No. 20 is one of eight listed buildings on Denmark Street. Originally a terraced house, it formed part of the estate development by Samuel Fortrey and Jacques Wiseman when Denmark Street was laid out in 1686-89. The rear of the shop runs into 16 Denmark Place, a 19th century warehouse. In the 1960s, No. 20 was the offices of publishers […]
Spread over several floors, No. 27 was the home of Andy’s Guitar Workshop betwen 1978 and 2007. After Andy’s went bust, Hank’s moved from No. 24. Luthier Graham Noden has his workshop in the basement. The adjacent passage used to lead to Denmark Place, with the site of the old 12-Bar Club to the left. The […]
The studied retro typography of Regent Sounds’ frontage is a sign of its owners’ awareness of the history of the building that houses their shop. The subtitle Recording & Phonographic Studios and pre-STD telephone number format (the shop’s actual number is 020 7379 6111) are conscious references to a heritage rooted in the early 1960s. […]
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