Sicilian Avenue

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Sicilian Avenue is an early 20th-century pedestrian shopping street in Holborn, London, known for its distinctive Italianate architecture and colonnaded design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pedestrian shopping street
street in London
tourist attraction in London
architect R. J. Worley
architecturalStyle Italianate architecture
borough London Borough of Camden
category pedestrian streets in the United Kingdom
shopping streets in London
streets in the London Borough of Camden
connects Bloomsbury Way
Southampton Row
constructionEnd 1910
constructionStart 1905
country United Kingdom
developer Sicilian Avenue Estate Company
era early 20th century
hasBuildingType mixed-use commercial buildings
hasColonnadeMaterial stone
hasDesignFeature colonnaded design
hasHeritageValue architectural interest
townscape value
hasLayout short diagonal pedestrian thoroughfare
hasNameOrigin named to evoke Sicily and Italian style
hasUse cafés
restaurants
retail
isPartOf Holborn urban fabric
locatedIn England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
location Holborn
near Bloomsbury
Holborn station
notableFor decorative columns
early 20th-century shopping arcade character
ornamental stone balustrades
openingDate 1910
pedestrianised true
surfaceType paved

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Holborn, London, England hasLandmark Sicilian Avenue