Talk:Embassy of the United States, London

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Cairo would be the second largest U.S. Embassy. Second only to Baghdad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Millfam (talk) 02:03, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know the times which, in general the Embassy is open (for visa interviews etc.), is it open on Saturdays? Sundays? What are the hours of opening? Just so one can plan ahead when asking for a particular day when booking and appointment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.114.226.172 (talk) 09:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Ownership of the land
The article states that the Duke of Westminster refused to sell the land on which the embassy stands to the USA unless they returned to him land confiscated from his family in the Revolutionary War. The cited reference, an article in the Guardian, however, says:

"[T]he Grosvenor Estate refused to let the Americans acquire the freehold on the site they had chosen, as was their practice with embassies, because, it has been said ever since, the Grosvenor family had had property in the United States confiscated two centuries earlier during the American War of Independence."

The phrase `because, it has been said ever since,' denotes that the Guardian is merely reporting a persistent rumour, not stating a fact. Also, the rumour reported is not the one quoted in the article: the Guardian says that the sale was refused because the USA confiscated land in the past; the article says that the sale would be allowed if that land were returned. To be honest, it sounds like an urban legend, to me. Dricherby (talk) 13:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

I have sourced a new reference to give credibility to the previously unsourced or mis-sourced information tidbit.Esasus (talk) 14:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

new building by kieran timberlake
here is the link to his website about it.

http://blog.kierantimberlake.com/2010/02/new-us-embassy-in-london/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.253.227.33 (talk) 17:32, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

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I have just removed a rather misleading line that was probably inserted as a counter to Trumps assertion that the sale of the Embassy was a "bad deal." The Embassy's move spanned several administrations, and to "blame" any one administration misses the complexity of an embassy move.

v/r — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heavydpj (talk • contribs) 04:38, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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Incorrect geographic coordinates
The geographic coordinates, 51.4826N, 0.1317E given in the article apparently are incorrect. Linking the coordinates to Google maps and OpenStreetMaps gives a location in Bexley Borough in the area of West Heath. According to the article, the old Embassy is located in Mayfair and the new Embassy is in the Nine Elms area of Wandsworth Borough.--TGC55 (talk) 17:47, 15 January 2018 (UTC) Minor spacing correction. --TGC55 (talk) 10:36, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Corrected coordinates from East to West.--TGC55 (talk) 18:31, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Reliable source
Would you folks consider skeptics.stackexchange.com to be a reliable source? It has been used in reference #31 to cite information about Obama and Trump and seems unreliable. Before I did anything I thought I'd ask. Thanks  ~Alfie  Cooper~  23:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)