London(2.8) St. Christopher's Place はステキな小路。考えた街づくりをする人がいるのです。

2020/01/30 - 2020/01/30

Oxford Street から細い小路に入ると，そこは，St. Christopher's Place。ステキな小路です。歴史を調べると，きれいな街づくりをする人がいるのです。Robin Spiro という人です。

エリア ロンドン(イギリス)

• 旅行の満足度: 4.0
• 観光: 4.0
• ショッピング: 4.0

• 交通手段: 鉄道 徒歩
• 旅行の手配内容: 個別手配

Oxford Street にこんな「切れ目」があるのです。気がつきましたか。

オックスフォード ストリート 散歩・街歩き

細い路地。

奥へ入りましょう。

案内図。

ST CHRISTOPHER'S PLACE

"From a forgotten backwater to one of London's loveliest shopping streets"

18th Century - Originally known as Barretts Court after the local owner John Barrett.
In the 18th Century and early 19th Century the area became a slum, situated off Tyburn Street.
now Oxford Street, which lead directly to the Tyburn Gallows at Marble Arch. The last
public hanging took place in 1783.

19th Century - Redeveloped in the 1870's for social housing under
the patronage of Octavia Hill, joint founder of the National Trust,
the street also included a variety of historic trades - lampmaking,
chandlers, cheese-mongers, drapers and bookmakers.
The Lamb and Flag public house became a favourite
haunt for anarchists.

20th Century - While adjoining Oxford Street became the
busiest shopping street in Britain, St Christopher's Place declined and
by 1967 there were many empty properties. A major modern office redevelopment
was proposed with the buildings being demolished.

It was then that Robin Spiro, a somewhat unconventional property developer,
appeared on the scene believing, against the prevailing trend, that demolition was not
the answer and that a period, small scale, shopping thouroughfare
could successfully preserve something of the past in today's busy world.

And so St Christopher's Place was transformed into one of
London's loveliest shopping streets.

Robin Spiro という人が，現代の St. Christopher Place を造った人のようです。

立派な人がいるものです。

New York のHigh Line の複雑な苦労の歴史を思い出しますね。
High Line の歴史はこっちをご覧ください。
https://4travel.jp/travelogue/11543189

喫茶店。

'Place' の回り。

いいところです。

現代の街です。

いい感じ。

なごみます。

いつまでもいたい。

でも，行くところがまだあります。

カルッチオズ (セントクリストファーズ プレイス店) イタリアン

あっち。

どんどん。

北へ。