virtual mayfair
London’s Mayfair Information
Mayfair is a fashionable London district that includes the most important retail shopping activity in the United Kingdom. Now leasing in Second Life.
East of Hyde Park, north of Buckingham Palace, north west of Piccadilly and south of Oxford Street. Park Lane is known for it's luxury hotels such as The Dorchester and for the ability to gaze at the most desired automobiles in the world. Marble Arch and Speakers Corner are here and duplicated in the virtual world of Second Life.
In real life, from Oxford Street, Mayfair is the home of the famous department store, Selfridges and teenage shopping heaven Top Shop, its main shopping concentration stretches southward along Regent Street and Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus and then turns right (west) along Piccadilly; northward branches extend along Sackville Street and Saville Row, where eminent tailors make some of the worlds finest men's bespoke clothing. Just alongside The Royal Academy of Art is one of London's most luxurious Shopping areas, the Burlington Arcade, which has housed shops under its glass-roofed promenade since 1819.
Parallel and a little farther west, Bond Street, with its long-established art auctioneers and exclusive boutiques and designer flagship stores, is a magnet for lavish spenders from around the world. Mayfair was developed from the mid-17th century and its proximity to St. James' Palace made it a fashionable neighbourhood.
The Royal Academy of Arts always has an array of artistic offerings to muse over. Piccadilly also boasts the famous Piccadilly Circus and statue of Eros.
Virtual Mayfair, London
Second Life's virtual Mayfair replicates this well known and loved part of London in a Second Life virtual reproduction, combining the best of London with the best that Second Life also has to offer.
Here you will also find stylish shops, elegant hotels, art galleries, and pubs where you cam meet your friends. You will also find Marble Arch and Speakers Corner here, where people are welcomed to take the stage and make their viewpoints known. Set alongside of Knightsbridge, it offers a wide variety of events and attractions. Just like London in the real world, there is always something to do in Mayfair.