Admiralty Arch and The Mall, London
This is Admiralty Arch and The Mall, London, photographed from the roof of the Grand Hotel in February 1924.
Containing offices and residential accommodation, Admiralty Arch incorporates a triumphal arch that acts as an entrance to the ceremonial approach to Buckingham Palace from Trafalgar Square.
It was built in 1906-11 by Sir Aston Webb, who later remodeled the main façade of Buckingham Palace.
Admiralty Arch is a landmark building in London providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the southwest, and Trafalgar Square to the northeast.
Admiralty Arch, commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother, Queen Victoria, and designed by Aston Webb, is now a Grade I listed building. In the past, it served as the residence of the First Sea Lord and was used by the Admiralty.
Until 2011, the building housed government offices. In 2012, the government sold the building on a 125-year lease for £60m for a proposed redevelopment into a Waldorf Astoria luxury hotel and four apartments.
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