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The central garden in Grosvenor Square, now a public park (pictured November 2008) Grosvenor Square (/ ˈ ɡ r oʊ v ən ər / GROH-vən-ər) is a large garden square in the Mayfair district of Westminster, Greater London. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from the duke's surname ...
The Eagle Squadrons Memorial is a Second World War memorial in Grosvenor Square, London.It commemorates the service of the three Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons from 1940 to 1942, during the Battle of Britain, and in particular their 244 Americans and 16 British fighter pilots, of whom 71 were killed.
Grosvenor Square, London, England 1947 William Reid Dick [2] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Scotland 1946 William Reid Dick [3] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: Washington, D.C. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. 1997 Robert Graham: FDR with Fala: Washington, D.C. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. 1997 Robert Graham
Macdonald House was a seven-storey Neo-Georgian style building on Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, London. It was part of the High Commission of Canada from 1961 to 2014. [ 1 ] Macdonald House was used for the High Commission's cultural and consular functions, trade and administrative sections, immigration section, and as the High Commissioner's ...
John Adams was the first minister to open an American legation in London, in 1785 at 9 Grosvenor Square, Westminster, London. [6] For much of the 20th century and into the 21st, the chancery was in a purpose-built building in Grosvenor Square. Since 1955, Winfield House in Regent's Park has served as the ambassador's official residence.
Grosvenor Square was planned as the centrepiece of the Mayfair estate. It was laid out from 1725–31 with 51 individual plots for development. It is the second-largest square in London (after Lincoln's Inn Fields) and housed numerous members of the aristocracy until the mid-20th century. [27]
Westward view from the east end of Brook Street, close to Hanover Square. Brook Street is an axial street in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair.Most of it is leasehold, paying ground rent to and seeking lease renewals from the reversioner, that since before 1800, has been the Grosvenor Estate.
Duke Street is a street crossing the western half of Oxford Street, London and connecting Wigmore Street and Grosvenor Square. It is best known as the setting for the TV series The Duchess of Duke Street and has been the headquarters of the Artists' Rifles , a regiment of the British Army Reserve, since 1880.