ALBANY

Albany is an apartment complex in Piccadilly, London. The Albany was built in 1770-1774. It is a mansion with three storey and very bigs windows. In 1791, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, abandoned Dover House, Whitehall and took up residence. In 1802 the house was to be for singles, it had 69 apartaments. This was achieved by adding two parallel sets of buildings running the length of the garden.

Albany has benn the best know and most prestigious sets of bachelor apartaments in London. Ocuppants have been know to complain that the accomodation is often rather cramped. Residents no longer have to be bachelors.

Now, Albany is a small universitate on Cambridge. It’s not important the name Albany or The Albany. Some sites say Albany but another sites say The Albany.

Many tenants were in residence for only a short time when they were young. For example:
- Squire Bancroft, actor.
- Lord Byron, poet.
- Bruce Chatwin, writer.
- Georgette Heyer, writer.
- Bryan Guinness, poet.
- Henry Holland, architect.
- Edward Bulwer Lytton, writer and politician.
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor-manager.



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