John Rowland wrote:
"Keith Marshall" wrote in message
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the Roman Ermine Street runs right by Temple Bar

Ermine Street seems to be still in use from London Bridge
to the Tottenham / Edmonton boundary, but abandoned from
there to Maidens Bridge in Bulls Cross. I wonder why, and
when it happened - was it in connection with the New River
construction?

Things are even worse now, so the prospect of it in the
middle of Paternoster Square all spruced up and giving
the place a bit of character can only be welcomed.

I'm sure the phrases "Paternoster Square" and "a bit of
character" in the same sentence will sound okay in time!

I don't understand why they couldn't put it back between
the Strand and Fleet Street. There were buildings
demolished there recently, and I assumed that they were
making room for it, but it would appear not. Failing that,
I think they should have put it somewhere else on the
boundary between the City of London and the City of
Westminster, perhaps on the Embankment. Putting it in
Paternoster Square seems pointless, because it won't be the
gate between anything, and it will be outclassed by Wren's
better known work anyway.

Why not as a gate into the CC area? It'd make a significant contribution to
free movement of traffic!