Year Published
2006
Abstract
Malls are not the invention of modern American life,
meeting its obsession with automobiles, merchandising, and leisure shopping.
Shakespeare’s London saw their introduction.
These London “exchanges” were multi-storied
structures, with numerous shops inside, nicely fulfilling shopping
and other needs and accounting for more than half of all London’s
shops. These exchanges were important real estate expressions of
London life and the urban scene. Historians have not paid them
sufficient heed.
meeting its obsession with automobiles, merchandising, and leisure shopping.
Shakespeare’s London saw their introduction.
These London “exchanges” were multi-storied
structures, with numerous shops inside, nicely fulfilling shopping
and other needs and accounting for more than half of all London’s
shops. These exchanges were important real estate expressions of
London life and the urban scene. Historians have not paid them
sufficient heed.
Research Category