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Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-london-was-rebuilt-after-the-great-fire-of-1666The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why?Resources on this topic:https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099694/3/Hebbert_The long after-life of Christopher Wren's short-lived London plan of 1666_AAM.pdfThe Making of Urban America, John Reps. (https://www.amazon.com/Making-America-History-Planning-United/dp/0691006180)https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/quantitative-reasoning-and-commercial-logic-in-rebuilding-plans-after-the-great-fire-of-london-1666/405A86E7219756014D3F9F836DF5CCB3Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights.
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