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This landmark junction, now a festival of lights and advertisements, had very humble origins as a connecting point between three different sections of Regent Street. [[Piccadilly Circus]] was constructed in 1819, and derives its name from Pickadilly Hall, home of the famous seventeenth-century tailor Robert Baker, located nearby. Baker's specialty was the pickadilly, a frilly collar at the height of fashion, especially in the 1620s. | This landmark junction, now a festival of lights and advertisements, had very humble origins as a connecting point between three different sections of [[Regent Street]]. [[Piccadilly Circus]] was constructed in 1819, and derives its name from Pickadilly Hall, home of the famous seventeenth-century tailor Robert Baker, located nearby. Baker's specialty was the pickadilly, a frilly collar at the height of fashion, especially in the 1620s. | ||
Personally, I think the frilly pickadilly is due for a comeback. Make it so, hipsters. | Personally, I think the frilly pickadilly is due for a comeback. Make it so, hipsters. | ||
Okay, one thing I must make clear is that there was never an actual circus at Piccadilly Circus. No clowns, no animals, no eight-fingered wranglers. Circus here refers to the fact that the junction was once a circle, but the shape of Piccadilly changed in the 1880s, when Shaftesbury Avenue was created and cut through the circle. | Okay, one thing I must make clear is that there was never an actual circus at Piccadilly Circus. No clowns, no animals, no eight-fingered wranglers. Circus here refers to the fact that the junction was once a circle, but the shape of Piccadilly changed in the 1880s, when {{Wiki|Shaftesbury Avenue}} was created and cut through the circle. | ||
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Revision as of 07:09, 14 December 2018
This landmark junction, now a festival of lights and advertisements, had very humble origins as a connecting point between three different sections of Regent Street. Piccadilly Circus was constructed in 1819, and derives its name from Pickadilly Hall, home of the famous seventeenth-century tailor Robert Baker, located nearby. Baker's specialty was the pickadilly, a frilly collar at the height of fashion, especially in the 1620s.
Personally, I think the frilly pickadilly is due for a comeback. Make it so, hipsters.
Okay, one thing I must make clear is that there was never an actual circus at Piccadilly Circus. No clowns, no animals, no eight-fingered wranglers. Circus here refers to the fact that the junction was once a circle, but the shape of Piccadilly changed in the 1880s, when Shaftesbury Avenue was created and cut through the circle.