I can see my house from here

 

ohsimone

So: Google Maps is another level more exciting today, with the addition of extremely comprehensive imagery for London, as well as numerous other parts of the country. So, naturally I’ve spent my entire day so far avoiding work and playing with maps. And thus I present, the life of ohsimone, presented in Google Street View.

 

Noel Park

I live in “a very special place,” Noel Park in Wood Green. Here’s me walking home from the tube: hello.

Some other local features:

• my previous home (sorry, am not going to tell you where I live right now)
• my car
• the local shops (including TFC)
• the local takeaways, good old Akbar
• The Friendship Tree (info)

Places I’ve lived previously:

• Muswell Hill (about six weeks in 2001)
• Palmers Green (for two years)
• Arnos Grove (for another two years)
• Morley Avenue, Noel Park (for about a year)

Local landmarks

• Ally Pally and view
• Marmalade, best cafe around
• Bruce Castle
• Church! (Brook Street Chapel) – not a good view, it looks better from the back
• Rasa and Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington
• Winchmore Hill Green
• Pearsons, Enfield Town
• Wood Green Shopping City

Places I’ve Been

• Belfast murals
• Bombay Street Peace Garden and Peace Wall, Belfast
• International wall, Belfast
• Samra supermarket, Smethwick
• Selfridges, The Bull Ring, Birmingham
• Headington, Oxford
• Summertown, Oxford

Where I’ve been around the world

• Miami Beach
• Harvard Square, Cambridge MA
• Empire State Building, New York
• Quai Des Etats-Unis, Nice
• Abesses, Paris

Where I’m going

• Joshua Tree National Park, CA
• Santa Monica Pier, CA