Leake Street
Encyclopedia
Leake Street, also known as the "Banksy tunnel", is a road in Lambeth
, London
. It is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of Waterloo station. The walls are decorated with graffiti
- initially created during the "Cans Festival" organised by Banksy
in 2008 May 3 to 5. A second edition of the Cans Festival on the August Bank Holiday week-end 2008.
Whatever the strict legal position may be, the ongoing creation of graffiti is certainly tolerated. Also graffiti is certainly tolerated in Leake Street because there are signs to specify the claim it is a legal wall.
While the Eurostar terminal
was at Waterloo, the road was open for through vehicular traffic. On 2008 November 14 ownership of the road passed from Eurostar to Network Rail
and through traffic was restricted to pedestrians.
Lambeth
Lambeth is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated southeast of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. It is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of Waterloo station. The walls are decorated with graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
- initially created during the "Cans Festival" organised by Banksy
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique...
in 2008 May 3 to 5. A second edition of the Cans Festival on the August Bank Holiday week-end 2008.
Whatever the strict legal position may be, the ongoing creation of graffiti is certainly tolerated. Also graffiti is certainly tolerated in Leake Street because there are signs to specify the claim it is a legal wall.
While the Eurostar terminal
Waterloo International railway station
Waterloo International station was the London terminus of the Eurostar international rail service from its opening on 14 November 1994 until 13 November 2007. It stands on the western side of Waterloo railway station, London...
was at Waterloo, the road was open for through vehicular traffic. On 2008 November 14 ownership of the road passed from Eurostar to Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
and through traffic was restricted to pedestrians.
See also
- Cans Festival 08 - flickr group for the event
- Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit, BBC News
- Leake Street Gets a Gritting, Londonist.com