Brixton Station and colourful, crowded, noisy, lively streets

 

Brixton station has delightful artwork. As do an increasing number of London stations.

Come out of the crowded underground station from Euston and look right. A seething mass of people, musicians with music blaring from portable loudspeaker. Happy couples, families, groups, laughing loners, people sleeping on the ground, beggars, and major international chain stores and supermarkets. All life, all the world, from all round the world, is here.  Above them on the right you'll see the bridge with murals carrying the overground. Walk towards it and take the first road right.  Now you are amongst the small shops and pushcarts selling ethnic food, clothes, and what looks like parties.

It's not all cheap. Lots of it is bling and pricey.

Take the tunnel adorened with more murals on your left. You pass the entrance/exit to the overground rain line going south. 

Now the murals are so gigantic there's no room for more graffiti.

More shops are every few steps. you come out into another street with more shops. All along under the overhead railway are arches filled with shops and eating places. One giant disco complex blrares music. Depending on the time of day, in the evening you see the market shutting up with a few leftover stall. You might see wheeled kiosks selling clothes, and open sided vans serving fast food.  

Beyond, towards the houses, are trees lit not just around the crown as in London's supposedly wealthier northern suburbs, but lights, bright blue, neon green, electric pink, down the drunk to the ground. Each tree transformed into a city artwork.

See more pictures in my other blog posts on Brixton.

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