Why Is The Blue Plaques Important

Regardless of all the abundant reasons why the blue plaques scheme was created, the success of it can only be proven if the founding principles of the scheme still remain relevant today. London has been continuously evolving as one of the world’s most vibrant and busiest cities to date. As it continues to advance economically and socially, it is hard for the city not to demolish the buildings that have always been a part of London’s heritage and replace them with more modern buildings to blend in with the current times. Unfortunately, William Ewart did not request the Parliament to pass a law to protect the buildings that have blue plaques erected on them. Hence, along with many others, even the first blue plaque that was erected on the building in 1867 to commemorate Lord Byron who once lived in that building, was demolished almost two decades later. 9 This is despite the fact that the demolition of buildings as such, completely contradicts one of the primary principles of establishing this scheme – the preservation of London’s heritage and glory. Furthermore, there is no legal reason to …show more content…
This year, the blue plaque scheme is celebrating 150 years since its establishment and that shows its success and what a long way this scheme has worked its way through. Over these past years, the blue plaques have adorned and showcased the houses of many famous people that need to be remembered because of their significant contribution to London’s glory. It can be further justified that even though London is advancing into the modern world and will most certainly continue to do so, Londoners will continue to elevate the importance of the blue plaques scheme to celebrate the famous people, educate others about them and preserve the buildings of those who have been apart of its history and made London what it is