West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… sights on the Strand in the eighteenth century, spaces that helped construct an intelligentsia. 3 The promotion of luxury was augmented at the beginning of the nineteenth century by the construction of Regent Street and of upmarket arcades (such as the Burlington Arcade on Piccadilly) where the elite could both window shop and sample luxury goods. The forms of display in the area allowed for the construction of identities such as the fop and, later the … 8 Such institutions often produced dining clubs where men could enjoy a spirit of conviviality. 6 . Maxine Berg, Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 207. 7 . Jonathan Harris, …
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