Wren proposes a new London
1666 · Event
Five days after the fire dies, Christopher Wren lays before the king a plan for a city of piazzas and avenues — beaten to the palace door by John Evelyn with a scheme of his own. Property rights defeat them both: London rebuilds on its medieval street lines, but in brick and stone, wider and taller, with Wren's fifty-one churches rising over it.
On these timelines: The Plague and Fire of London, England, Arts and Thoughts, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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