Twentieth century palace; the Piccadilly Hotel; with some notes on the history, landmarks & worthies of Piccadilly & Regent street . The Removal of the Quadrant, 1819. shape as possible is the earnest desire of the proprietorsoi the Piccadilly Hotel, and to the accomplishment ofthis task the following pages will be devoted. They \ -- Piccadilly East about 1850. A Tivfntifth Centuvv Palace. II have at the same time made a collection of rare printsand engraved portraits relating to Piccadilly and itsneignbournood one of the decorative features of the newbuilding. The lines upon which the Piccadi
Twentieth century palace; the Piccadilly Hotel; with some notes on the history, landmarks & worthies of Piccadilly & Regent street . The Removal of the Quadrant, 1819. shape as possible is the earnest desire of the proprietorsoi the Piccadilly Hotel, and to the accomplishment ofthis task the following pages will be devoted. They \ -- Piccadilly East about 1850. A Tivfntifth Centuvv Palace. II have at the same time made a collection of rare printsand engraved portraits relating to Piccadilly and itsneignbournood one of the decorative features of the newbuilding. The lines upon which the Piccadilly Hotel has beenerected are in perfect consonance with those traced longago by the great artists of the past—Sir Christopher. St. Jamess Square and Church with Piccadilly East, ahout 1750. Wren, the designer of St. James s Church, and theowners and the architects of Devonshire, Clarendon, andMelbourne Houses. Those to whom the management ofthe Piccadilly Hotel has been entrusted feel assured thatits patrons cannot fail to realise how much the enterprise,for which its projectors are responsible, is calculated bothin the present and the future to justify Cowper sprophetic lines : 12 The Piccadilly Hotel. Such London is, by taste and wealth proclaim dThe fairest capital oi all the world. Where finds Philosophy her eagle eye ? In London. Where her implements exact ? In London. Where has commerce such a mart. So throngd, so draind, and so supplied As London—opulent, enlargd and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old. Not more the glory of the Earth than she, A more accomplishd worlds chief glory now-
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