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Herbert Fry (1880), "Regent Street", London in 1880, London: David Bogue, LCCN no2010-14702. (bird's eye view) The Architecture of Regent Street, The Crown Estate, London, 2005. Westminster, James (1963), F H W Sheppard (ed.), Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2
The marker was designed by Sir Horace Jones in 1880. [45] ... Herbert Fry (1880), "Fleet Street", London in 1880, London: David Bogue. (bird's eye view) Wilfred ...
1890 London had 5,728 street accidents, resulting in 144 deaths. [109] London was the site of the world's first traffic lights, installed at the crossroads of Bridge, Great George, and Parliament Streets outside the Houses of Parliament. The 20 ft (6-metre) high column was topped by a large gas lamp, and opened in December 1868. [110]
Cannon Street pictured in 1987. View westward toward St Paul's. In the late 19th century Cannon Street was occupied by large wholesale warehouses, especially of cotton goods and other fabrics. [4] London Stone, a historic landmark of uncertain origin, was originally situated in the middle of Cannon Street, opposite St Swithin's Church.
It is therefore closer to a bird's-eye view of the City, seen from an imaginary viewpoint above the south bank of the Thames, as opposed to the "bird's-flight view" projection of the Copperplate map. Stephen Powys Marks suggests that this adjustment "may be an indication of an appeal to a less sophisticated public than that which would buy the ...
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"Sesame Street" has been gentrified. After 45 seasons, the brick walls that once fenced in the neighborhood have been razed, giving way to sweeping views of what looks suspiciously like the Brooklyn Bridge (it is in fact a composite of three New York City bridges).
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph , but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.