This photograph was taken in 1927/8. The photographer was standing in Piccadilly, looking towards Piccadilly Circus. The revue at the London Pavilion is ‘One Dam Thing After Another’ which opened in May 1927. The roadworks in the foreground was started in February 1925 and was part of the plan to construct a new booking hall and pedestrian subways due to a massive increase in tube usage. The work was completed in 1928.
While the work was being carried out, the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain – otherwise known as Eros – had been moved to Victoria Embankment Gardens.
Image: Photographer unknown
The upward extension of the London Pavilion (now the Trocadero) can clearly be seen in this photograph from September 2020. Eros had been restored to its original position but can been seen here in its current position – 40 feet away from the original spot. It had been moved in the 1980s.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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