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London has had a long history with squares in London. There are currently many squares which were formerly part of much larger parks. Many of the current squares have become world famous landmarks, in particular Trafalgar Square. For the group sometimes known as Landmark, see Landmark Education Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature, used by explorers and others to find their way back through an area on a return trip. ...
Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...
The parks can be split according to garden squares and other squares.
Garden squares
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Russell Square Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, London. ...
St Jamess Square in 1750, looking north St. ...
Squares as landmarks - This list is incomplete.
Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...
Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ...
Other squares London has many squares. A few such as as Trafalgar Square, were built as public open spaces, like the city squares found in many cities, but most of them originally contained private communal gardens for use by the inhabitants of the surrounding houses (these are sometimes known as garden squares). This type of space is most prevalent in central London, but squares are also found in the suburbs. Some of these gardens are now open to the public, while others are still private. "Square" is a generic term for such spaces, and many of them are not actually square, or even rectangular. Some have the word "square" in their name, while others do not. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...
In the United States, a town square is an area in the middle of a traditional town consisting of a park or plaza and surrounded by small shops. ...
Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ...
The making of residential squares came to an end in the early twentieth century, with one of the last being designed by Edwin Lutyens for Hampstead Garden Suburb. But in the last quarter of the twentieth century a fashion for making office squares developed. This trend was led by the Broadgate development. Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was a leading 20th century English architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. ...
Hampstead Garden Suburb is an example of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning located in the London Borough of Barnet in North West London. ...
The Broadgate site features several works of public art, the largest of which is Richard Serras 55 ft high, free standing sculpture, Fulcrum 1987. ...
References
External links - London Parks and Gardens Trust
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