On August 3rd, 1900, Charles Yerkes, an American financier and ex-convict, gazed across London from the top of Hampstead Heath. His journey through the capital in a horse-drawn carriage had already begun to persuade him that it was a fine place to invest. The streets heaved with people; Yerkes had never travelled through such a densely populated city.
The Vision And Cunning Of An Unknown American Changed The Shape Of London
The Economist, Business Insider
Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:06am
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