The shop at number four hundred thirty King's Road is marked by a distinctive facade, featuring a large clock with thirteen hours that spin backwards. This building was the epicenter of a series of radical transformations led by designer…
Punk London
This walk traces the sharp rise of London's punk scene by visiting the legendary clubs, rehearsal basements, and riverside spots where bands like the Sex Pistols made history.
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1. Vivienne Westwood Worlds End
2. Westminster Millennium Pier
Westminster Millennium Pier sits on the north bank of the River Thames, immediately beside Westminster Bridge and in the shadow of the Elizabeth Tower, home to the bell known as Big Ben. It is a floating platform designed to move with the…
3. 41-43 Neal St
Forty-one to forty-three Neal Street sits in a row of buildings that once served as warehouses for the nearby Covent Garden vegetable market. In December nineteen seventy-six, this address became home to the Roxy, a basement club that…
4. 6 Denmark St
Number six Denmark Street is a rare survivor of the late seventeenth-century terraced houses built between sixteen eighty-six and sixteen ninety-one. This building stands out for its deep connection to the mid-nineteen seventies, when it…
5. 100 Club
The one hundred club sits in a basement at one hundred Oxford Street, marked by a simple entrance that belies its history as a sanctuary for music subcultures. Originally opening on October twenty-fourth, nineteen forty-two, as the Feldman…
6. Roundhouse
The Roundhouse is a distinctive circular structure, forty-eight meters in diameter, featuring yellow brick walls and a conical slate roof topped by a central glazed louvre. Built in eighteen forty-six and eighteen forty-seven, it…