LONDON BOULEVARD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 391, 19 March 1908, Page 4

LONDON BOULEVARD.

Old Scheme which may yet he Completed.

A tree and flower-lined boulevard, three miles in length and of adequate width; running through the heart of Central London, is a by no means impossible dream to the near future. The boulevard already exists in a mutilated state, and consists of the Marylebone, Fusion, and Pentonville roads. These three important thoroughfares were originally known as the New Road. The road was constructed under powers conferred by an Act of Parliament passed in 1756, and extended fromEdgware road, near Paddington, to the Great Northern road at Islington. In the Act is was laid down that “ no buildings shall be erected upon any foundation by any proprietor or occupier adjacent to the said road within 50ft of the said road.” This counsel of perfection was not very rigidly adhered to, but the London County Council is now endeavouring to revert to the original idea, and is steadfastly refusing its consent to the erection of any building on a new foundation within the sofeet limit. When a request was recently made to the London County Council by an important City company to be allowed to encroach on the sofeet line, the Building Acts Committee, in recommending that it should not be acceded to, made mention of the immense value to London ‘‘ota magnificent boulevard three miles in length, and in most parts o' rqofeet in width, much as we may hope it will in time be possible to foim out of these roads at a comparatively small cost.”