A walk from the Isle of Dogs to Stratford High Street, via Robin Hood Gardens, Chrisp Street Market, the Lansbury Estate, the Limehouse Cut and Three Mills.
Canary Wharf is // the gravestone of the West India Docks
Robin Hood Gardens is // a collapsing smile
The church is // closed for business
The Public Baths have become // a public bloodbath
Chrisp Street Market Tower is // oddly as if Florence was built in 1951
The Lansbury Estate is // the legacy of the 1951 Festival of Britain
The Limehouse Cut is // a filthy mouth and the oldest in London
Spratt’s // no longer make dog biscuits
Three Mills is // a time machine and faintly redolent of Bazalgettian sewerage
Some signposts // signify volumes
The Spirit of Stratford //
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