The original Crystal Palace: How the building was made in 190 days
The Crystal Palace was a huge exhibition building constructed in London's Hyde Park between 1850 and 1851. It hosted the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5 天
When London’s Iconic Crystal Palace Burned to the Ground in a Devastating Fire
Three years before World War II, on this day in 1936, an inferno marked the symbolic end of the global hegemony of the ...
BBC8 个月
Crystal Palace: The transmitter that beams TV to millions of homes
The Crystal Palace transmitting station is one of the tallest structures in London. It has a unique job to beam terrestrial television into millions of homes in the capital and the Home Counties.
BBC2 年
Crystal Palace: Plans to restore ornate Victorian subway approved
A hidden Victorian subway in south-east London is set to be ... Park for the Great Exhibition in 1851 but was subsequently moved to what is now Crystal Palace Park The Grade-II* listed subway ...
Scientific American8 年
The New Crystal Palace at Sydenham, near London
The last load of materials, the debris of the London Crystal Palace, were removed to their new site at Sydenham, on the first of this month. From all accounts the new Crystal Palace will exceed ...
BBC3 年
Great Exhibition plate - 1851
On May 1 1851 Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition ... The seemingly fragile structure was nicknamed 'The Crystal Palace' by the satirical magazine Punch. In this print, the two naves ...