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No buses use the street, although the 22 service crosses New Bond Street. [4] Part of New Bond Street is numbered B406 but the remainder and all of Old Bond Street is unclassified. [5] New Bond Street is pedestrianised between Grafton Street and Clifford Street to prevent through traffic and to stop the road being used as a rat run. [6]
The actual namesake of the street is undetermined. It may have been named for city surveyor William Bond, or for a mention in an 1817 guidebook referring to Broadway as "The Bond Street of New York". [3] 24 Bond Street was the location of Beatrice and Sam Rivers' studio RivBea [4] and of Robert Mapplethorpe's first studio. [5] Mile End Sandwich ...
When his father died in 1889 he left £500 to Herbert, who likely put the money towards the setting up of his own hat shop that same year at 45 New Bond Street. This was achieved with financial backing and practical help from Edward John Glazier (1864–1939). Herbert Johnson moved to 38 New Bond Street in 1895, where the firm traded until 1975.
WWD has learned that Gucci will be moving from its longtime corner site on Old Bond Street to 144-146 New Bond Street. Gucci will be moving into a 16,000-square-foot space, and is expected to take ...
The House of Finnigans was a British luxury luggage and trunk maker established in 1830, originally in Manchester and later in New Bond Street in London. The House of Finnigans manufactured and produced a wide range of luxury products, including trunks, bags, fashion, jewellery, timepieces, and silverware.
Bernard John Shapero (born August 1963) is a British dealer in antiquarian rare books and works on paper, the founder of Shapero Rare Books of 94 New Bond Street, Mayfair, London. [1] In 2005, Slate called him "London's most successful rare-book dealer and arguably the top dealer in the world today". [2]
The Fine Art Society, London. The Fine Art Society is a gallery based in both London and in Edinburgh's New Town (originally Bourne Fine Art, established 1978). The New Bond Street, London gallery closed its doors in August 2018 after being occupied by The Fine Art Society since February 1876, the entrance façade of which was designed in 1881 by Edward William Godwin (1833–1886).
On 6 August 2009 at 4:40 pm, two sharply dressed men arrived at the Graff Diamonds jewellery store in New Bond Street, Central London, by taxi and once inside produced two handguns which they used to threaten staff. [citation needed] They made no attempt to conceal their faces from the premises' CCTV cameras due to their elaborate disguises.