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Oxford Street is mentioned in several Charles Dickens novels. In A Tale of Two Cities, as Oxford Road, it is described as having "very few buildings", though it was heavily built up by the late 18th century. It is also mentioned in Sketches by Boz and Bleak House. [131] Oxford Street is one of the London poet Letitia Elizabeth Landon's Scenes ...
Oxford Circus is a road junction connecting Oxford Street and Regent Street in the West End of London.It is also the entrance to Oxford Circus tube station.. The junction opened in 1819 as part of the Regent Street development under John Nash, and was originally known as Regent Circus North.
From Piccadilly Circus to Cambridge Circus, it is in the City of Westminster, and from Cambridge Circus to New Oxford Street, it is in the London Borough of Camden. Shaftesbury Avenue was built between 1877 and 1886 by the architect George Vulliamy and the engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] to provide a north–south traffic artery ...
London’s famed Oxford Street could finally be pedestrianized, according to new plans announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday, following years of debate about how to revitalize the area.
Oxford Circus – as it was in March 2006 – looking down Regent Street which crosses Oxford Street. Under Oxford Circus is one of the busiest of London's underground stations. The Central, Bakerloo and Victoria lines all meet here. The Circus was constructed in the beginning of the 19th century, and was designed by John Nash. Oxford Street is ...
The 100 Club is a music venue located at 100 Oxford Street, London, England, where it has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942.It was originally called the Feldman Swing Club, but changed its name when the father of the current owner took over in 1964.
Oxford Street was the first to switch on its Christmas lights in London, officially beginning the countdown to the big day. Thousands of brilliant white stars blanket the sky, and the view dazzled ...
Manchester Square is an 18th-century garden square in Marylebone, London. Centred 950 feet (290 m) north of Oxford Street it measures 300 feet (91 m) internally north-to-south, and 280 feet (85 m) across. It is a small Georgian predominantly 1770s-designed instance