Empty Stanfords building, Long Acre
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Empty Stanfords building, Long Acre
Image: © Vieve Forward Taken: 13 Jul 2019
Home of Stanfords from 1901 to early in 2019, when they moved to 7 Mercer Walk. This shop provided maps for royalty and other notable figures such as Frederick Lugard, Ernest Shackleton, Captain Scott and Amy Johnson to name a few. It was featured in many books and was mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles when Dr Watson was sent to Stanfords to procure a map of Dartmoor for Sherlock Holmes. It is sad to see this impressive building empty, with its portico a shelter for a homeless person.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.512049
Longitude
-0.12615