A dive through other dives: architecture as the key to Soho’s history, with its waves of immigrants – Huguenots, East European Jews, Chinese. Has an elegiac quality in the face of the dispiriting transformation of Soho into something cleaner, shinier, more expensive and more dull than its glory days of grime.
Soho: A Street Guide to Soho’s History, Architecture and People
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£20.00
Edition:Hardback978029786932017/09/2020
Categories: 15. Books for Christmas 2020: Travel, Architecture & Interiors, Books for Christmas 2020, History, Travel
Tags: History, London
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