In 2008, Banksy found a forgotten railway tunnel under Waterloo station. It was grey, damp, and used mainly as a car park access road. He got the council’s permission, invited 40 artists, and called it the Cans Festival. Three days later, Leake Street had become something London had never seen before: a place where covering the walls was not just tolerated — it was the entire point.
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