I went for a photo walk in August around Regents Park. Here is the first one which deals with some streets around Regents Street.
that’s a nice hair style. 
Newspapers of the world, coming to a point. 
A lovely orchid in a shop window. 
Serrated bricks and shadows. 
Awww, a flower school, what a lovely place to learn. 
A rather old store. 
The BT Tower. 
A Synagogue. 
The steps to the synagogue are chained off with this rather sad looking sign. 
Old and new signs. 
A lovely brick building on the corner. 
Built in 1894
Each and every detail of this shop is lovely. The bricks are old and are warm, with both types, the brownish grey and the bright terracotta red ones. Imagine having a room with the round windows? 
The Stags Head. 
Puddles on the floor. 
This is a lovely moorish building with lovely lovely windows and iron balcony railings. 
And next to it is this fortress like structure but with a lovely warm wooden door.
Then we have the general council for medical education. Quite a lovely amazing and interesting building. 
The central thin columns have these statues. I couldnt make out who they were, presumably some Greek/Roman chaps. 
More views of the building. 
Another photographer with his model. 
A typical street scene. 
Another lovely iron railinged balcony. 
Moving into Portland Place. 
Here is a lovely little statue of Quintin Hogg, died in 1903, the founder of the Polytechnic. Statues of teachers are few and far between, mostly you end up seeing bloody photographs of soldiers and politicians. Bah. He has managed to raise more people to happiness and economic wealth and purposefulness and to education than many others. Good man, salutations there old chap. 
A curved building. 
The flag of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. 
Association of Anaesthetists of GB & Ireland. That sent me to sleep. 
One of the side streets. 
Hmmm, never heard of him. 
The academy of medical sciences. 
The architects benevolent Society. 
Once they rode horses, now they are riding Boris Bikes.
Looking nice. 
A view of Portland Place.
Field Marshall White. died 1912. When he died, there must have been an outpouring of grief and celebrations of the many he has lead to death and the wars he had won and lost. And now? 100 years later? Nobody remembers him. 
Another Field Marshal lived here. 
And couple of embassies, Poland and Kenya. 
And a statue of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the PM of the Polish Government and the C-i-C of the Polish Armed Forces during the WW1. 
There is a plaque which mentions where all the Polish soldiers fought, from the polish campaign to the french campaign, Narvik, Battle of Britain, Tobruk, Monte Cassino, and Warsaw Uprising. 
Fairly recent..
The name of the sculptor
There are couple of wreaths 
A lone protestor in front of the embassy of China. 
Across the road is the Embassy of China, with couple of armed policemen.
This is the Society of Architects. And THIS monstrosity is what they come up with? bloody hell. 
London Fertility Clinic
The Institute of Physics. 
Not sure why I clicked this door, but well, looks quite imposing, eh? 
A statue of Lister. 
He was a world leader in Surgery. Died in 1912. 
The Regents Circle. 
Just cross the road is this statue of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, IV son of George III. 
lol, how irreverent, somebody has stuck a pink mustache on his philtum, lol
Looking down Portland Place
Walking towards Harley Street
Traffic Building up. 
This is the world famous Harley Street, absolutely infested with Doctors. 
Some pretty imposing gate posts. 
The road actually looks very staid and ordinary, you wouldnt imagine that this road contains some of the most expensive and well reputed doctors in the world. 
And the ubiquitous cameras
And the splash of literature, Charles Dickens. Nice wander around
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