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Old Posted Jan 18, 2022, 9:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Minato Ku View Post
It's not like there is a real break of density and activity between West End and The City.
Holborn is a dense central district. https://www.google.fr/maps/@51.51760...7i16384!8i8192
We could consider that West End and the City are part of the same urban core. And thus, this doesn't really create a multipolarity in London. It would just mean that London has a large core.

It's not the same for Canary Wharf, there is a real break between the City and Canary Wharf.
I agree here. The distinction between the City of London and everything west is more fuzzy than from the City going east to Canary Wharf. But I still get the sense that City of London and West End are distinct centers that have just grown into each other. This seems analogous to relationship between lower Manhattan and Midtown. On the other hand, City of London is not like Chicago's loop. Chicago's loop is unambiguous as the singular primary node for the city, and it feels like the entire city orbits it.
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