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Roy's Coffee Bar, Chelsea, London: the 'Gaggia' espresso coffee machine and bar
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NOTES: This is an example of the Espresso style coffee bar which arrived in London from Italy c. 1953.
Roy's Bar, Chelsea, London: the roof terrace
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NOTES: This is an example of the Espresso style coffee bar which arrived in London from Italy c. 1953.
Roy's Bar, Chelsea, London: the external spiral staircase seen from the roof terrace
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NOTES: This is an example of the Espresso style coffee bar which arrived in London from Italy c. 1953.
El Cubano coffee bar, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London: the counter with bar stools
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NOTES: This is an example of the Espresso style coffee bar which arrived in London from Italy c. 1953.
Mocamba coffee bar, Kinghtsbridge, London: close-up of the wicker bar stools and the 'Gaggia' espresso coffee machine
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NOTES: This is an example of the Espresso style coffee bar which arrived in London from Italy c. 1953.
Wayang Restaurant, 207 Earl's Court Road, London
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NOTES: This was an extension built in the back-yard of the celebrated eponymous coffee-bar, also designed by Lucas Mellinger in 1956. The establishment took its theme and name from Javanese 'wayang' shadow-puppets, projections of which are features of the interior decoration.
People-watching from an arcade, Ascoli Piceno, Marche
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NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London, Architectural Press, 1963).
Arcade on Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
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NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London, Architectural Press, 1963).
