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==1960s rebuilding== In 1956, the Corporation of London published [[William Holford|Sir William Holford]]'s proposals for redeveloping the precinct north of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. Holford's report attempted to resolve problems of traffic flow in the vicinity of the cathedral, while protecting the cathedral's presence as a national monument on some of the highest ground of the City, at the top of [[Ludgate Hill]], on the north bank of the [[River Thames]].<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus and Games, Stephen (ed), ''Pevsner: The Complete Broadcasts'', "A Setting for St. Paul's", Ashgate 2014</ref> The report was controversial, however, because it introduced a decisively modern note alongside the foremost work of Britain's foremost 17th-century architect, [[Christopher Wren]]. Rebuilding was carried out between 1961 and 1967, but it involved only part of Holford's concept β the area of Paternoster Square between St Paul's churchyard and [[Newgate|Newgate Street]] β and this included undistinguished buildings by other architects and the omission of some of Holford's features. [[Robert Finch (Lord Mayor)|Robert Finch]], the [[Lord Mayor of London]], wrote of it in ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2004, that it was made up of "ghastly, monolithic constructions without definition or character".<ref>{{cite news |author=Robert Finch, Lord Mayor of London |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/buildings/story/0,12879,1223138,00.html |title=Wonders and blunders |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 May 2004 |accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>
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