Oxford Street / edited by Andrew Saint.

London : Published for the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2020.
©2020

xviii, 421 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 30 cm

Survey of London ; volume 53

Oxford Street is among the world's great shopping streets, renowned for its department stores and the vitality of its crowded sidewalks. As a thoroughfare, Oxford Street goes back to Roman times. It was formerly known under the earlier name of Tyburn Road and was notorious as the route of the condemned to the gallows near the site of the present Marble Arch. This exceptional book is the latest in the famous 'Survey of London' series, and the first to focus on a single street. It offers new insights into the growth of shops and shopping in the British capital, as well as a wealth of data, photographs, and drawings illuminating the buildings and activities that have given Oxford Street character. Written in the accessible prose that is a hallmark of the 'Survey of London', it is handsomely designed in the Survey's house style and illustrated with 385 photographs and drawings with most previously unpublished.

9781913107086 (hardcover)
1913107086 (hardcover)

Historic buildings England London.
Architecture England London.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Historic buildings.
Architektur
Infrastruktur
Oxford Street (Westminster, London, England) History.
Oxford Street (Westminster, London, England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England London.
England London Oxford Street (Westminster)
Oxford Street

History.

Saint, Andrew, editor.
Survey of London ; v. 53.

Survey of London. Oxford Street

Location: Library main 308189
Call No.: BIB 253617
Status: Available