BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PROPOSED DOMINION HOUSE, LONDON.
This picture shows the magnificent site in the heart of London where it is proposed that a great Dominion House should be erw>- as head* quarters for all the Dominions' London representatives. The principal promoter of tho scheme is Earl Grey, lerly Governor-Gcnvul of Canada,-, who has secured a three-years' option over tho land—2} acres in the centre of London traffic. _ y Tho Dominion House would be one of the great landmarks of London liko St. Paul's, or Westminster Abbey, or, the ;< uses of ment. Tho site is at tho head of Kingsway (sliown at tho bottom of tho picture) and has its greatest frontage to ; h , olio semi-circular crescent in tho view). It also abuts on tho Strand, which can bo. seen routing horizontally across the picture. Tlv • •«.}.»•> ;n tho centre is St., Mary-Le-Strand, and tho triangular block at right hand of tho site is occupied by tho Marconi House and the ' ■;ihoatre, while on that at tie left hand the new Commonwealth building is in course of erection. ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1854, 13 September 1913, Page 11
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177BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PROPOSED DOMINION HOUSE, LONDON. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1854, 13 September 1913, Page 11
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