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Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space in London's West End, created in 1819 to link Regent Street with Piccadilly. It is famous for the large curved LED advertising screens on the north-west corner and the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain with the winged figure (commonly called Eros). The Circus sits above Piccadilly Circus tube station and connects several major streets including Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street.
First raised
AD 181
Its prime
2017
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 2017
What Piccadilly Circus looked like in its prime.
A busy, paved road junction framed by late-Georgian and Victorian stucco and stone façades. The north‑west corner is dominated by a single large curved high‑definition LED screen wrapping the building's upper storeys; below it are retail shopfronts with classical window arches. At the south‑west corner stands a bronze winged figure atop a multi‑tier fountain set on a stone plinth. Black cast‑iron lampposts, marked pedestrian crossings and frequent red double‑deck buses define the street-level scene.
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7 places to explore in 2017.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Piccadilly Circus, including 3 interiors: criterion theatre entrance and descending tiled stairway, london pavilion façade and shopping arcade, tube station entrances and underground concourse. 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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