Four attempts to select arty bits of wall for photos near the Electric Matchbox art centre. The top one was a very interesting B&W graffiti overpainted by colour.
The B&W photo is from 1979, the colour from 2011. The street leading in from the lower left is Canning Street, the one from the lower right is Huskisson Street. (See August 24th post for other views of this street.) Most of the empty spaces have been filled and a new something has been built the other side of Faulkner Square, the wooded area top left of the 2011 photo.
The black and white photo was taken in 1979. The play area is no longer there, so it was not possible to get to the original viewpoint. The 2011 photo shows scaffolding on what was the less-derelict of the two houses. The more-derelict house has been completely rebuilt.
The site is encircled by a high fence with electric razor wire and cameras on top. The old is being replaced by the new; Stratford Station and the new athletes' village.