the beautiful game : 無料・フリー素材/写真
the beautiful game / _sarchi
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | ACMEmapper v2The Seven Dials area first came into being when, in 1690, William III granted Thomas Neal freehold of the land (then known as "Marshland" or "Cock and Pye Fields" after a pub on the site). This kind of thing didn't come cheap! Neale was required to purchase the remainder of the lease for £4000 and pay rent of £800 per annum additionally.To cope with this financial burden he designed a street system based on a six-pointed star (the seventh was added later), which dramatically increased the amount of housing he could build and rent. At the centre of the star he had an enormous sundial erected.However, over the next hundred years, the area declined in affluence - from the homes of well-to-do merchants and lawyers to one of the most notorious slums in London. In 1773 the sundial was demolished in an attempt to stop gatherings of ne'er do wells who, quite rightly, thought it was the best place in the area to meet. Further attempts to clear the slum came in 1889 when Shaftesbury Avenue was driven through the heart of the area.At this point Covent Garden Market moved in and little changed for several decades until, in the early 70's Covent Garden Market moved out. By 1974 Seven Dials was declared a conservation area and, since then, great and sympathetic efforts have been made to restore the area to its former glories.Happily, that point has now been reached and Seven Dials is, once again, an oasis in the centre of London - packed with small, independent shops and leasing floor space to many small businesses. The curse of the conglomerate has been forcibly kept from the area.In short, a real attempt has been made to preserve the village feel (you can tell by the well-tended window boxes alone) that characterised many of the London boroughs before the capital contrived to swallow them up. |
| 撮影日 | 2002-10-10 15:39:01 |
| 撮影者 | _sarchi |
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| 撮影地 | London, England, United Kingdom 地図 |