Slide Title
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Date
11-1972
Description
Eaton Square is actually a long narrow square west of Buckingham Palace in Belgravia, a district of Central London. Most of Belgravia was developed, under the supervision of Thomas Cubitt, when George IV commissioned the rebuilding of Buckingham Palace. Cubitt based his plan for Belgravia on four squares which were linked by roads. Eaton Square was completed in the year of Cubitt’s death, 1855. This photograph, taken in 1972, shows housing on one of it’s six terraces.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1788-1855
Creator 2 Role
Developer
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
dwellings; architecture; housing; Eaton Square; Belgravia; London; Westminster; street view; city blocks;
Notes
Saunders, Ann. The Art and Architecture of London. (Oxford, 1984). pp. 174-6