Thurs, 10 March 2016, 12:06 pm: Bank Station— here at what’s called Bank Junction because several roads come together and they’re all full up with banks— opened in 1900.
The network of pedestrian walkways below the streets actually connects with those of Monument Station. Together they comprise one of the busiest Tube locations in all of London. More people climb on and off underground trains at Bank or Monument each day than bought copies of The Stranglers’ LA FOLIE album last week. (Is anyone reading this?)
Is this a statue or one of those artsy chicks who paints herself to look like a statue? There’s not a tip bucket in front of her, so I’m thinking she’s really metal. Hey, I Googled “statue woman in chair Bank Station London” and got little back besides a pic of an old man posing in front of a bad Michael Jackson statue (bad as in terrible, not as in “in outfit related to the BAD album”) and a close-up pic of somebody’s crotch in tight white underwear. Google it yourself. I’ll investigate this statue— real or fake— up close the next time I’m in town.
This isn’t religious propaganda on the side of the bus. Irreverent musical comedy THE BOOK OF MORMON is as big a hit among London’s theatre elite as it was on Broadway.
Here’s a map of The City (with The Thames just south of it) and information board. St. Paul’s Cathedral is just out of view in this photo. The church is massive and I’m coming up on it from an angle that is not immediately recognizable from a million postcards.
