The spectacular rise of EB Meyrowitz eyewear

Linking the bustle of Old Bond Street to the relative calm of Albemarle Street, The Royal Arcade is the late 19th century’s equivalent of a luxury mini mall. To pass beneath the ornate stucco of either one of its arched entrances is to step into a version of West End retail as it might have been, had the glittering temples of big luxury never replaced the family businesses that once lined Bond Streets Old and New.

In this tangerine and white stucco tunnel, where pendant lamps augment…