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Description: | After the lengthening of Shaftesbury Avenue, Piccadilly Circus became more like a square than a circus in shape. However it was so famous in its own right as a central point in London that the name has stuck.
The Criterion, on the right of this photo taken in 1900 was a theatre and restaurant complex. The building opened in 1874, designed by Thomas Verity. It was run by the caterers Speirs and Pond. The theatre was one of the first to be built entirely underground, although because of health and safety regulations this is no longer allowed.
The statue of Eros, or the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain as it is properly known was originally designed to represent the angel of Christian charity. It was designed to commemorate the life of Lord Shaftesbury, the Victorian philanthropist and statesman rather than Eros, the ancient Greek god of love. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Cityscape | Temporal: | 1900 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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