Gaslighting London
Aug 26, 2021
3 minutes
Charles Saumarez Smith on Architecture
UNTIL RECENTLY, most people (including me) would not have known that much of the City of Westminster is lit not by electric street lights, but by Victorian gas lamps.
As you walk along the north side of The Mall, cross St. James’s Park, browse the shops in Cecil Court at dusk or wander up some of the alleyways off St. Martin’s Lane, your path is lit not by the bright, white
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