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[thedeemon]

На пятый месяц ежедневного хождения в офис узнал, что буквально за стенкой раньше жил Ньютон.

"Famous resident" (Watch on YouTube)

Всего-то надо было повыше голову поднять и узреть табличку прямо у нашего входа.
Дома 86, 87 и 88 идут подряд, плечо к плечу. Наш офис в 86-м, а Ньютон в 1696-1700 годах жил в доме 88, а в 1700-1709 - в 87-м.

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[juan_gandhi]

ничего себе...

[sassa_nf]

Nice!

The other address you shared I think also has someone famous associated with it, I forgot who, although the plaque is like on the first floor. Did you see it?

[thedeemon]

I'm confused. Which address do you mean?

Houses mentioned in this post are on Jermyn street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermyn_Street#Notable_residents

[sassa_nf]

http://data.infognition.com/londonwalk/ - 47 of 48 shows the plaque about Newton, btw :) but it's not the one I saw...Well, I am confused too. Maybe it was someone else then. I recall trying to get street view on the map, and there was a round blue plaque with something blurry on it at the level of the first floor.

[thedeemon]

Ah, that's the very same building and plaque.

[sassa_nf]

But I think I meant this one:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5058229,-0.1921467,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seLUHjeRDUNaQ4VEQfEW3Og!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Heritage_blue_plaques_in_London - by the way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Heritage_blue_plaques_in_the_Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea

[thedeemon]

Maxwell?

I wonder if one can walk there. It's very close to a closed street where Russian oligarchs live, to the south from the embassy.