Adelphi, London

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Adelphi (; from the Greek ἀδελφοί adelphoi, meaning "brothers") is a district of the City of Westminster in Greater London. It includes what remains of the streets of Adelphi Terrace, Robert Street and John Adam Street. The district is named after Adelphi Terrace, which was a block of 24 unified neoclassical terrace houses, which occupied the land between The Strand and the River Thames, that were built between 1768 and 1772 by the Adam brothers (John, Robert, James and William), to whom the terrace's Greek-derived name refers. Most of Adelphi Terrace was demolished in the 1930s and replaced with the Art Deco New Adelphi building. The district, which retains the name of the demolished terrace, is now grouped with Aldwych as the greater Strand district (a main street of London between the two areas and those immediately adjoining) which for many decades formed a parliamentary constituency and civil registration district.

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