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Running along the west side of the Royal Academy is the
Burlington Arcade, built in 1819 for Lord Cavendish, then owner
of Burlington House, to prevent commoners throwing rubbish into his
garden.
It's Piccadilly's longest and most expensive
nineteventh-century arcade, lined with mahogany-fronted jewelers,
gentlemen's outfitters and the like.
Upholding Regency decorum, it
is still illegal to whistle, sing, hum, hurry or carry large
packages or open umbrellas on this small stretch, and the arcade's
beadles (known as Burlington Berties), in their Edwardian
frock-coats and gold-braided top hats, take the prevention of such
criminality very seriously. |
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