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Description: | The Palladian building on the left, opposite the Wellington Arch, was once the residence of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House. Built by Robert Adams in 1778 and impressively addressed 'Number 1, London', it is still occupied by his descendants. There is now a museum about Wellington's life in one section of the building.
The building at the end of the row on the left is a new block of expensive flats, described by Charles White, the original cataloguer of this photo, as an 'ugly
green-banded skyscraper.'
Although there were many flats built along Piccadilly in late Victorian and Edwardian times, soon the sound of the traffic and the high rents persuaded the smart residents out into quieter areas. First private members' clubs, then increasingly offices and hotels, took their places. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Cityscape | Temporal: | 3 Jul 1923 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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