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Wooden Sculpture of London Burns to Mark 350th Great Fire Anniversary

posted by n1 on Monday September 05 2016, @09:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the shouting-fire-in-a-catherdral dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Flames once again licked the historic buildings of Britain's capital as a wooden replica of 17th century London went up in smoke to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

The Great Fire began at a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in the early hours of Sept. 2, 1666, and spread rapidly through the wooden structures of the old city.

[...] The old, medieval St Paul's Cathedral was completely destroyed by the fire, and then rebuilt in its present form following the designs of architect Christopher Wren.

The wooden replica was designed by American artist David Best and built by unemployed young Londoners over several months.

Source: Reuters

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  • (Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Monday September 05 2016, @10:41PM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Monday September 05 2016, @10:41PM (#397911) Journal

    One of the unintended consequences was the missed opportunity to remake London with a modern layout. [wikipedia.org]

    Following the Fire, the thoroughfares of Queen Street and King Street were newly laid out, cutting across more ancient thoroughfares in the City, creating a new route up from the Thames to the Guildhall; they were the only notable new streets following the fire's destruction of much of the City.

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  • (Score: 2) by ilPapa on Tuesday September 06 2016, @03:07AM

    by ilPapa (2366) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @03:07AM (#397958) Journal

    One of the unintended consequences was the missed opportunity to remake London with a modern layout.

    Unlike Chicago, which rebuilt itself in a very sensible way after the Fire. Nice wide streets in a regular grid oriented to the cardinal compass positions. A few diagonal streets for efficiency. A public lakefront running the length of the city.

    You could say the Great Fire was the best thing to happen to Chicago in the long run.

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    You are still welcome on my lawn.

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 06 2016, @03:49AM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @03:49AM (#397964)

    From the Wikipedia article it seems that the ownership of land and compensation were the problems. The plots are weird shapes, and no doubt come from the shapes of the original medieval buildings, which have persisted.
    I walked from the St. Pauls YHA hostel down to The Albion on Fleet St every night for about a week in 2012, and got lost almost every time.