WREN’S SPIRES are among the historic buildings that are being dwarfed by the pinnacles of commerce as expanding London reaches towards the sky. In the foreground is the spire of St. Vedast’s Church, Foster lane. The theme of the special article on this page today is that pressure of population and traffic leave the tearing down and rebuilding of London, with the ruthless sacrifice of historic buildings, the only alternative to the spread of London to the Cotswolds by the 1970’s.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30398, 24 March 1964, Page 16
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81WREN’S SPIRES are among the historic buildings that are being dwarfed by the pinnacles of commerce as expanding London reaches towards the sky. In the foreground is the spire of St. Vedast’s Church, Foster lane. The theme of the special article on this page today is that pressure of population and traffic leave the tearing down and rebuilding of London, with the ruthless sacrifice of historic buildings, the only alternative to the spread of London to the Cotswolds by the 1970’s. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30398, 24 March 1964, Page 16
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