{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/601c017e27090c4964164c7c/63ca910062c0100011505597?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Leisured City - an Audio Walking Tour of The West End","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/601c017e27090c4964164c7c/1674219411795-acd4ba2c1c033271cf40c921ba8f106b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/historicity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Historicity </a>is a brilliant new series of audio walking tours which explore how&nbsp;cities got to be the way they are - starting with London. </p><p><br></p><p>This episode - Leisured City - covers the transformation of the West End, as wealth is invested, hierarchy reproduced, and luxury consumed, in its streets and square…</p><p><br></p><p><em>More about the series:</em></p><p>Most existing&nbsp;tours either explore particular themes in a city’s history (like crime) or use&nbsp;the city as a stage for other stories (like works of literature and art).&nbsp;Historicity focuses instead on the city itself, weaving its stories together&nbsp;with its connections to the world beyond, and so explaining why we see&nbsp;what we do. Recorded on location and delivered as a podcast, each walk&nbsp;is designed to be followed in real time, at the listeners' own pace.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Open City"}