Retail Gallery

Harrods Shoe Department 1919 BL24450_021

HARRODS, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London. Baroque luxury of the ladies shoe department in Harrods. The ornate plaster ceiling and the lavish use of space emphasise the exclusive nature of the store. It was rebuilt following a fire in 1884 and was given a major extension in 1901-5. Photographed by Bedford Lemere & Co in April 1919

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Wood Green JLP01_09_800371

WOOD GREEN SHOPPING CITY, HARINGEY, GREATER LONDON. A view of the Mayes Road entrance to the Market Hall at Wood Green Shopping City, with the spiral ramps of the west car park rising above.
Wood Green Shopping City, later renamed The Mall Wood Green, is a large shopping centre and housing complex. The site has a unique design, with the A105 (High Road) running through its centre, and a housing complex known as Sky City built on top of the shop units. Laing's London Region were responsible for the construction of various sections of the site in the 1970s to early 1980s. The most notable of these contracts was the Phase II contract, which included the main shopping centre to the west of the A105

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Mr Selfridges Room, Lansdowne House BL25525

LANSDOWNE HOUSE, Berkeley Square, London. An interior view of Mr Selfridge's Room. Photographed by Bedford Lemere and Company, 1921. At the time of this photograph, Lansdowne House was leased to the American retail entrepreneur Gordon Selfridge, of Selfridge's department store fame. Lansdowne House was the family home of the Marquesses of Lansdowne, but like many London homes of the aristocracy, it proved difficult for the owners to maintain in the harsh British economic climate after the First World War, and prior to a period of it being leased out to occupiers, it was finally sold off and became a gentlemen's and ladies club

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