Sport and General Photo. FAMOUS LONDON THOROUGHFARE IN 10 YEARS’ TIME.—A drawing of Whitehall, London, the most famous street in the British Empire, as it will look when the proposed new block of Government offices is erected. The building, in the centre of the picture at the back of the famous Cenotaph, is estimated to cost nearly £2,000,000 and will house a staff of 5360 people. It will have a frontage of 550 ft and a depth varying between 205 ft and 300 ft, and will be eight storeys high. It will take 10 years to build.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19026, 28 May 1936, Page 14
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97Sport and General Photo. FAMOUS LONDON THOROUGHFARE IN 10 YEARS’ TIME.—A drawing of Whitehall, London, the most famous street in the British Empire, as it will look when the proposed new block of Government offices is erected. The building, in the centre of the picture at the back of the famous Cenotaph, is estimated to cost nearly £2,000,000 and will house a staff of 5360 people. It will have a frontage of 550 ft and a depth varying between 205ft and 300 ft, and will be eight storeys high. It will take 10 years to build. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19026, 28 May 1936, Page 14
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