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Franco–British Exhibition 1908 souvenir stamp. The fair was the first international exhibition co-organised and sponsored by two countries. It covered an area of some 140 acres (57 hectares), including an artificial lake, surrounded by an immense network of white buildings in elaborate (often Oriental) styles.
The 1908 Franco-British Exhibition site seen from the air. The White City Stadium is to the right of the view. Designed by the engineer J. J. Webster and completed in 10 months by George Wimpey, [2] on part of the site of the Franco-British Exhibition, this stadium with a seating capacity of 68,000 was opened by King Edward VII on 27 April 1908 after the first stanchion had been placed in ...
Bird's eye view of part of the Franco-British Exhibition (1908) Men of Kitchener's Army, stationed at White City, London, 24 November 1914. The area now called White City was level arable farmland until 1908, when it was used as the site of the Franco-British Exhibition and the 1908 Summer Olympics.
London was selected for the first time to hold the Games which were held at White City alongside the Franco-British Exhibition, at the time the more noteworthy event. The White City Stadium, built in short time for the Games, held 68,000 people, with full crowds turning up to watch the events. The stadium track was three laps to the mile (536. ...
The White City Stadium during the 1908 Summer Olympics. After the 1908 Summer Olympics the White City area was used for further exhibitions, including the France-Britain Exhibition of 1908 and the Japan-Britain Exhibition of 1910, but the stadium began to be underused. By 1922 attempts had been made to sell it and it is reputed to have been in ...
The exhibition buildings were clad in gleaming white marble, and the attraction was soon dubbed the "Great White City". The nickname stuck, and White City is today the formal name for the area just to the north of Shepherd's Bush. [24] The 1908 Summer Olympics fencing events were held in the district alongside the festivities. [24]
White City One in 2013. The first building on the site, BBC White City, was designed by architects Scott Brownrigg & Turner and was opened in 1990. [3] Built on the site of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition, White City was constructed on the location of the former White City Stadium (The Great Stadium) used for the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Westfield London from Wood Lane, 2013. The development is on a large brownfield site, part of which was once the location of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition.The initial site clearance demolished the set of halls still remaining from the exhibition (their cheap-to-build, white-painted blank facades are said to be the origin of the name White City).