{"product_id":"old-street-map-of-london-by-gross-1920-thames-west-end-the-mall-trafalgar-sq-hyde-park","title":"Old Street Map of London by Gross, 1920: Thames, West End, The Mall, Trafalgar Sq, Hyde Park","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlan of London by Alexander Gross captures the capital at the pivotal moment of 1920, when the city’s post-war rhythms were returning and its districts were rapidly expanding. Gross’s hallmark half-mile grid brings uncommon clarity to a famously intricate metropolis, turning dense streetscapes into an elegantly navigable schema. The map foregrounds the intertwined themes of urban planning, transportation, and infrastructure, balancing fine-grained street detail with a lucid overview of London’s geography—its parks, bridges, and river bends. Landmarks are crisply identified, and the color system differentiates principal arteries from more modest thoroughfares, guiding residents and visitors alike. As a city map, it is notable for marrying precision with usability at exactly the moment London’s modern age was taking form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the sheet, the ceremonial axis of The Mall unfurls from Buckingham Palace toward Trafalgar Square, while Whitehall, Victoria Street, and the Strand delineate the nation’s political and administrative core. The River Thames acts as a broad, organizing spine, its bridges knitting Westminster to the South Bank and beyond. Fleet Street anchors the traditional press and legal quarter, flowing toward the City, while Strand threads theatres and government offices into a single, legible corridor. Gross’s cartography highlights green oases—St James’s Park, Green Park, Hyde Park, and Regent’s Park—rendered with tonal emphasis that clarifies their role in the city’s fabric. The grid ensures that every landmark, from Parliament to Embankment piers, can be found quickly and precisely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe West End’s magnetic streetscapes receive special, brilliantly practical attention. Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly, and Shaftesbury Avenue are drawn with the hierarchical emphasis they deserve, revealing the ordered sweep of Nash’s planning alongside the improvisational tangle of adjoining lanes. Leicester Square, the Strand, and Tottenham Court Road coalesce into a portrait of entertainment, retail, and print culture, all within easy walking—and in 1920, increasingly motoring—reach. Distinctive colors and clear symbology distinguish main routes from side streets, charting direct connections between department stores, theatres, and railway termini. For anyone navigating the bustle of the West End, this is an exemplary city map: uncommonly readable without sacrificing the granularity that makes route-finding genuinely effortless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorth and northwest of the center, the plan shows the hinge points of Marylebone and Fitzrovia giving way to St John’s Wood and Camden with disciplined exactitude. Baker Street and Great Portland Street trace ordered grids against the green sweep of Regent’s Park, while Edgware Road fans toward the suburbs as a historic arterial. Abbey Road and Camden Road mark residential crescents and industrial belts in transition, and Holloway Road carries the city’s energy into Islington’s rising districts. Railway approaches and stations—so decisive for early 20th-century growth—interlace with tram-era thoroughfares, the grid enabling rapid cross-reference between neighborhoods. The effect is a persuasive image of a city growing northward along well-defined spines, yet still held together by legible, continuous streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the west and south, Gross balances refinement and reach. King’s Road and Fulham Road unlock Chelsea and Brompton, their elegant terraces and commercial parades threaded into a coherent whole, while Wood Lane points to the White City legacy of the 1908 exhibitions at Shepherd’s Bush. Along the Thames, Battersea and Lambeth are mapped in relation to bridges, quays, and parkland, with Lambeth Road offering a measured path across the river’s working edge. Green spaces are carefully articulated, waterways crisply edged, and arterial routes differentiated so that journeys from Kensington to Westminster, or Chelsea to the Strand, can be planned at a glance. As a portrait of post–World War I London, the map is both a navigational instrument and a quietly authoritative study of a metropolis in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreets and roads on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaker Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCamden Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdgware Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFleet Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFulham Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Portland Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHolloway Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing's Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLambeth Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeicester Square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOxford Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiccadilly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegent Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShaftesbury Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTottenham Court Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictoria Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhitehall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood Lane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed grid layout for navigation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLandmarks indicated with special markings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen spaces and parks clearly shown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaterways, including the River Thames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinctive colors that differentiate areas and types of streets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly 20th-century street plan of post-WWI London; originally published in 1920\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHalf-mile grid system for easy indexing and route finding; clear, user-friendly cartographic style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects London’s development and expansion after World War I; practical for residents and visitors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes: urban planning, transportation, and infrastructure of early 20th-century London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartographer: Alexander Gross (1879–1958), known for detailed, user-focused maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeographical coverage: London, England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 90in (230cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlease note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 20in (50cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57781791359360,"sku":"UM00271294A","price":683.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57781791392128,"sku":"UM00271295A","price":1496.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":57781791424896,"sku":"UM00271296A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (420x594mm) \/ Map","offer_id":57781791457664,"sku":"UM00271297A","price":683.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (420x594mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57781791490432,"sku":"UM00271298A","price":1496.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (420x594mm) \/ Framed canvas 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