The shop which is the central part of the company is in Berkeley arcade, which is fictitious. There is an arcade in London, Burlington Arcade, which could be the inspiration of the place. Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London, England, United Kingdom. It extends 179 m behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th-century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping mall. It is near the similar Piccadilly Arcade.
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