Summary
There are many strange aspects about this location. It's not in Notting Hill, nor is it in Shepherds Bush exactly. It's in a sort of noman's-land between the two. A street sign proclaims that Olaf Street is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea but an application on a lamp post for the Louise T. Blouin Institute to hold parties and stay open after midnight indicates that the very same street belongs to Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Lifting the Spirit
Richard Meier : Art and Architecture
Louise T. Blouin Institute, until 30 DecemberOlaf Street sounds as though it should be in some Scandinavian city or other.No doubt there's a street so named in several Norwegian towns, but there is also an Olaf Street in London W11, of mysterious origin.Could King Olaf II of Norway, fresh from asserting his suze...See the full content of this document
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