Brick Lane

A couple of weekends ago we all decided to take a trip to Brick Lane on a nice sunny Saturday. Immediately after getting off of the tube we noticed the difference of East London from west London. You could tell it was a big Middle Eastern community because the big mosque of East London was on the way to Brick Lane. There were a lot of vendors selling everything from clothes and shoes to fruits and vegetables. Brick Lane had a big Middle Eastern feel as well. There were a lot of curry houses with the Indian people trying to get you to come in and eat at their place. Obviously the whole of Brick Lane wasn't Middle Eastern but the community was mainly that and you could tell by the kind of shops and restaurants they had serving Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi foods. There were also religious buildings as we kept walking which to me shows like this community is claiming their territory and they're proud of it. This could also tie in with tradition of immigrants moving into East London because that was the affordable area at the time. Another thing I noticed was there was way more graffiti artwork here than anywhere else I have been in London. We actually ended up following a tour that was just about the street art, it was pretty cool that peoplee in that area can actually express themselves through their artwork. Here are a few more pictures: