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Between 1898 and 1915 the entire north side of the street was demolished for the construction of the Government Offices Great George Street. The street houses the headquarters of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, whose building includes the only surviving 1750s façade, and the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Mar 5, 2022 · The £200m project by the Chinatown Development Company ( CDC) envisaged new shops, homes and offices off Great George Street and was expected to revive the city's historic Chinatown community...
- Early History of The Site.
- Formation of Great George Street.
- In The Council's Collection Are:—
Up to the middle of the 18th century the site of Great George Street (fn. n1)was occupied by Antelope Alley, Blue Boar's Head Yard, George Yardand Bell Alley, all running east to west, that portion of the western side ofKing Street which lay between Antelope Alley and Bell Alley, and part ofDelahay Street (Plate 13). Antelope Alley was so called fr...
In 1750 Westminster Bridge was completed and Bridge Street, its newwestern approach, opened out into Parliament Street and King Streetdirectly in front of George Yard. The continuation of Bridge Street westwards seemed a quite obvious improvement, but it was left to a privateindividual to carry it out as a speculation. In 1752–3 James Mallors(the b...
(fn. n40)plan of part of the Parish of St. Margaret's showing the improvement of Gt. GeorgeStreet from Westminster Bridge to the Park. Taken between 1734 and 1748 (Pub. J. T.Smith, 1807) (engraving). A plan of part of St. Margaret's Parish, Westminster, showing the improvements ofParliament Street and George Street. Taken between 1734 and 1748 (Pub...
Great George Street, the broad thoroughfare leading in a direct line from Bridge Street to Birdcage Walk and St. James's Park, derives its name from standing on the site of an old stable-yard which belonged to an inn close by, bearing the sign of the "George and the Dragon."
Jan 3, 2013 · Part of the old warren was cleared in the 1740s and 1750s when the first Westminster Bridge was built and broad thoroughfares (Bridge Street, Parliament Street and Great George Street)...
“Great George Street,” surely identified now as the street in Westminster that leads from the southeast corner of St. James’s Park toward Westminster Bridge.
Dec 6, 2018 · The 20-foot monstrosity rose up in the middle of the road, between Bridge Street and Great George Street in London, two arms stretching up during the day, a gas lamp glowing like a gaping...
