Vestigial London
Remnants of the old city, hiding in plain sight.
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People once moored boats here.
We’re looking at the York Watergate — not in York, but in London. The elaborately chiselled structure was once on the river, used by visitors to the London home of the Archbishop of York. The keen observer will notice that you can’t get a…