Photograph of a densely packed crowd of people walking through London's Chinatown on Wardour Street, with dozens of red and gold Chinese lanterns strung overhead in multiple rows between the buildings. Visible shopfronts include MR WU Chinese Restaurant with a HOT BUFFET sign on the left, and the yellow-fronted Bunsik (분식) Korean restaurant on the right. A Rupert Court street sign is visible on the right-hand building. The Chinatown gate is just visible in the far distance. An LNER advertising banner hangs among the lanterns. O'Neills pub can be seen at street level on the right.
A Sea of Heads and a Sky of Lanterns
This is what Chinatown in London looks like on a Saturday evening in July. A sea of tourists as far as the eye can see, which isn’t very far unless you’re tall […]
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