Old Street cycle race

Old Street

At this junction they pack up and race off, to try and beat the lights and get all the way across in one go. If you are a pedestrian, stay well clear

Old Street

Old Street

The architecture is still varied, but the towers are going up

Three diagonals

Great Eastern Street

Clouds, plane, crane

Spring among the dead

Bunhill Fields

There are very few public squares or parks or even trees along the road in east London, greenery, as well as places to sit and eat lunch are in short supply.  But there are always the graveyards.