The Final Days - Leonard Street and Blackall Street (Street Art)

Leonard Street Car Park and the alleyway Blackall Street, next to Leonard Street, are currently being regenerated. The old buildings are being torn down at the moment, and there are plans to build new offices or apartments (or something) in the ever-popular Shoreditch area. I am sad to see Leonard Street Car Park and Blackall Street disappear as they have been very popular with street artists and many great works of street art have been produced here. I suppose that is the way with the ever-changing area that is east London as it gains in popularity due to its location near the City and the gentrification of its streets, attracting top prices and pricing everyone out of the area unless they are very well off.

Over the past couple of months, since the cranes came in to tear down the buildings, I have been photographing the wide range of street art that has popped up on the scaffolding around the construction site. Artista, Pure Evil, 616, Amara Por Dios, Captain Kris, Inkfetish, Untay, Tizer, Pang, Bill Dill, Sian Storey, Hunto, ALSO, Spzero, Squrl, Kaes, Lost Souls, Cardboard Skeleton, Mr. Sable, and Dan Kitchener are a few of the artists who have left their marks on the new scaffolding.

I am sad to see Blackall Street and the Leonard Street car park disappear. I wonder what the new area will bring in the way of street art or if it will just become another 'boring' place with grey buildings on the fringe of the City.