RPG

RPG, 93 Constance Road, Leicester LE5, 2016 • If you want your name to last, write it in stone. Can’t find any history on this deco small business centre, yet another with flagless flagpole.

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Lee @ Designed By Good People says:

2017/04/11 at 11:05

That’s fantastic. I love these deco/Moderne style buildings.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2017/02/23
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2016, Leicester, Leicestershire, Shopfront Elegy

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