The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 142
... example , been hard enough to decide which streets should be widened and to what dimensions , but it was even harder to preserve those decisions intact . Directly men were able to ' ob- serve the ... streets in the city . . . marked out ...
... example , been hard enough to decide which streets should be widened and to what dimensions , but it was even harder to preserve those decisions intact . Directly men were able to ' ob- serve the ... streets in the city . . . marked out ...
Page 172
... example , but could not prevent , the gradual creation of markets in the suburbs , whilst it received nothing from those suburbs in return for its efforts to enforce stand- ards and to prevent frauds in commodity dealings , although the ...
... example , but could not prevent , the gradual creation of markets in the suburbs , whilst it received nothing from those suburbs in return for its efforts to enforce stand- ards and to prevent frauds in commodity dealings , although the ...
Page 232
... example of this type . They projected for many feet beyond the high tide mark . Too much importance should not be attached to the proposed new line . It was a draught representing the idea the City had in mind , and not a carefully ...
... example of this type . They projected for many feet beyond the high tide mark . Too much importance should not be attached to the proposed new line . It was a draught representing the idea the City had in mind , and not a carefully ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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