Ganton Street
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Ganton Street is a street in central London that runs between Marshall Street and Kingly Street. It is crossed by Carnaby Street, and Newburgh Street joins it on its north side. The street is in a part-pedestrianised area dominated by independent clothing shops and restaurants, and on upper floors, offices, particularly media companies. Immediately to the east of Regent Street, Ganton Street is variously described as being in the West End, Soho, and "Carnaby" areas.[http://www.shaftesbury.co.uk/contact-us.html Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713202815/http://www.shaftesbury.co.uk/contact-us.html |date=13 July 2014 }} Shaftesbury plc, 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
History
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Ganton Street was formerly Cross Court and South Row."[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41471#s7 Marshall Street Area]", Survey of London, Volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2., 1963, pp. 196–208. british-history.ac.uk Retrieved 18 July 2014.
Listed buildings
Numbers 2 to 8,{{NHLE|num=1212449|year= 2014|accessdate= 19 July 2014}} 10 and 12,{{NHLE|num=1066807|year= 2014|accessdate= 19 July 2014}} and 24{{NHLE|num=1264014|year= 2014|accessdate= 19 July 2014}} are all listed buildings with English Heritage. Number 21 Carnaby Street, on the corner with Ganton Street, is also listed.{{NHLE|num=1066325|year= 2014|accessdate= 19 July 2014}}
Occupants
Property company and major London landlord Shaftesbury plc has acquired significant holdings in the Carnaby Street area and their registered office is at 22 Ganton Street.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/shaftesbury-agrees-to-buy-carnaby-estate-1314196.html Shaftesbury agrees to buy Carnaby Estate] The Independent, 12 December 1996. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
Designer James Wedge had premises at 4 Ganton Street in about 1962.[http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/i/james-wedge/ Interview with James Wedge, February 2006.] Victoria & Albert Museum, 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014. When Wedge moved out, designers Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin took over the building. Foale described the atmosphere at the time, before Carnaby Street began to swing, as follows: "People lived there, there was a dairy, a tobacconist, a newsagent – there was this little courtyard and everything … a proper village, though very run down."[http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/i/marion-foale-and-sally-tuffin/ Interview with Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, April 2006.] Victoria & Albert Museum, 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
Peter Small's clothes shop The Foundry was at 12 Ganton Street,[http://www.shaftesbury.co.uk/pdfs/press-releases/carnaby-echoes-exhibition-and-tour.pdf CARNABY ECHOES; CELEBRATING 10 DECADES OF MUSIC IN CARNABY.] Carnaby, 22 August 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140727215508/http://www.shaftesbury.co.uk/pdfs/press-releases/carnaby-echoes-exhibition-and-tour.pdf Archived here.] a listed building, in the early 1980s. Boy George worked there as a window dresser and the shop sold the creations of Sue Clowes, which were worn by bands including Culture Club,[http://www.theblitzkids.com/cultureclubfoundry/cultureclub.html Culture Club: The Foundry Look] The Blitz Kids, 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014. The Cure, and Bananarama. The shop is now MOR Jewellery.[http://www.carnabyechoes.com/map/#the-foundry 10. The Foundry] Carnaby Echoes, 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
Cultural commentator Stephen Bayley has offices at 23 Ganton Street.[http://www.stephenbayley.com/w/contact/ Contact] Stephen Bayley, 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
The Gold brothers' Lord John men's fashion chain had their first shop at 43 Carnaby Street, on the corner with Ganton Street, that featured a large mural painted by the pop art collective Binder, Edwards and Vaughan.[http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/binder-edwards-vaughn.html Binder, Edwards & Vaughan] A Dandy in Aspic, 7 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014. Other work by the trio included Paul McCartney's piano and the car seen on the cover of The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon EP from 1966.[http://www.carnabyechoes.com/map/#lord-john 11. Lord John] Carnaby Echoes, 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
Giant plug and socket
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An outsize plug and socket has been a feature of the façade of the electrical substation on the corner of Ganton Street and Marshall Street since 2001. Plug and Socket was installed by James Glancy Design as a piece of urban art to enliven an otherwise dull building. It has had a number of different designs over the years and the whole item, including the cable, lights up at night.[http://www.jamesglancydesign.com/urban/plug-socket.html Urban Art > Plug and Socket] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724133108/http://www.jamesglancydesign.com/urban/plug-socket.html |date=24 July 2014 }} James Glancy Design, 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.{{cite web|title=A giant plug and socket electrical sculpture!|url=http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=835|website=The Shady Old Lady's Guide to London|accessdate=31 July 2014}}
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