Dedicated 'to all who live and work in the City of London', this book, published under the auspices of the City of London Corporation, provides a fascinating portrait of London's Square Mile at the end of the 1960s, principally focussing on the gardens, trees and open spaces which still remained there. Illustrated profusely with colour and monochrome photographs, it would trigger many memories for those who knew it at that time, while also telling younger readers how much of beauty and interest has been lost in the intervening years. Frederick Ernest Cleary CBE (19051984) was a Chartered Surveyor & property entrepreneur as well as an environmentalist, conservationist and philanthropist. He spearheaded projects that generally went against the grain of the time (1958-1984), preferring to restore existing buildings rather than demolishing them; he also helped find alternatives to glass and concrete edifices that were known to have a much greater environmental cost. His philanthropic ac