Well, its been a long time in the planning, but the exhibition is finally up, open and online! I've spent most of the last few weeks (and this one) in a seemingly never-ending loop of making final amendments, giving interviews to journalists & gallery talks to various groups. Huge thanks are due to the Library's exhibitions, creative services, press & web teams for their collective efforts to bring the concept to fruition. It's been fantastic to see large numbers of people visiting the exhibition each day, as well as the many comments on many other blogs, as well as this one.
I'm off now for a meeting in Switzerland to review some papers for a seminar next year, but will post some new threads related to the exhibition next week, including about how maps of the city have affected the immigration debate through the centuries & why I think London was lucky to have escaped being completely redesigned by Christopher Wren after the great fire. Happy to receive any further comments about the A-Z though, or indeed any suggestions for other topics.
PB
Very intersted to find out both a full list of what maps are on exhibit and whether they might include the Newcourt's 1666 Plan for London. I am in the midst of a reserahc project on the many fine squares and public spaces in the Kensington/Belgravia area and am also most intersted in maps that show the evolution of that zone. the Kensington 1851/Google Earth map was fantastic.
Posted by: RBloodworth | 29 December 2006 at 09:25 PM