The White City at Shepherd's Bush is for sale for building development. Within the next few years the area associated with so many exhibitions is likely to be transform-fed into a new suburb distinguished by lofty blocks of fats. "Altogether 84 acres of land will come into the market. It is proposed to divide the property into. sections. The first slice isa T4-acre piece onthe corner of West Way and Bloemfontein Road. Forty years ago the White City was an orchard. Then the late Imre Kiralfy founded the White City and the green space gave way to the Courts of the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 with its net-work of Venetian lakes and fairy-like gardens and promenades. The long series of exhibitions at the. White City has" included the Imperial International, the Japan-British, the Coronation, and the Anglo-American. During the war the White City was camp for Territorials an@ a muni-Yfon and storage centre. Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, who are dealing with the property, said: "Though the whole of the White City is for sale—all excepting: the Stadium—the owners" are in no
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