Dean Street
Dean Street is a street in Soho, central London, running from Oxford Street south to Shaftesbury Avenue. It crosses Old Compton Street and is linked to Frith Street by Bateman Street.
Historical figures and places
In 1764 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, then a young boy, gave a recital at 21 Dean Street.
Furniture maker William Hean lived at 17 Dean Street between 1827 and 1845. Karl Marx lived at 28 Dean Street between 1851 and 1856, above what is now the Hart Brothers restaurant Quo Vadis. The Marxes shared their house in Dean Street with Italian teachers and a cook and were very poor while living in the street. Their rooms were described by one visitor as being in "One of the worst, therefore one of the cheapest, quarters of London..." Three of their five children died while living here, all in infancy. Marx's collaborator Friedrich Engels also lived in an apartment at 28 Dean Street.
Sectors
The street has an association with healthcare. Over the years there have been various hospitals on the street including pioneering establishments for prevention and cure of diseases. The Royal Ear Hospital occupied number 10. An early maternity hospital was also located here and the
Dean Street has in recent years been a centre of the creative and advertising industries including film and video editing facilities; this was especially true from the 1960s to the 1990s.
There have been many music and theatre venues on the street, including the
Modern history
On 10 July 2009 a fire broke out on Dean Street. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries but nobody else was hurt. The building that caught fire was gutted.[3]
The start of a dramatic change to Dean Street began in March 2010 as the demolition commenced of an entire block (Great Chapel Street and Dean Street) in preparation for a western entrance to the new
Intersections
From north to south:
- Oxford Street – terminates
- Carlisle Street
- St Anne's Court
- Richmond Buildings (leading to Richmond Mews)
- Chapone Place
- Bateman Street
- Meard Street
- Bourchier Street
- Old Compton Street
- Romilly Street
- Shaftesbury Avenue – terminates
References
- ^ "Dean Street Townhouse London Hotel Review". Fodor’s Travel.
- ^ Johnson, David (1 February 1983). "69 Dean Street: The Making of Club Culture". The Face. No. 34. p. 26. Retrieved 7 April 2018 – via Shapersofthe80s.
- ^ "Building left gutted by Soho fire". BBC News Online. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
External links
- LondonTown.com information
- Panoramic view at the junction with Old Compton Street