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London’s Great Street Plan Hurts by American Invasion Fears
London’s proposed new thoroughfare, funded by the London County Council at 25 million dollars, aimed to rival New York with American skyscrapers. Public backlash and fear of foreign control led officials to bar most American developers, resulting in cheaper, less grand buildings and the first completed structure lacking the envisioned grandeur.
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