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Street and the south and east by alleys, which came out in the centre of the sides of the square. In comparison, the modern, extended, White Hart Street meets a longer Rose Street (which now runs just west of the original square) north of the current Paternoster Square. The only area the old and new square have in common is a small strip outside Warwick Court, where part of the building is set further back.
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The historic square was formerly the site of Newgate Market, a meat market serving much of London. By the late nineteenth century it was called Paternoster Square, taking the name from Paternoster Row. It was accessed on the north by Rose Street (originally Roe Street), the west by White Hart
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had been granted against public access to the square, defining it as private property. The square was repeatedly described as 'public space' in the plans for Paternoster Square, meaning the public is granted access but does not designate the square as a
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In the late 1980s, many tenants moved to other London sites, resulting in a number of premises being left vacant. That prompted landlords and the City of London to welcome proposals to redevelop the area. In 1990, architect
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lighting at night. The column was designed by William Whitfield's firm Whitfield Partners, and also serves as a ventilation shaft for a service road that runs beneath the square.
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Rebuilding was carried out between 1961 and 1967, but it involved only part of Holford's concept — the area of Paternoster Square between St Paul's churchyard and
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on 15 October 2011. Attempts to occupy Paternoster Square were thwarted by police, Police sealed off the entrance to Paternoster Square. A High Court
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The City of London was hit by one of the heaviest night raids of The Blitz on the night of 29 December 1940. Buildings on
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is a former historic square, renamed from Newgate Market c. 1872, and now a post-war urban redevelopment, owned by the
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The main monument in the redeveloped square is the 75 feet (23 m) tall Paternoster Square Column. It is a
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in 2004, that it was made up of "ghastly, monolithic constructions without definition or character".
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developed a scheme, sponsored by a newspaper competition and championed by the
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architecture, which would have been sympathetic with the nearby cathedral.
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dome and the Paternoster Square Column, from Paternoster Square
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in 2004. It is also the location of investment banks such as
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In 1996, permission was granted for a master plan by
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were destroyed. St Paul's Cathedral remained intact.
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The square is near the top of a modest rise known as
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was re-erected here as an entrance way to the plaza.
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covered flaming copper urn, which is illuminated by
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St Paul's Cathedral
Paternoster Square is located in Greater London
Mitsubishi Estate
51°30′53″N 0°5′58″W / 51.51472°N 0.09944°W / 51.51472; -0.09944
London Stock Exchange
www.paternosterlondon.co.uk

Mitsubishi Estate
St Paul's Cathedral
City of London
Paternoster Row
publishing
The Blitz
World War II
London Stock Exchange
Threadneedle Street
Goldman Sachs
Merrill
Nomura Securities
Fidelity Investments
privately owned public space
Christopher Wren
Temple Bar Gate
Ludgate Hill
Paternoster Row
Simpkin & Marshall
Blackwood
Longman
Collins

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