Piccadilly run by his family until 1835. Hatchards, now the oldest surviving bookshop in Britain, was started by John Hatchard at No. 173 in 1797; it moved to the current location at No. 189-90 (now No. 187) in 1801. Aldine Press moved to Piccadilly from Chancery Lane in 1842, and remained there until 1894. The Egyptian Hall at No. 170, designed in 1812 by P. F. Robinson for W. Bullock of Liverpool, was modelled on Ancient Egyptian architecture, particularly the Great Temple of Dendera (Tentyra). One author described it as "one of the strangest places Piccadilly ever knew". It was a
Manchester Piccadilly station British Railways, and the other by Eastern Region. Between 1958 and 1966, London Road station was rebuilt as a part of the West Coast Main Line modernisation programme undertaken by British Railways. It was given its current name, "Manchester Piccadilly" on 12 September 1960. The London Midland Region rebuilt the station at a cost of £1.75 million (equivalent to £ in 2019 prices) in preparation for the introduction of electric train services to London. Most of the station was rebuilt, except for the Victorian trainsheds which remained mostly unaltered, although the two 1880s spans were shortened towards the concourse end.