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St. James's Square, c. 1722 Fitzroy Square. Squares have long been a feature of London and come in numerous identifiable forms. The landscaping spectrum of squares stretches from those with more hardscape, constituting town squares (also known as city squares)—to those with communal gardens, for which London is a major international exponent, known as garden squares.
The city’s Christmas tree tradition began in 1913. One tree that went on display, a Colorado Blue Spruce, had been a housewarming gift 30 years earlier for a couple who had moved into their new home. Another tree donated had been planted to honor a son who was killed in a car crash. The son’s ashes were mixed in the dirt used to plant the tree.
The square is named after London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, and was inaugurated on May 24, 1942.The square was named as a tribute and honor to the resilience of the British people and the residents of London during the heavy bombings by Germany during World War II (The Blitz).
Blue plaque on the site of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's 1920s residence. Map showing the boundaries of Tyburnia. Sussex Square is a garden square in Paddington in Central London.
This is a complete list of the 192 blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.. At inception in 1876 the scheme was originally administered by the Royal Society of Arts, being taken over by the London County Council (LCC) in 1901.
Robin Hood Gardens. Robin Hood Gardens is a residential estate in Poplar, London, designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. It was built as a council housing estate with homes spread across 'streets in the sky': social housing characterised by broad aerial walkways in long concrete blocks, much like the Park Hill estate in Sheffield; it was ...
As with most London squares the central garden was originally for the private use of the residents of the surrounding houses, but it now belongs to the University of London and is open to the public. The square is named after the second wife of the 6th Duke of Bedford , Lady Georgiana Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon .
Originally the site of a plague pit, [1] this west London square was brought into being from the 1670s onwards. [2] The square was possibly laid down by Sir Christopher Wren; the plan bears Wren's signature, but the patent does not state whether it was submitted by the petitioners or whether it originated in Wren's office. [2]