Market Place, Reading, looking south-westwards to the Buttermarket, 2000. In the foreground are the Simeon obelisk, designed by Sir John Soane, the entrances to the closed underground public conveniences and their ventilation column, set in an area of cobblestones. There is an iron finger-post pointing the way to various places in the town centre, another sign indicating The Oracle shopping centre, and a tower-crane in the background. Identifiable on the south side, No. 46 (Nino's Italian restaurant); on the west side, No. 38 (Sony Centre); No. 36 (Pic-a-Kard) and the entrance to Market Way. 2000-2009 : photograph by Stuart Hylton