London’s National Gallery Chief Trashes What’s Become Of Trafalgar Square

“The chief result of pedestrianisation has been the trashing of a civic space . . . Official agencies not only fail to protect historic buildings but are complicit in the destruction of a major amenity in the centre of our capital city. The conversion of the fourth plinth into a soap box or theatrical stage may be high-minded in intention but is symptomatic of this pervasive antagonism to architectural order.”