 By 1820, Regent Street was beginning to flourish, and it held it's position, leading in the sale of fashion and luxury goods, for the next eighty years. Charles Dickens would have known this area well, having lived nearby, both in earlier and later life and his character Lord
Frederick Verisopht lived in 'a handsome suite of private apartments in
Regent Street' Nicholas Nickleby) 'QUADRANT (THE), REGENT STREET, was built when Regent-street was
built, by John Nash, the architect of Buckingham Palace. The arcade, which
covered the whole foot way, (supported by 145 cast-iron pillars), was removed in
December 1848. Thus was sacrificed the most beautiful and most original feature
in the street architecture of London. The reasons assigned for this removal
were, that, though picturesque in itself and of use on a rainy day, it darkened
the thoroughfare, lessened the value of the shops, and occasional other
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