St Giles Circus
St Giles Circus is a road junction in the
Formation
The circus derives its name from the nearby church of
Modern development
The area today is dominated by Centre Point Tower, located on the south-east corner on New Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road. Built between 1963 and 1966 by developer Harry Hyams, the brutalist tower was London's first "skyscraper", and is now a Grade II listed building.[3][8]
St Giles Circus has been since 2009 the site of construction for Crossrail, which have disrupted road flows and led to several buildings being demolished.[9]
The Dominion Theatre is close to the north-east corner, on Tottenham Court Road just above New Oxford Street. The London Astoria theatre was on the south west side. A new theatre to replace the Astoria, @sohoplace, opened in October 2022, the first new West End theatre in half a century.[10] An auditorium/gallery is planned for the south-east corner.[11][12][13]
References
- OCLC 45325918.
- ^ A Visit to the Rookery of St Giles and its Neighbourhood
- ^ a b "St Giles – Hidden London". hidden-london.com. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Clive's Underground Line Guides – Central Line, Dates". www.davros.org. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
- ^ Railways Through The Clay; Croome & Jackson; London; 1993; p169
- ^ Weinreb et al. 2008, p. 761.
- ^ Weinreb et al. 2008, pp. 143–144.
- ^ "Tottenham Court Road station". Crossrail. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Crossrail plans to transform Tottenham Court Road and West End approved". Crossrail. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ propertymall.com. "Final piece in £90m St Giles Circus development given the green light". www.propertymall.com. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "West End: First new large-scale theatre in 50 years to open". BBC News. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Saville, Alice (21 October 2022). "'Marvellous' review". Time Out. London. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-405-04924-5.