Crystal Palace
a structure of prefabricated iron units, glass, and wood, built in London to house the Exhibition of 1851: destroyed by fire 1936.
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I live at the intersection of several South London precincts, but the area most familiar to the wider world would be Crystal Palace, named after the vast Victorian glass house that once dominated its hilltop.
Features include a glass cupola designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, who also created the Crystal Palace in London.
There are flower-beds which need not blush to be compared with Kew or the Crystal Palace.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesDouble the population of Hannibal visited the Crystal Palace in one day!
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineShe slept a great deal, and was fed constantly and her Crystal Palace was like a little hothouse.
The Incubator Baby | Ellis Parker Butler
The sun was at the noon causing the glass roof of the distant Crystal Palace to gleam.
The Invasion | William Le QueuxFrom the terrace in front of the Crystal Palace his guns can sweep the whole range of southern suburbs.
The Invasion | William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for Crystal Palace
a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
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Cultural definitions for Crystal Palace
A great exhibition hall built in London, England, in the middle of the nineteenth century. It was one of the first prefabricated buildings and one of the first buildings with large expanses of glass wall.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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