Dean Street
(Redirected from Dean Street, Soho)
Dean Street is a street in Soho, central London, running from Oxford Street south to Shaftesbury Avenue. It crosses Old Compton Street and is linked to Frith Street by Bateman Street.
Culture
[edit]The Soho Theatre presents new plays and stand-up comedy. The Gargoyle Club ran for 27 years in the upper floors at number 69,[1] a site that also housed the nightclub Billy's in its cellars during the late 1970s, when it was associated with the New Romanticism movement.[2]
Fire
[edit]
On 10 July 2009 a fire broke out on Dean Street. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries but nobody else was hurt. The building that caught fire was gutted.[3]
Intersections
[edit]From north to south:
- Oxford Street – terminates
- Carlisle Street
- St Anne's Court
- Richmond Buildings (leading to Richmond Mews)
- Chapone Place
- Bateman Street
- Meard Street
- Bourchier Street
- Old Compton Street
- Romilly Street
- Shaftesbury Avenue – terminates
References
[edit]- ^ "Dean Street Townhouse London Hotel Review". Fodor’s Travel.
- ^ Johnson, David (1 February 1983). "69 Dean Street: The Making of Club Culture". The Face. No. 34. p. 26. Retrieved 7 April 2018 – via Shapersofthe80s.
- ^ "Building left gutted by Soho fire". BBC News Online. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
External links
[edit]- LondonTown.com information
- Panoramic view at the junction with Old Compton Street