Brick Lane

Brick lane, with it's density of restaurants and chaotic mix of signage replicates to some extent the street scenes of the towns the Bangladeshi immigrants come from.

The buildings complement this atmosphere as along the main restaurant blocks of brick lane they show a lot of variation and many are in a worn condition.


The restaurant strip of Brick Lane
This is a consequence of the less affluent nature of the area historically with the buildings been built in a haphazard way with no consistent style.  Heavy damage to the area during WWII has contributed to the diverse mix of building styles still further.

Not only might these buildings appear in some way more familiar to the immigrants arriving in London than many other London strips, but the area was clearly cheap.


Paving the road at the entrance to the restaurant strip of Brick Lane


One of the newly renovated Bangladeshi restaurants in Brick Lane

 Now the architecture of the area is adorned with a vibrant and chaotic mosaic of advertising signs by the residents of the area advertising their commercial activities.  Of these, restaurants offering southern Asian cuisine are the most bountiful and increasingly lure people from the City and outside.  This is resulting in the renovation of some of the restaurants in the area.
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