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[00:00.74]Architect Christopher Wren proposed
[00:03.36]a London to rival the glories of ancient Rome triumphal avenues and great piazzas.
[00:10.63]At its heart - the new Cathedral of St Paul's. Wren would create the first dome to be seen in London .
[00:23.79]It would be a new age of classicismof harmony and proportion
[00:30.02]banishing forever the chaos of the old Gothic city.
[00:37.77]St Paul's would be the symbol of a London reborn, a great phoenix risen from the flames.
[01:30.48]Had Wren's plans for the whole city been realised, the look of London would be very different.
[01:47.64]Wren's London would have been a noble city.
[01:51.17]But it was not to be.
[01:55.80]The forces of conservatism were too strong.
[01:59.48]And so the streets of the city remain narrow and winding.
[02:04.64]And this is the result.