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