Virtuoso Life - May/June 2008 - (Page 52) DESIGN TOUR Mayfair’s Grand Design London’s exclusive district shows off a Georgian glamour that’s no facade. BY MICHAEL WEBB AMED FOR A BOISTEROUS fair that flourished when the surrounding area was open country, Mayfair was given its present stately character in the eighteenth century by aristocratic landowners, who laid out streets and squares where they and their Shape of things to come: Olafur Eliasson’s 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Frank Gehry will design the temporary pavilion for 2008. 52 V I RT U O S O L I F E Peter Barritt/alamy N peers could live in style at the western edge of the city. Today a few nobles remain, and visitors can share their oasis of tranquility, enjoying luxurious hotels, elegant facades, and two of London’s greatest parks. The intimate enclave of Shepherd Market and the village green of Mount Street Gardens with its giant plane trees are reminders of the rustic past. Trendy Bond Street and timeless Savile Row will dress you in style, while the
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