Characters of FitzroviaBetween Oxford Street and Euston Road, bordered by Portland Place, Gower Street and Tottenham Court Road, lies a mysteriously evocative area, close to London's heart, known as Fitzrovia. For over 400 years this is where the bohemian life of London has flourished. Fitzrovia is a strange mix with an extraordinary history, one that also holds up a mirror to the rest of the city. For the avant garde, for artists and artisan, Fitzrovia has been a home, the creative hub, full of studios, craftshops and trysting places. Of sex, murder and mayhem, Fitzrovia has had more than its fair share. Alongside grandeur and elegance, exiles and emigres occupied shabby tenements and introduced new styles of cafe and restaurant. Revolutionaries and radicals gathered here. Spivs and spies, princes and prostitutes all jostled in its streets. Medical professionals mingled in institutions set up by free-thinkers, with intellectuals and inventors. Radio and television programmes from Fitzrovia, broadcast to the world, shaped the culture of an empire and a nation. Independent publishing clusters in Fitzrovia, near the legendary pubs where writers and poets met and drank in the 1940s and 50s. From bawdy house |
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... building with a steep roof and a weather vane , designed by James Gibbs , was built in 1721 ( demolished in 1880 ) , to service and stimulate the Cavendish Square development . Under its arcades it would have been possible to buy apples ...
... building with a steep roof and a weather vane , designed by James Gibbs , was built in 1721 ( demolished in 1880 ) , to service and stimulate the Cavendish Square development . Under its arcades it would have been possible to buy apples ...
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... buildings . In 1884-85 a Royal Commission found overcrowding was worse than ever . Only very well off artisans could ... building , it was furnished with chairs and sofas covered in twill , chandeliers and handsome green curtains , the ...
... buildings . In 1884-85 a Royal Commission found overcrowding was worse than ever . Only very well off artisans could ... building , it was furnished with chairs and sofas covered in twill , chandeliers and handsome green curtains , the ...
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... building dust , and huge cranes . For the people who lived there it was like a return to the 19th century . Landlords who wanted to sell did not maintain the properties , and residential Fitzrovia was substantially reduced . ' Sweet ...
... building dust , and huge cranes . For the people who lived there it was like a return to the 19th century . Landlords who wanted to sell did not maintain the properties , and residential Fitzrovia was substantially reduced . ' Sweet ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Rabblerousers Radicals and Revolutionaries 2 Royalty and Gentry | 2 |
Murderers and Manslaughterers | 3 |
Copyright | |
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