It Was Fifty Years Ago Today...
René Ammann
31. October 2024
The most lasting symbol of the successful protests that took place fifty years ago — which author Simon Jenkins argues “sparked a flame” in the UK — is the Covent Garden Market, designed by Charles Fowler in 1828 and turned into a shopping center in 1980. (Photo: Wei-Te Wong/Wikimedia Commons)
First year the British public rose in protest against urban planning — the destruction of Covent Garden in London and the intention to drive out an estimated 17,000 businesses, including 34 publishers and thousands of residents: 1974