The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 48
... authorities had to play for time whilst the deficiencies were made good . This called for considerable skill . The majority of the citizens were either living as best they could in the inconvenience and discomfort of temporary ...
... authorities had to play for time whilst the deficiencies were made good . This called for considerable skill . The majority of the citizens were either living as best they could in the inconvenience and discomfort of temporary ...
Page 81
... authorities took the only possible means of preventing this when they insisted on the building of standard houses . One type might be built in by - streets , a larger in high streets . ' The heights , storeys , thickness of walls and ...
... authorities took the only possible means of preventing this when they insisted on the building of standard houses . One type might be built in by - streets , a larger in high streets . ' The heights , storeys , thickness of walls and ...
Page 86
... authorities who could come to no decision about the churches to be discontinued . It was commonly agreed that all the burnt churches could not be rebuilt , but there the agreement ended . The various patrons had no wish to see their ...
... authorities who could come to no decision about the churches to be discontinued . It was commonly agreed that all the burnt churches could not be rebuilt , but there the agreement ended . The various patrons had no wish to see their ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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