West End

Piccadilly Circus, i hjärtat av West End
West End enligt Ed Glinerts West End Chronicles

West End är en del av London, väster om The City och numera – särskilt i turisthänseende – ofta ansett som stadens kanske mest centrala område. Eftersom West End är en term som används i vardagligt tal av Londonbor, och inte en officiell geografisk definition, är det delade meningar om vilka områden som faller inom West End. Enligt Ed Glinerts West End Chronicles (2006) är distrikten som faller inom West End Mayfair, Soho, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia och Marylebone. West End används ofta synonymt med Englands största teaterdistrikt, West End theatre.

Ibland omnämns West End som: Mayfair, Soho, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia och Marylebone, Temple, Holborn, Bloomsbury, Regents Park, Paddington, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Victoria och Westminster.[1][2][1][3]

West End theatre

West End theatre är en vanlig term för professionella teateruppsättningar på de stora teatrarna i "Theatreland", i och omkring West End i London. Tillsammans med New Yorks Broadwayteatrar, är West End teater ansedd att representera den högsta nivån av kommersiell teater inom den engelskspråkiga världen. Kända skådespelare från filmindustrin medverkar ofta på dessa London scener.

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Referenser

  1. ^ [a b] Greater London Authority, The London Plan: The Sub Regions Arkiverad 4 juni 2011 hämtat från the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ ”Venture Capital: Sand Hill Road Rules the Valley”. Bloomberg News. 4 december 2014. http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-12-04/venture-capital-sand-hill-road-rules-silicon-valley. Läst 19 april 2015. 
  3. ^ E Gilnert, West End Chronicles (Penguin, 2006)
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West End Map.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: S Hayday, Licens: CC BY 4.0
A map showing the rough boundaries of the West End of London, as described in Ed Gilnert's "West End Chronicles".
Open Happiness Piccadilly Circus Blue-Pink Hour 120917-1126-jikatu.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Jimmy Baikovicius, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
Illuminated signs at Piccadilly Circus in September 2012.

Coca-Cola has had a sign at Piccadilly Circus since 1956.

Hyundai Motors sign is the newest of the six, launching on 29 September 2011. It replaced a sign for Sanyo which had occupied the space unchanged since 1987, the last to be run by traditional neon lights rather than Hyundai's computerised LED screen. Earlier Sanyo signs with older logos had occupied the position since 1978, although these were only half the size of the current space.

TDK added its sign in 1990, the space having been previously used by Schweppes (1920-61), BP (1961-7), Cinzano (1967-78), Fujifilm (1978-86) and Kodak (1986-90). The original neon sign remained almost unchanged for twenty years, although in 2001, the colour of the background lamps was changed from green to blue, and the words "Audio & Video Tape" and "Floppy Disks" under the TDK logo were removed. In 2010, the sign was replaced by an LED screen.

McDonald's added its sign in 1987, replacing one for BASF. The sign was changed from neon to LED in 2001. A bigger, brighter screen was installed in 2008.

Samsung added its sign in November 1994, the space having been previously occupied by Canon (1978-84) and Panasonic (1984-94). The sign was changed from neon to LED in summer 2005. The screen was upgraded and improved in autumn 2011.