Front elevations of 163 and 165 Bow Road, Poplar. Left, at 163, the forecourt shop is a cafe, signed ‘Bow Restaurant Ltd Cafe & Snack Bar’ with a cartoon image of a chef in a chef’s hat painted in one window. A young man in a light-coloured, pinstripe, double-breasted suit layered over other clothing leans against the cafe looking into the lens. Two bicycles stand outside and another figure looks in the cafe window. Sharing the brick-built shopfront with the cafe is a entrance way with a wood-panelled door for accessing the main four-storey building behind. Built in early-eighteenth century, Grade II listed; listing number 1251439. Right, at 165, is a similar forecourt shopfront and four-storey building, except derelict, with smashed windows, broken frames and sills, and boarded-up shopfront. A man – probably a tram conductor - stands in front of the boarded-up shop. Posters advertise ‘Tony Gerrard Talent Competition’, ‘Dance...Les Brown Orchestra’ and ‘St. Patrick’s Dance...Dave Roberts and his music’ at Poplar Town Hall, ‘This Was The Army’ revue show starring ‘Bartlett & Ross’. The building was demolished between 1946-1955, subsequently rebuilt with a two-storey brick building and a forecourt shop operating as a launderette.