Carpet Cleaning Mayfair
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Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took
place on the site that is Shepherd Market today (from 1686 until it
was banned in that location in 1764). Until 1686, the May Fair was
held in Haymarket, and after 1764, it moved to Fair Field in Bow
because the well-to-do residents of the area felt the fair ‘lowered
the tone’ of neighbourhood[1].
Mayfair is roughly bordered by Hyde Park to the west, Oxford Street
to the north, Piccadilly and Green Park to the south and Regent
Street to the east. Most of the area was first developed between the
mid 17th century and the mid 18th century as a fashionable
residential district, by a number of landlords, the most important
of them the Grosvenor family. The freehold of a large section of
Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate.
The district is now mainly commercial, with many offices in
converted houses and new buildings, including major corporate
headquarters, a concentration of hedge funds, and real estate
businesses. Rents are among the highest in London and the world.
There remains a substantial quantity of residential property as well
as some exclusive shopping and London’s largest concentration of
luxury hotels and many restaurants. Buildings in Mayfair include the
United States embassy in Grosvenor Square, the Royal Academy of
Arts, The Handel House Museum, the Grosvenor House Hotel and
Claridge’s.
The renown and prestige of Mayfair has grown in the popular mind due
to its designation as the most expensive property on the British
Monopoly set.
