Eisenhower Centre London
The deep level tunnels at Goodge Street have had a particularly interesting history; during the Second World War, they were equipped as General Eisenhower's headquarters and since then they have been used as an army transit camp until a serious (but non-fatal) fire closed the camp on the night of May 21st 1956. Officials were alarmed by the fire and deep level shelters were no longer considered suitable for accommodation. Since then, several of these tunnels have been used to store archived material with One of Goodge Street's pill box entrances has been smartly decorated by the company currently in occupation and it has been named The Eisenhower Centre in in memory of the American President who used it as his Second World War command centre (Yes, that's spelt correctly though arguably it should be "center" as he was an American :-) ).
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