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Show TRANSFORMATION OF .LONDON. It may also be said that it is only wlth'n the last twenty years that Ixn-don Ixn-don has logiin to put on the appearance appear-ance of a great metropolis. The old square mile known as tho Citv, over which the Lord Mayer presides has possessed a certain gloomy rilcnity for many ears, nnd this has scarcely altered; but the city Is no longer lin-don lin-don in tho conccpl ion of either the visitor or the Londoner himself. Westminster or the West End Is now the center of london, and there the changes In the lest few years have been Immense In number and Importance. The Strand Is still In the process of plow alteration from a sort of L'owery to a fcplendid metropolitan avenue of trade The creation of Kingsway ond Aldwych In place of the slums of Seven Dials will In a fw years more provide another Impos'ng thoroughfare of theatres, holds and modern business palaces. Whlteha'l and Its vicinity have become a vat array of modern architecturally beautiful beau-tiful government buildings. Piccadilly is In progress of transformation, trans-formation, which will Include the widening wid-ening of this famous thoroughfare. Immense sums are being spent out of the municipal funds for their Improvements, Im-provements, to which are added still larger amounts of private capital. The Kings-way Improvement alone has already al-ready cost the taxpayers Jlfi.niHi.ooo The latest Important change to approach ap-proach completion Is in connection with the national memorial to Queen Victoria. The chief rent tiro of this is the great monumental erection in tho large space In front of Buckingham Palace. The work was undertaken Immediately Immedi-ately after Ihe accession of Elward VII. but in the n'tie years of his rel'-n It bad advanced only a lottle beyond the completion of the foundaiion and the erection of the fountain basins which flank it. The funeral procession proces-sion of the late king marcher) slowly past tho boarding which concealed most of the const nict Ion that Is to express the nation's tribute to his predecessor. Th(9 memorial scheme Included the broadening of the Mall through St. James' park and the cutting Ihrough of an extension or new avenue at the lower end Into Trafalgar square. This portion of the work has Just been completed com-pleted and it Includcn tite erection of three magnificent arches through which the new avenue will debouch into the square. The general effect is to create one of the most impressive sights In London. You can get a broad, sweeping view from Trafalgar square lb "ugh tho great arche. along a macnii icent ao nue flanked hv the abundant preen of Ihe parks to Buckingham palace, nearly near-ly half a mile away- at fche further extretnltv. Heie in the very heart of Tyndoii there has been crea'ed suddenly sud-denly and with comparatively little trouble and expense a great avenue rivaling the Chames Elysees 'n dignity dig-nity and beauty. Within a few ilnys it will be thrown open to the public. Ixndon dispatch to New York Sun. |