palimpsest, random typography, tobacconist

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