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moveable types, is now covered by the Westminster Palace
Hotel, opposite which, on the ground now occupied by the
block of offices known as Westminster Chambers, stood the
Dean Street Workhouse and the New Way. Continuing
along Victoria Street, Victoria Mansions now cover the site
of Cooper Street, while, a little further to the west, the
Churchyard of Christ Church was curtailed, and a part of
Brewer's Green and Providence Place was removed, to
be subsequently replaced by the Hotel Windsor and
Queen's Mansions. Partly on the site of the Hotel stood
Palmer's Almshouses. Goodman's Green and Fugeon's Row
were demolished to make room for the palatial buildings
designated Alexandra Mausions and Princes Mansions.
William Street, which was widened and taken over by the
District Board, was subsequently incorporated as an extension
of Palace Street, in which Isabella Court was absorbed.
South of the then newly-formed Victoria Street were laid
out Philip Street and Francis Street, the last-mentioned not
having been completed and opened as a public way until
1882-3, when the Board paid £2,000 to remove a barrier
and make the connection with Vauxhall Bridge Road
Passing across the land now rendered vacant by the recent
demolition of the Tothill Fields Prison, erected in 1834 at
a cost of £186,000, on which land Ambrosden Avenue
awaits the builder's busy enterprise, and deviating to
observe the improvement in the Horseferry Road and the
St. John's Burial Ground, opened as a Public Garden in
May, 1884, attention is turned to the benefits derived by
the district by the Lambeth Bridge, opened in 1862. Thence
pursuing the survey northwards, and passing the Victoria
Tower Gardens, the next change is noted at the spot from
which the Law Courts were transported in 1882. Crossing
into the oft-threatened Parliament Street, the magnificent
pile of Government Offices in Whitehall, completed in
1874-5, next bear witness of the march of improvement.
Leaving this via King Street and skirting Parliament