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Lloyds Of London: Its state events—coronations, openings of Parliament, and changings of the guard—are almost the last remaining manifestations of medieval royal pageantry. Many of its institutions—from the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate Gallery, Covent Garden, and the Bank of England to Lloyds of London and the Boy Scouts—are headquarters of international activity.
They either have been completed in the last year or have planning permission, so together they present a realistic view of future London - a snapshot of the work of contemporary architects.
The 'London Wall' is arranged by London Borough to illustrate how change is affecting local communities as well as the wider metropolis.
Prefabulous London will explain why modern house types can answer the need for new homes in the capital.
London. The appropriate place to end a tour of Britain is London, the English capital, for there is summed up the character of the whole country.
London is not, like New York, a metropolis alien to its own hinterland. Cosmopolitan though it is, and thronged always with thousands of foreigners, it still remains the quintessence of Brit-ishness. It is no longer the largest city in the world, but it is perhaps the most widely experienced. Dr. Johnson said of it that "when a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." It remains for many travelers, in the words of John Gunther, "the king city of them all." |
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