Besides the trendiness of the area, the thousands of tourists and Londoners alike that descend here every weekend to explore the markets, there's something truly genuine in the old cobbled streets mixed with new rising skyscrapers, fashionable restaurants and cafes.
Spitalfields is a living history of generations of immigrants that have settled here in search for a better life and of street trading, with Petticoat Market open for business continuously since 12th century.
For about a year I've been following the stories of the Gentle Author at www.spitalfieldslife.com on a daily basis. So it's no surprise that I was very eager to attend his book launch last night at Christ Church, where not only hundreds of his readers came, but also some of the subjects of his pen-portraits.
Going through his book and rereading some of the stories has prompted me to put together some of my own pictures of Spitalfields and its surrounding areas.
For a genuinely deep insight of the area I can't recommend enough the Spitalfields Life book and blog.
Steaming food at the Sunday Up Market
The famous beigels on Brick Lane
Painted door, next to Shoreditch High Street station
Phone break
The interminable cash queues in Spitalfields
Anything from Banksy to funny poems and rhymes posters
The mirror seller
Sponge hat
Magician in Spitalfields
Spitalfields Life newly released book
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