Nearly every British monarch since William the Conqueror (1066) has been crowned at the Westminster Abbey. The gothic church has been used as a burial site, place of worship, and coronation.

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Bazaar was Mary Quant’s first store, opened with the help of her husband and a friend. She began to design clothing for the store in the years following its opening due to frustration at what clothing was available at the time. The store became an important part of the King’s Road shopping area because it offered clothing inspired by the youth culture of the time. The store would play loud music, have free drinks and eccentric window displays, and would stay open late to create a venue that would entice shoppers and represent the inspiration of the youth.

The site of the bombing itself took place on the street rather than within an address in Bishopsgate, at the time—and still today—a leading financial center of London. The site of the explosion is most closely associated with the skyscraper 99 Bishopsgate, across the street from the medieval St. Ethelburga’s church (“Bishopsgate Bomb”). According to The New York Times, the bomb created a 15-foot-wide crater in the road and created a mushroom cloud that could been seen throughout London (Schmidt).

Opening its doors in 1895, the Bishopsgate Institute is located in Bishopsgate among numerous shops and businesses—a feature shared during our modern era and the era of the Institute’s construction. The building’s exterior is intended to draw attention to itself by contrasting the frontages of the businesses surrounding it. Inner details of the Institute still reflect the stylistic influences of its architect Charles Harrison Townsend, such as in its mosaics and subtle Japanese ornamentation (“Charles Harrison Townsend”).