Modern Times
1 Curzon Street is a modern office building overlooking Berkeley Square. The fifth floor was home to AIG Financial Products, the division that "nearly destroyed" the US insurance company and which has been described by reporter Peter Koenig as the "epicenter" of the global financial crisis of 2008.
G. Heywood Hill Ltd, of The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill 1952-73, remains open for trading.
21 Curzon Street is one of the largest houses in Mayfair, at 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2). It come with a full size squash court and nightclub and was a wedding present from Lakshmi Mittal to his daughter.
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