Sir Christopher Wren

People like Sir Christopher Wren wanted to rebuild London to look more impressive, but lost out to the much more powerful voice of the merchants and businesses that had to rebuild after the Great Fire, and do that quickly, to get a positive cash flow going again.

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People like Sir Christopher Wren wanted to rebuild London to look more impressive, but lost out to the much more powerful voice of the merchants and businesses that had to rebuild after the Great Fire, and do that quickly, to get a positive cash flow going again.

March « 2010 « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

People like Sir Christopher Wren wanted to rebuild London to look more impressive, but lost out to the much more powerful voice of the merchants and businesses that had to rebuild after the Great Fire, and do that quickly, to get a positive cash flow going again.

The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

_ -- The foundation-stone of this magnificent building was laid June 30, 1696, by John Evelyn (the treasurer), with a select committee of the commissioners, and Sir Christopher Wren, the architect, precisely at five in the evening, _after they had dined together_!

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 552, June 16, 1832 Various

In 1696, the foundation-stone of Greenwich Hospital was laid by John Evelyn, with a select committee of commissioners, and Sir Christopher Wren, precisely at five in the evening, _after they had dined together_, Flamstead, the royal astronomer, observing the time punctually by his instruments.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various

The great architect, Sir Christopher Wren, made notable additions to it, and it was still further extended in 1721 for George the First.

Queen Victoria E. Gordon Browne

He remembered once standing in front of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and seeing therein the name of the architect, Sir Christopher Wren, inscribed, and under it this inscription: "St.anger, if you would see his monument look about you."

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

In the City there are a great many churches, nearly all built by one man, Sir Christopher Wren, a very clever man.

The Children's Book of London

"Not unless she's sailing backwards," sneered Noah, who was still nursing his resentment against Sir Christopher Wren for his reflections upon the speed of the Ark. "What's the hurry?" asked Socrates.

The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. John Kendrick Bangs 1892

By a report of Sir Christopher Wren made in the time of

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum Gleeson White 1874