Posts Tagged ‘1822’

Streets of London – Portland Place, London 1810-1820

“It is within the memory of some persons, that Parliament-street and Whitehall once formed the finest avenue in the metropolis. Oxford-street was yet but indifferently inhabited, and Portland-place not built. Oxford-street ceased at Mary-le-bonelane: at that spot Tyburn-road began, and for many years presented the sort of humble character of buildings that usually skirt the…

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Streets of London – Pall Mall circa 1810-1820

“At the junction of Pall-Mall and Haymarket, the south-east facades of this splendid building are so conspicuous as to claim particular notice from the public. The view is taken from a spot lately a part of Cockspur-street, but which may now perhaps claim the high designation of Pall-Mall East. The building, properly the theater, is…

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Streets of London – Regent Street circa 1822

“The annexed engraving is a view of Regent-street, taken from a spot near to the establishment of the Horticultural Society, looking onward through Waterloo-place to Carlton-House, in Pall-Mall, and which faces the end of the street. Waterloo-place occupies the lower ground in front of this building, forming a square area, in the centre of which…

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