Talk:Trafalgar Square
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[edit] Move
WTF? Is there a rational reason for this move? Tannin
Seconded - you got here before me. Does anyone know of any other Trafalgar Square that's likely to merit an article? Deb 14:34 May 4, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Edith Cavell
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To the north of the square just where St Martin's joins Charing + road, there's a statue of a woman, 1930s style -- can someone find out who it is and who she was? -- Tarquin 15:44 May 4, 2003 (UTC)
Yes! Wow. that was fast! Let's have an article on Edith Cavell, I've been wondering who she was every time I pass that statue -- Tarquin 17:01 May 4, 2003 (UTC)
- Why didn't you look her up on wikipedia??? Deb 09:55 May 5, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Pics
The square with clouds pic epitomizes the square best IMHO, it should be the one at the top. Stan 15:08, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Done! (and the leans straightened) - Adrian Pingstone 21:05, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I was thinking top of the whole article actually - the panorama is amusing, but to me panoramas are more for extended study in conjunction with detailed text; they don't have the "grok at a glance" character that one wants from the first picture in an article. Stan 05:32, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed, Stan. The moves have been done - Adrian Pingstone 14:45, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I disagree, the photo I took which is at the top, is more of sky and the skyline than giving an idea of what the square looks like. Although the panorama is not perfect, it gives the best impression of what the square is like to someone who's never been there. What we really need is a shot from the top of St. Martin's of the National Gallery. ed g2s • talk 14:53, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I was thinking top of the whole article actually - the panorama is amusing, but to me panoramas are more for extended study in conjunction with detailed text; they don't have the "grok at a glance" character that one wants from the first picture in an article. Stan 05:32, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Pigeons
O/T: There are now relatively few birds in the Square, enabling it to be used for festivals, and hired out to film companies, in a way that was not feasible in the 1990s.
Huh? I thought it was the pigeons that made it a picturesque movie location. You want a token shot of a Londoner trudging through pigeons, you go to Trafalgar. Right? I suppose now they have to bring their own pigeons; how grand. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ [AMA] June 28, 2005 20:55 (UTC)
It would be cool to at least have a link of one of those 3d panorama things you can do in quick time to look all around.
[edit] WP:FAC?
Surely to goodness we can get this up to featured article standard relatively quickly? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:11, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Spring Gardens
The article on the Metropolitan Board of Works states that it was based in Spring Gardens, near Trafalgar Square: what became of the street?
Jackiespeel 18:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Golden Cross House
Could mention of this be made, as it is just off Charing Cross: the Golden Cross, Charing Cross was one of the major Coaching inns of London.
Jackiespeel 18:06, 15 December 2005 (UTC) The Britanic Lions deserve a place here. This "compatible 3D" image is far easier to see without the required glassess than regular 3d technique. Please let it stay for a while, as children love 3D, and tend to have the glasses to see the effect.3dnatureguy 05:33, 11 January 2006 (UTC)Would this smaller lion picture be allowed to stay.My kids loved those lions more than anything else in the square. The direct observation about young people sitting with the lions is left out.Nativeborncal 06:05, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] French has appeared in the article
I have removed this chunk of French language from the article. Do with it as you wish!
==Le overview==
La place se compose d'une grande zone centrale entourée par des chaussées de trois côtés, et des escaliers menant au National de l'autre. Les routes qui croisent le carré font partie de l'occupé route A4, et avant 2003, la place ont été entourées par un système de circulation unidirectionnelle de tous les côtés. Passage souterrain l'es attachée à station de métro en travers de Charing permettent toujours à des piétons d'éviter le trafic. Les travaux récents ont réduit la largeur des routes et ont fermé le côté nordique de la place pour trafiquer. La colonne de Nelson est au centre de la place, entouré par des fontaines conçues près Lutyens en 1939 et quatre bronze en bronze lion s énorme sculpted près Sir Edwin Landseer d'Edwin ; on dit que le métal utilisé est réutilisé du canon de la flotte française. La colonne est complétée par a statue de Lord Nelson, amiral qui a commandé la flotte britannique chez Trafalgar. Du côté du nord de la place est National et à son est des Martin-dans-le-Champs de rue l'église. La place se touche The de mail (Londres) par l'intermédiaire de voûte d'Amirauté au sud-ouest. Aux sud est Whitehall, à l'est Strand et Chambre de l'Afrique du Sud, au nord route en travers de Charing et du côté occidental est Chambre du Canada. Aux coins de la place sont quatre plinth s ; deux les nordiques ont été prévus pour être employés pour statue équestre s, et sont ainsi plus larges que les deux méridionaux. Trois d'entre eux prise statue s : George IV (nord-est du Royaume-Uni, 1840s), Henry Havelock (sud-est, 1861, près William Behnes), et monsieur Charles James Napier (sud-ouest, 1855). Maire de Londres Ken Livingstone a de façon controversée exprimé un désir de voir les deux généraux remplacés avec les statues que « Londoners ordinaire connaîtrait ». [1] dedans 1888 la statue du général Charles George Gordon a été érigée. Dans 1943 la statue a été enlevé et, dedans 1953, re-situé sur remblai de Victoria. La place est devenue un endroit social et politique symbolique énormément important pour des visiteurs et Londoners semblable, se développant au-dessus de son histoire de « esplanade peuple avec des figures des héros nationaux, dans le premier de politique d'endroit du du pays, » comme l'historien macis de Rodney a écrit. Son importance symbolique a été démontrée dedans 1940 quand Nazi des solides solubles des plans secrets développés pour transférer la colonne de Nelson Berlin à suivre German une invasion prévue, comme relié près Longmate normand dans le si la Grande-Bretagne avait le tombé (1972).
- Adrian Pingstone 13:30, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
- Well it looks like someone doing an in place translation by accident. The French block replaced the original Overview section, so I've reverted to an earlier version to correct that. From my rough knowledge of French, the translation looks plausible. Since the fr.wiki version of the article is quite basic, it would probably be worth sending a copy over there. -- Solipsist 15:55, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Centre of London
Are distances really measured from Charing Cross? I was told by a traffic Policeman at my school that distances to and from London were taken from Hyde Park Corner.136.250.232.88 08:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC) Robruss24 08:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] E.Landseer's Lions?
Hi... not even up to getting into this but... seems E. Landseer's sculptures of lions are also in the square, thought they (and he) might be considered significant enough for inclusion?
Just a suggestion... --JT 19:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed I came here expecting to see information on thisOxyman 23:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dating postcard of Trafalgar Square
I am trying to date a postcard of Trafalgar Square. It has a statue of a horseman in front of Nelson's Column with a roadway between the two. There is a light pole in front of the horseman with four lights on separate arms. The roads are gravel and there are horse drawn buses. Is it possible to find the date when the roads were sealed? I would be grateful for any information regarding the date of my postcard. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.246.249.172 (talk) 13:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC). Sorry I forgot to sign. 60.246.248.86Faye (Melbourne,Australia)
