Ali Alvarez is a Mexican-American documentary filmmaker and creative director who has worked with brands such as Nike, Google, and BBC.

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The Castle Cinema

Cinema
First Floor, 64 - 66 Brooksby's Walk, London E9 6DA, United Kingdom
The Castle Cinema

"There’s an old cinema where you can catch movies, get a bite to eat, get a cocktail. The Castle Cinema is the hidden gem of this neighborhood."

Ali ALVAREZ

Hackney Marshes

Park
London E10 5SG, United Kingdom
Hackney Marshes

"We’d walk up to Hackney Marshes and have a look around, because anyone would be amazed that a green space like that exists in London."

Ali ALVAREZ

Chatsworth Road Market

Market
Chatsworth Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0LH, United Kingdom
Chatsworth Road Market

"On Sundays, right at the end of my road is a coffee stand, street food, fashion, people creating, setting up stalls and doing their thing. They’re called the Chatsworth Road Market."

Ali ALVAREZ

Morito

Tapas restaurant
195 Hackney Rd, London E2 8JL, United Kingdom
Morito

"We can have dinner at Morito, which is in London Fields. It’s the east London outpost of the original Clerkenwell restaurant."

Ali ALVAREZ

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Library

Library
66 Portland Pl, London W1B 1AD, United Kingdom
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Library

"The RIBA Library [Royal Institute of British Architects] is so posh and a very beautiful building. They have this gorgeous library full of all these architecture books. I remember going in there to think, and to come up with ideas. I would absolutely recommend any person to go there."

Ali ALVAREZ

The Wolseley

European restaurant
160 Piccadilly, St. James's, London W1J 9EB, United Kingdom
The Wolseley

"We could totally splash out and go to The Wolseley. It’s bang in the center of London, it’s quite posh and expensive. It’s a beautiful restaurant, you walk in and there's this amazing staircase and it's just really a proper English kind of beautiful."

Ali ALVAREZ

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