A Hundred Years Ago
" THE SPECTATOR," OCTOBER 10171, 1835.
Amongst the Metropolitan improvements that are about to be carried into execution, that in the immediate vicinity of the General Post-office may be considered one of the greatest that has been effected for some time. All the houses at the end of Newgate Street. between Paternoster Row and St. Martin's-le-Grand, are immediately to be pulled down. A fine space will thus be thrown open, in addition to the extensive area in front of that handsome building. The nar- rowness of the street at this corner has long been a serious inconve• nience, more especially in the evening, when the mails and mail-carte are leaving the Post-office for so many different parts of the town and country. To make the improvements complete, however, one thing is wanted, and that is the removal of several houses on the South side of Paternoster Row, which would afford a magnificent view of St. Paul's, and render this one of the handsomest parts er London. This is not to be done just yet, but will no doubt be accom- plished with as little delay as possible.
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