Art & Architecture in England
The great eras, artist, movements, and styles of English art and architecture
The great eras, artist, movements, and styles of English art and architecture
English Architectural History 101: The great eras, styles, and builders of British history
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.