What remains

Between 2009 and 2015, siblings Thom and Beth Atkinson wandered the city in search of the spaces where buildings once stood before the blitz.

“From the mysterious gap in a suburban terrace to the incongruous post-war inner city estate,” they write, “London is a vast archaeological site, bearing the visible scars of its violent wartime past.”

This is taken from an article by Sean O’Hagan in the Guardian. It is an interesting look at architecture and archaeology and worth reading the full article.

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