Southern Regent street

Above is a plan by Nash for Saint James Park. Both ends of the street ended in parks, which helps to further unify the street. Because George the 4th wanted to express the limited power he had, he charged Nash to make the street as baroque as possible. Although the street is far from baroque, Saint James Park does something very interesting in order to make the street seem more baroque than it is. By extending the park out to the west, Nash is able to make the true terminous of the Street Buckinham Palace. Imagine you are at the end of a long walk from the top of Regent Street, entering the park from southern Regent Street (see the street extending north from the upper left of the park). You are compelled to turn left, where you are confronted with the true end of Regent Street, a long promonade through Saint James park to Buckingham Palace. To see how the park looks today, click on the image of the park above. Notice that both Carlton house and Buckingham Palace can be concidered endpoints for the street. The king said of Nash's plan that he was "so pleased with this magnificent plan which will eclipse Napoleon's" Nash had successfully expressed the power of the regency through using baroque ideas in an unorthodox fashion. Thus Saint James Park is and Finally Buckingham Palaces are in fact, "events" at the end of the street. This is made evenmore true by the fact that almost immediatly after construction, much of Carlton House was taken down, and replaced by the Duke of York's Column.

Above is a picture of the Terraces surrounding Carlton House. While Buckingham Palace is the true end of the street, when it was originally proposed, Carlton House was to be the southern terminous of Regent Street. In order to maintain the continuity of the street, Nash relied on street-goers to focus on particular areas of the street or "events". The focus of the southern end of the street is Carlton House. As you can see, the facade of this set of terraces encompasses all of the architectual styles employed along the whole of the street. It has the same horizontal line above the doors, below the roof, and at the top of the first floor to account for Carlton House's relitive size. It also uses the same column based neoclassical architecture. This building beautifully helps to create a sense of unity amung the buildings of Regent Street, while also being iteslf one of the last focuses or "events" of the street.

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