Post by Azaziel on Feb 1, 2009 9:18:40 GMT 10
The look of Gt Queen Street is about to change:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7853943.stm
A road in London's West End that featured in the blockbuster Da Vinci Code novel is being reinvented as a public square.
Great Queen Street, which links Covent Garden and Drury Lane, was once a secret pathway used by royalty.
Planning officials hope to encourage greater pedestrian use of the area by creating an "oasis" beneath newly-planted trees.
The £640,000 improvement project should be completed by summer.
Great Queen Street was created in the 17th Century, as a private lane for Queen Anne, King James I's wife.
It sits close to the Freemasons' Hall, one of London's few grand Art Deco buildings from the 1930s that is still used for its original purpose. end quote
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7853943.stm
A road in London's West End that featured in the blockbuster Da Vinci Code novel is being reinvented as a public square.
Great Queen Street, which links Covent Garden and Drury Lane, was once a secret pathway used by royalty.
Planning officials hope to encourage greater pedestrian use of the area by creating an "oasis" beneath newly-planted trees.
The £640,000 improvement project should be completed by summer.
Great Queen Street was created in the 17th Century, as a private lane for Queen Anne, King James I's wife.
It sits close to the Freemasons' Hall, one of London's few grand Art Deco buildings from the 1930s that is still used for its original purpose. end quote