Coventry Street is a short London

London

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 street, within the City of Westminster

City of Westminster

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, running from Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus

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 to Leicester Square

Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west...

. The street is the main conduit between Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus

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 and Leicester Square

Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west...

 and at the weekend up to 150,000 people walk from one to another along the street. Buses traveling south from Regent Street

Regent Street

Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London's West End, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations...

 or west along Shaftesbury Avenue

Shaftesbury Avenue

Shaftesbury Avenue is a major street in central London, England, named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, that runs in a north-easterly direction from Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, crossing Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus....

 inevitably pass along the top of the street, where it intersects The Haymarket

The Haymarket

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, with the consequence that the street can be heavily congested. It has a yellow square on the Monopoly

Monopoly (game)

Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...

 board named after it.

The street has been a centre for high-volume food outlets.
Platinum Lace Gentlemen's Club & Bar, Trocadero

Trocadero (London)

The London Trocadero is an entertainment complex in Shaftesbury Avenue, London originally built as a restaurant but most recently used as an exhibition and entertainment space....

 shopping centre, the Café De Paris, and the Prince of Wales Theatre

Prince of Wales Theatre

The Prince of Wales Theatre is a West End theatre on Coventry Street, near Leicester Square in the City of Westminster. It was established in 1884 and rebuilt in 1937, and extensively refurbished in 2004 by Sir Cameron Mackintosh, its current owner...

 are all located on this street.

Charles Hirsch

Charles Hirsch

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, a French

French people

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 bookseller, sold French literature and ran a clandestine trade in expensive pornography

Pornography

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from his bookshop "Librairie Parisienne" in Coventry Street between 1890 and 1900.