Comments on: The Map Of The Coffee Houses https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/21/the-map-of-the-coffee-houses/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 21 Apr 2018 13:06:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/21/the-map-of-the-coffee-houses/#comment-1204566 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 13:06:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165603#comment-1204566 Greetings from Boston,

GA, I do enjoy examining Adam Dent’s detailed maps of olde London. Interesting to see the “New York” coffee house described as the “center of intelligence for all connected with the American trade.” By 1750 New York was surpassing Boston and Salem in trans-Atlantic commerce.

But that was all before what King George called “the late unpleasantness” …

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/21/the-map-of-the-coffee-houses/#comment-1204545 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:58:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165603#comment-1204545 Maybe I “need” more coffee, in order to be more alert, but isn’t this the first time we have actually SEEN the artist, Adam Dant? So glad to see the talented gent here — His maps are truly unique and amazing. I trust the friendly ghosts of Bawden and Piper are grinning fondly, saying
“That’s our guy.”
Many thanks for shining a light, GA.

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/21/the-map-of-the-coffee-houses/#comment-1204502 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 07:53:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165603#comment-1204502 I like the coffee map !Adam your are such a talent. Us poets have been coupled with coffee houses from the year dot, we still meet in them a gathering of poets and the caffeine sends our words to new heights. Thanks Adam you have worked your magic again on the coffee map. John the Poetry Society, Bristol – PS perhaps a poets meeting places map including Will Shakespeare also so many top poets were here and still are in London.

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/21/the-map-of-the-coffee-houses/#comment-1204483 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 05:52:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165603#comment-1204483 Strange how, almost from the moment they appeared in London, coffee houses were associated with sedition. From Charles II onward, monarchs and their governments used any excuse to close them down. Perhaps the peruke shop fire wasn’t so much bad luck as a clandestine
W(h)ig operation?

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