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All the houses were shops, and the bridge was one of the City of London's four or five main shopping streets. There seems to have been a deliberate attempt to attract the more prestigious trades. In the late fourteenth century more than four-fifths of the shopkeepers were haberdashers , glovers, cutlers , bowyers and fletchers or from related ...
In the 1980s, with the increasing urban regeneration of the Thames Corridor and nearby London Docklands, the majority of the area was acquired by the St Martin's Property Corporation, the real estate arm of the State of Kuwait. [5] The easterly end of the site was developed as London Bridge City of which Hay's Galleria' forms part. The decision ...
Richer Sounds formally began trading in 1978 when Richer, then aged 19, opened his first shop near London Bridge, with the help of photography retailer Vic Odden.This shop established the record for highest sales per square foot of any retail outlet in the world in 1994, a record still current in 2023 according to the Guinness Book of Records.
Cheapside in 1823, looking west towards St Paul's Cathedral A view of Cheapside published in 1837 Photochrom of Cheapside, c. 1890–1900. Cheapside is the former site of one of the principal produce markets in London, cheap broadly meaning "market" in medieval English.
Work on replacing the old Victoria Street store began in 1973. The new building was completed in 1977, [1] designed by London architects Elsom Pack & Roberts. [10] In 1973, Army and Navy Stores was purchased by the House of Fraser. The John Barker & Co stores in Kensington and Eastbourne were integrated with Army & Navy.
Knightsbridge is home to many expensive shops, including the department stores Harrods and Harvey Nichols, and flagship stores of many British and international fashion houses, including those of London-based shoe designers Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik, and two Prada stores. The district also has banks that cater to wealthy individuals.
Selfridges is a Grade II listed retail premises on Oxford Street in London. It was designed by Daniel Burnham for Harry Gordon Selfridge, and opened in 1909. [1] Still the headquarters of Selfridge & Co. department stores, with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m 2) of selling space, [2] the store is the second largest retail premises in the United Kingdom [1] (after Harrods). [2]
Selfridges Building, Birmingham. Selfridge stores are known for architectural innovation and excellence, and are tourist destinations in their own right. [38] The original London store was designed by Daniel Burnham, who also created the Marshall Field's main store in his home town of Chicago.