Oxford Street is a major street in London, and one of the most busiest shopping centers in the city. Hundreds of shops and hundreds of thousands of visitors daily, in modern times Oxford Street is bustling center of city life. It is also one of the most dangerous streets in the city, hosting most of London’s pickpockets and, back in the 1970s, several Irish Repubican Army bombings. In modern times, while still often viewed as a trashier area, it is undeniably an area in the culture of London.

In the 1920s things were very similar. Many large stores were opening up like the original HMV record store, introducing Londoners to music that would later go on to start the British Invasion of music in the 1960s. The Selfridges department store, althought opening 1909...

St. Jame's Park has went through massive transformations since it was deemed a Royal Park.  It is the oldest Royal Park in London.  In 1532, Henry VIII stated that St. Jame's Park would house a population of deer for his hunting hobby.  The park stayed as a hunting ground for kings and queens until the Hanoverian period. Not long after, the park was opened to the public.  A large canal and natural- looking lake were constructed to give St. Jame's Park a romantic style and atmosphere.  Unfortunately, the romance ended during the first World War.  The biggest fear that Londoners had was that St. Jame's Park would become a target for an air raid.  St. Jame's Park is bound by Buckingham Palace, The Mall, and Westminster.  All three of these locations house the most important people in all of Britain.  The natural- looking lake was quickly drained so that no enemy pilot would be able to detect if they were flying over St. Jame's Park or not.  In March of 1915, The Times...

1920s

It was an important year for London in 1920. This was the year that the Cenotaph was unveiled in stone. It began as a wooden/ plaster memorial for Peace Day in July of 1919. It was originally intened as a temporary memorial, but following the First World War, it was modified to be erected for a continuous reminder of those fallen soldiers. Due to an uproar and public demand, King George V pulled the cord on the Union Jack that shrouded the Cenotaph. Cenotaph in Greek means  "Glorious Dead". The Cenotaph is an empty burial cite, but a cornerstone for all of London and the world. It was erected on Whitehall, a very important road in London. Whitehall is used the same as "washington" in the states when referring to government. Whitehall road recieved its name from the palace that once resided in that area. Surrounding the building of Whitehall are other government buildings, one of which being the home of the Prime minister. Whitehall has been the site...

1925: Harley Street is in Marylebone which is in centeral London.  It is known for its large number of medicine and surgery speacialists and those numbers only increased as time went on.  But before that it consisted of a small amount of house, but doctors were drawn to these areas because the houses were spacious enough for them to double as surgery areas and their residences.  It was named after Edward Harley who marreid Henrietta Cavendish Holles, daughter of the Duke of Newcastle. 

Today: This area is managed by the Howard de Walden Estate. There are about 3,000 people who are employed on Harley Street, such as plastic surgeons and paramedics.  Medicine is one of the many reasons that classify Maryledone as a esteemed region to live in London with Prime Central status.  The London Clinic Cancer Care have some of the most cutting- edge radiology equiptmwnt in the world.  Marylebone is one of the most desireable places to live in London.

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