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Ovals, Squares, and Duodecagons |
| Section: THE ARTS / ARCHITECTURE |
| Author: Marcus Binney |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1989 |
| Size: 1,830 Words, 10,917 Characters |
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In London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, three great groups of city squares tell the story of the greatest contribution the British Isles have made to civilized urban living.
If you want to see London at its most beautiful and urbane, take a stroll through Belgravia in spring or autumn on a brilliant sunny morning. When the trees are in first or last leaf you can look across the squares and see the gleaming white or cream stucco terraces.
Of course, great squares and piazzas have been the focal points of towns since the earliest civilizations--whether for ceremonies and public gatherings or for markets. The particular British contribution has been to develop the city square for purely domestic use--with terrace houses taking the place of palaces, public buildings, temples, and churche...
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...ng to a range of public institutions and societies, all relatively easy of access. In the course of an hour, you will see more elegant Georgian houses than you could see in a year in London, Edinburgh, Boston, or Philadelphia. Halls, staircases, living rooms in virtually every house have marvelous plasterwork--far more elaborate than you would find anywhere else in the English-speaking world.
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