This is the audio version of the blog post 'Visions of London'. The post was written by Hannah Wilson, who did a student placement at the Courtauld. It was first published on 17 January 2019. The audio version is read by Anne Hutchings, a digitisation volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library project.
In this blog, Hannah examines three examples of plans for London that never came to fruition: from a monumental Neo Classical addition to Selfridges in 1918; the pre World War II proposals for wide boulevards of gleaming glass and concrete by the Glass Age Town Planning Committee; to a Romantic vision of a rebuilt, post-war 1940s London by the Royal Academy. Hannah reflects on why these visions never became a reality, and compares these plans to the London that stands today.
You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/01/17/hannah-wilson-visions-of-london/
