… by its remaking as a pleasure district, including many sites of sociability, such as theatres, taverns, brothels and coffeehouses. These were populated by a cross-section of London life, including actors, traders, writers and prostitutes. … rowdy hustings for the Westminster elections occurred, inspiring many satirical artists. Places > Institutions Keywords Coffeehouses Commerce Market Prostitution Theatre Covent Garden is a square in the centre of London, still famous for its … Charles Macklin even establishing his own Piazza Coffee House in 1754. Famed literary regulars in the Covent Garden coffeehouses ranged from Joseph Addison to Samuel Johnson . The midnight revels in Tom’s Coffee House were depicted in a …