West End (London)
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West End er et område i London mest inden for City of Westminster. Det er særlig kendt som byens teaterdistrikt og omfatter også flere af de største turistattraktioner og handelsgader.
Området ligger vest for City of London, byens centrum i romersk tid og middelalderen. Det var længe et boligområde for den rigere del af befolkningen, fordi vinden sjælden blæste røgen fra resten af London i den retning. Den lå også nær Westminster, landets magtcentrum. Området blev udbygget særligt i 17. til 19. århundrede.
Definitionen af området er fleksibel:
Enkelte gange menes det historiske West End, som omfatter en stor del af det centrale London vest for City, med Park Lane og Hyde Park som en naturlig afgrænsning vestover.
Andre gange menes teaterområdet omkring Leicester Square og Covent Garden eller forretningerne omkring Oxford Street, Regent Street og Bond Street. Knightsbridge, som geografisk set ikke tilhører West End, kaldes ofte West End Shopping, fordi de har eksklusive butikker som dem i det egentlige West End.
Steder i West End
- Euston
- Bloomsbury
- Holborn
- Covent Garden
- Seven Dials
- Soho
- Fitzrovia
- Westminster
- Marylebone
- Pimlico
- Mayfair
- St James's
- Victoria
Kendte gader
- Charing Cross Road
- Oxford Street
- Regent Street
- Bond Street
- Shaftesbury Avenue
- Tottenham Court Road
- The Strand
- Piccadilly
- Kingsway
- Wardour Street
Kendte pladser
- Leicester Square
- Trafalgar Square
- Berkeley Square
- Piccadilly Circus
- Oxford Circus
- Hyde Park Corner
- Marble Arch
- Soho Square
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Coca-Cola has had a sign at Piccadilly Circus since 1956.
Hyundai Motors sign is the newest of the six, launching on 29 September 2011. It replaced a sign for Sanyo which had occupied the space unchanged since 1987, the last to be run by traditional neon lights rather than Hyundai's computerised LED screen. Earlier Sanyo signs with older logos had occupied the position since 1978, although these were only half the size of the current space.
TDK added its sign in 1990, the space having been previously used by Schweppes (1920-61), BP (1961-7), Cinzano (1967-78), Fujifilm (1978-86) and Kodak (1986-90). The original neon sign remained almost unchanged for twenty years, although in 2001, the colour of the background lamps was changed from green to blue, and the words "Audio & Video Tape" and "Floppy Disks" under the TDK logo were removed. In 2010, the sign was replaced by an LED screen.
McDonald's added its sign in 1987, replacing one for BASF. The sign was changed from neon to LED in 2001. A bigger, brighter screen was installed in 2008.
Samsung added its sign in November 1994, the space having been previously occupied by Canon (1978-84) and Panasonic (1984-94). The sign was changed from neon to LED in summer 2005. The screen was upgraded and improved in autumn 2011.
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