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London
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Excursion
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Soho
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Soho is known as the musical
and pleasure district of London.
Originally it was a hunting
ground and a legend has it that
Soho got its name from hunters
yelling out ‘So ho!’ as they were
riding through the fields.
The first ever disco, La Poubelle,
in London was in Soho
on Poland Street and was
opened in 1959. The look
of Soho changes constantly
and it is the first place to find
the latest trends. Around Soho
you can find noses on the walls.
It is an artistic installation called
The Seven Noses of Soho
and they are plaster casts
of the artist Rick Buckleys’ nose.
It is believed that there were
over 30 noses around Soho back
in 1997, but now there is only
10 because of vandalism.
Chinatown
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Chinatown is the unofficial name
for the area centred around
Gerrard Street. It is known
as the tiny Chinese ghetto
and it is home to about 60 000
Chinese in London. The area
is primarily commercial and it is
the focal point for the Chinese
community. It has a number
of Chinese restaurants, Chinese
supermarkets and souvenir
shops. Chinatown, as we can see
it today, has been there since
1950s, however it goes much
further back as it was originally
in East End in the Limehouse
but it burned down in the Great
Fire of London. In the 50s when
British soldiers came home from
the Far East they had developed
a taste for Chinese food and that
is how the development of
the current Chinatown started.
Piccadilly Circus
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Piccadilly Circus is a famous
road junction and public space
of London’s West End in the City
of Westminster, built in 1819
to connect Regent Street with
the major shopping street of
Piccadilly. In this context, a circus,
from the Latin word meaning
“circle”, is a round open space
at a street junction.
The Circus is particularly known
for its video display and neon
signs mounted on the corner
building on the northern side,
as well as the Shaftesbury
memorial fountain and statue
of an archer popularly known
as Eros. It is surrounded
by several noted buildings,
including the London Pavilion
and Criterion Theatre.
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