In the early morning of 31 August 1888, the body of Mary Ann Nichols ("Polly") was found on the pavement on the south side of Buck's Row.
The photograph shown here, taken in 2006, shows two features of Buck's Row that were present at the time of the murder.
The tall building at the rear (west) is the former Buck's Row Board School, which can be seen in photographs of the street in 1888, now converted into residential flats and renamed "Trinity Hall".
[1] Extending east from it, along the south side of the street, is a low brick wall, also present in 1888.
During the construction of Crossrail, Durward Street has had a temporary entrance to the adjacent Whitechapel station[2] and since 23 August 2021, the station opened a new permanent entrance onto Durward Street likely at the same site that Polly Nichols's body was found in 1888.