Alan,
On Wednesday, Nov 3, 2004, at 11:46 Europe/London, Alan Penn wrote:
> The "north of the river" "south of the river" divide in London is quite
> different to the 'south bank' cultural complex. In fact if you look at
> the
> spatial structure of the South Bank it is currently almost entirely
> northward connected. This is perceived as a problem by the SBC
> 'owners' and
> we have been working for some time to try and help integrate it
> southwards
> into what should be its local community (as well as northwards to get
> it
> thought of as a part of the 'west end' theatreland. London is very odd
> in
> that it has both a financial capital The City of London, and
> administrative/political capital The City of Westminster, and
> sandwiched
> between them the 'west end' retail, university and cultural areas. To
> confuse visitors the west end is in the middle. The east end is to the
> east
> and talks different.
There was a reason why I steered away from North London and South
London - East and West display more differences in wealth than North
and South (at least as far as my experience goes).
As far as I know over Central London, the term "the West End" is a
corruption - the place's original name was "West End" (a fairly common
village name in England - there are two near Bracknell, where I am
now). There is no "East End", it's a term referring to Eastern areas of
the city such as Spitalfields and Shoreditch, where "West End" is a
place name.
Now that I've thoroughly confused everyone, can I mention Southwark?
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