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  1. 112 relations: Alannah Weston, Alison Jackson (artist), Art Deco, BBC London, BBC News, Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Birmingham, Bompas & Parr, Bond Street station, Bourne & Hollingsworth, British Museum, Building regulations in the United Kingdom, Burton (retailer), Carole Bamford, Cast iron, Central Group, Charles Clore, Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–1979), Churchill War Rooms, Concrete and Constructional Engineering, Creative Review, Daniel Burnham, David Beckham, Department store, Design Week, Dictionary of National Biography, Dornier Do 17, Dwell (magazine), Dwight D. Eisenhower, Elton John, Embassy of the United States, London, England, Filene's Department Store, Fire safety, Frame (design magazine), French Connection (clothing), Galen Weston, General Post Office, Gilbert Bayes, Grosvenor Square, Harper's Bazaar, Harrods, Harry Gordon Selfridge, Heinkel He 111, House of Fraser, Ionic order, John Burnet (architect), John Lewis & Partners, Lewis's, ... Expand index (62 more) »

  2. Beaux-Arts architecture in the United Kingdom
  3. Retail buildings in London
  4. Selfridges
  5. Subterranean London
  6. World War II sites in England

Alannah Weston

Alannah Elizabeth Weston (born January 8, 1972) is an Irish-Canadian businesswoman who is the former chairman of the Selfridges Group.

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Alison Jackson (artist)

Alison Jackson (born 15 May 1960) is an English artist, photographer and filmmaker.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.

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BBC London

BBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century.

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Beaux-Arts de Paris

The, formally the, is a French grande école whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Bompas & Parr

Bompas & Parr is a British food and beverage company focused on creating food art using gelatin desserts, colloquially called jellies.

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Bond Street station

Bond Street is an interchange station in Mayfair, in the West End of London for London Underground and Elizabeth line services.

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Bourne & Hollingsworth

Bourne & Hollingsworth, known also in its latter days as Bournes was a large department store on the corner of Oxford Street and Berners Street. Selfridges, Oxford Street and Bourne & Hollingsworth are department store buildings in the United Kingdom and shops in London.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Building regulations in the United Kingdom

Building regulations in the United Kingdom are statutory instruments or statutory regulations that seek to ensure that the policies set out in the relevant legislation are carried out.

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Burton (retailer)

Burton is a British online clothing retailer, former high street retailer and clothing manufacturer, specialising in men's clothing and footwear.

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Carole Bamford

Carole Gray Bamford, Baroness Bamford, OBE (Whitt; born April 1946), is a British businessperson who founded the Daylesford Organic Farmshops chain and the Bamford brand of women's products.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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Central Group

Central Group is a Thai multinational conglomerate consisting of subsidiaries in retail, property development, brand management, hospitality, and food and beverage sectors.

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Charles Clore

Sir Charles Clore (26 December 1904 – 26 July 1979) was a British financier, retail and property magnate, and philanthropist.

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Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–1979)

This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1970 to 1979.

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Churchill War Rooms

The Churchill War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. Selfridges, Oxford Street and Churchill War Rooms are military communications of the United Kingdom, Subterranean London and world War II sites in England.

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Concrete and Constructional Engineering

Concrete and Constructional Engineering was a magazine published in London, England, by Concrete Publications from 1906 to 1966.

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Creative Review

Creative Review is a bimonthly print magazine and website.

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Daniel Burnham

Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.

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David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham (born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City.

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Department store

A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category.

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Design Week

Design Week was a UK-based website, and formerly a magazine, for the design industry.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Dornier Do 17

The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber produced by Dornier Flugzeugwerke for the German Luftwaffe during World War II.

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Dwell (magazine)

Dwell is a design and technology brand.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Embassy of the United States, London

The Embassy of the United States of America in London is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the United Kingdom.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Filene's Department Store

Filene's Department Store was a department store building at 426 Washington Street in Downtown Crossing, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Fire safety

Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce destruction caused by fire.

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Frame (design magazine)

FRAME magazine (capitalized by its creators; the E in FRAME often appears mirror-reversed on the magazine's cover) is a magazine devoted to interior design, architecture, product design and exhibition design based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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French Connection (clothing)

French Connection (also branded as FCUK or fcuk) is a UK-based global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories and homeware.

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Galen Weston

Willard Gordon Galen Weston (October 29, 1940April 12, 2021) was a British-Canadian billionaire businessman and Chairman Emeritus of George Weston Limited, a Canadian food processing and distribution company.

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General Post Office

The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969.

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Gilbert Bayes

Gilbert William Bayes (4 April 1872 – 10 July 1953) was an English sculptor.

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Grosvenor Square

Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the Mayfair district of Westminster, Greater London.

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Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar is an American monthly women's fashion magazine.

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Harrods

Harrods is a British luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. Selfridges, Oxford Street and Harrods are department store buildings in the United Kingdom, retail buildings in London and shops in London.

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Harry Gordon Selfridge

Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. Selfridges, Oxford Street and Harry Gordon Selfridge are Selfridges.

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Heinkel He 111

The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.

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House of Fraser

House of Fraser and Frasers are a British department store chain with 25 locations across the United Kingdom and 2 in Ireland, part of Frasers Group.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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John Burnet (architect)

John Burnet (27 September 1814 – 15 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow.

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John Lewis & Partners

John Lewis & Partners (formerly and commonly known as John Lewis) is a British brand of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom, with concessions also located in Ireland. Selfridges, Oxford Street and John Lewis & Partners are shops in London.

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Lewis's

Lewis's is an online retailer and homeware brand.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London County Council

The London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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London Docklands

London Docklands is the riverfront and former docks in London.

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Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton, is a French luxury fashion house and company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Manhattan Mall

Manhattan Mall was an indoor shopping mall at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Marshall Field and Company Building

The Marshall Field and Company Building is a National Historic Landmark retail building on State Street in Chicago, Illinois.

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Marshall Field's

Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois.

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Metropolitan Buildings Office

The Metropolitan Buildings Office was formed in 1845 to regulate the construction and use of buildings in the metropolitan area of London, England.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Miniature golf

Miniature golf (also known as minigolf, putt-putt, crazy golf, and by several other names) is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.

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National Security Agency

The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

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Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States.

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Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos

Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, (15 March 1893 – 21 January 1972) was a British businessman from the Lyttelton family who was brought into government during the Second World War, holding a number of ministerial posts.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Peter Robinson (department store)

Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores with its flagship store being situated at Oxford Circus, London. Selfridges, Oxford Street and Peter Robinson (department store) are department store buildings in the United Kingdom and shops in London.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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R. Frank Atkinson

Robert Frank Atkinson (1869 – 15 June 1923) was a British architect.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano (born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect.

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Rose Selfridge

Rosalie Amelia Selfridge (née Buckingham; 5 July 1860 – 12 May 1918) was a property developer before becoming the wife of department store magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Selfridges, Oxford Street and Rose Selfridge are Selfridges.

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Sam Taylor-Johnson

Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood; born 4 March 1967) is a British film director and artist.

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Sears plc

Sears plc was a large British-based conglomerate.

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Seismometer

A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground displacement and shaking such as caused by quakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions.

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Selfridges

Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of upscale department stores in the United Kingdom that is operated by Selfridges Retail Limited, part of the Selfridges Group of department stores.

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SIGSALY

SIGSALY (also known as the X System, Project X, Ciphony I, and the Green Hornet) was a secure speech system used in World War II for the highest-level Allied communications.

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Spandrel

A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame, between the tops of two adjacent arches, or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square.

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Staffordshire blue brick

Staffordshire blue brick is a strong type of construction brick, originally made in Staffordshire, England.

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Steel frame

Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame.

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in northwest Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II.

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Sven Bylander

Sven Bylander (1877–1943) was a Swedish engineer who created steel reinforced buildings, designing some of the first steel-framed buildings in London.

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Teahouse

A teahouse or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments.

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Telex

Telex is a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange over the circuits of the public switched telephone network or by private lines.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

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The Shard

The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Bermondsey, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.

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Thomas S. Tait

Thomas Smith Tait (18 June 1882 – 18 July 1954) was a Scottish modernist architect.

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Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.

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Tony Blair

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

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Truvia

Truvia (also shown as truvía) is a brand of stevia-based sugar substitute developed jointly by The Coca-Cola Company and Cargill.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Signal Corps

The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces.

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V-2 rocket

The V2 (lit), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile.

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Visual merchandising

Visual merchandising is the practice in the retail industry of optimizing the presentation of products and services to better highlight their features and benefits.

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Vogue (magazine)

Vogue U.S., also known as American Vogue, or simply Vogue, (stylized in all caps) is a monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine that covers style news, including haute couture fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway.

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Wanamaker's

Wanamaker, originally known as John Wanamaker Department Store, was one of the first department stores in the United States.

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West End of London

The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, London, England, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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770 Broadway

770 Broadway is a landmarked mixed-use commercial office building in NoHo, Manhattan, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, occupying an entire square block between 9th Street on the north, Fourth Avenue to the east, 8th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.

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See also

Beaux-Arts architecture in the United Kingdom

Retail buildings in London

Selfridges

Subterranean London

World War II sites in England

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridges,_Oxford_Street

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