Yes, I've always thought that that was just a joke by the builders of the time. Or was the ground level actually raised at that time? I would have thought that many of the buildings on the former western bit of Little Compton Street, now part of Old Compton Street, were still the buildings that were there when Charing Cross Road was built?
Yes, definitely stretching the definition--it's under cover, surely, but not actually 'underground'?
Yes, I've always thought that that was just a joke by the builders of the time. Or was the ground level actually raised at that time? I would have thought that many of the buildings on the former western bit of Little Compton Street, now part of Old Compton Street, were still the buildings that were there when Charing Cross Road was built?