Gallery: Hand-Drawn Map Captures the Frenetic Energy of London

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    Big Ben doesn't know what time it is, and the Houses of Parliament are a circus tent.
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    Wood's map is full of hidden gems, including a fictitious memorial to the great computer scientist and cryptologist Alan Turing (the 1s and 0s above the Colonnade Hotel, the actual location of Turing's birth).
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    The pig floating above Battersea power station pays homage to the cover of Pink Floyd's *Animals* album.
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    Canary Wharf is represented by a cage.
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    The crossed fingers logo of the National Lottery represents the high (but mostly unfulfilled) hopes for the Millennium dome.
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    The full version of Gareth Wood's *London Town* map.
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    Fuller, aka Gareth Wood, inspects his work.
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    A scissor chops limes along Limehouse Cut, a canal in London's East End.
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    Fleet Street and the river Thames.
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