Square · England · Restored
Leicester Square
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised garden square in the West End of London, long established as the centre of the city's cinema and entertainment district. Its layout centres on a small planted park with mature plane trees and public statues, and it is bounded by multi-storey theatres, cinemas, hotels and restaurants.
First raised
1670
Its prime
2012
Today
Restored
As it stood in 2012
What Leicester Square looked like in its prime.
A compact rectangular garden set into a paved pedestrian plaza, dominated by broad lawns and a ringed water feature around a central Shakespeare statue, shaded by large London plane trees. Surrounding the park are continuous pavements and multi-storey late-Victorian/Edwardian brick and stucco facades with large cinema and theatre signage, ground-floor cafés and canopies. Granite paving and low granite steps define circulation; frequent crowds and street furniture animate the scale at street level.
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8 places to explore in 2012.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Leicester Square, including 2 interiors: odeon main auditorium, leicester square underground entrance. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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