
	Nearly 200 places of business lined both sides of the narrow street. Ale and beer were not sold on the London bridge because these beverages required cellars, which were not present. The merchants lived above their shops and sold goods from the street-level floor.

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They used windows to show their houses for rent in London goods and transact business; over each shop hung a sign usually in the shape of the articles sold, in order that the illiterate could recognise the nature of the business.

These signs were posted high enough that a rider on a horse houses for rent in London could pass beneath them— every inch of the small street had to be available to vehicular traffic.

Many of the top floors of the houses and shops were built over the street and actually connected to the house or shop houses for rent in London across the street, giving the street a tunnel look.

This pedestrian alcove is one of the surviving fragments of the old London Bridge that was houses for rent in London demolished in 1831.

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The decision of King John to allow shops to be built on London Bridge slowed down the houses for rent in London traffic crossing the river. The houses and shops took up space and could draw crowds, and when carts broke down or animals misbehaved, crossing houses for rent in London the bridge could take up to an hour. For this reason, people on foot often chose to use the dozens of river taxi boats that quickly ferried Londoners from shore to shore.

Although the bridge itself was about 26 feet (8 m) wide, the buildings on the bridge took up about 7 feet (2 m) on each side of the street. Some of these buildings houses for rent in London projected another seven feet out over the river. The road for traffic was thereby reduced to just 12 feet (4 m) wide. This meant that horses, carts, wagons, and pedestrians all shared a passageway just six feet wide, one lane going north and one south. There were a few places where houses and shops were not built, which allowed houses for rent in London people to get out of the traffic and enjoy a glimpse of the river and the shorelines of London.

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The administration of London is formed of two tiers — a city-wide, strategic tier and a local tier. City-wide Flat to Rent in London administration is coordinated by the Greater London Authority (GLA), while local administration is carried out by 33 smaller houses for rent in London authorities.[52] The GLA consists of two elected parts; the Mayor of London, who has executive powers, and the London Assembly, who scrutinise the Mayor's decisions and can houses for rent in London accept or reject his Flat to Rent in London budget proposals each year. The GLA was set up in 2000 to replace the similar Greater London Council (GLC) which had been abolished in 1986.[53] The headquarters of the GLA and the Mayor of London is at City Hall; the current Mayor is Boris Johnson. The 33 local houses for rent in London authorities are the councils of the 32 London boroughs and the City of London Corporation.[54] They are responsible for local services not overseen by Flat to Rent in London the GLA, such as local planning, schools, social services, local roads and refuse collection.