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The Crystal Palace And The Arts
In all these , great advantages seemed to be attainable by classification , which had been barely attempted in the Great Exhibition . Geology , mineralogy , and botany , Avere to be illustrated on a far greater scale than had ever before been attempted ; and trees , plants , architecture , costumes , and manufacturesAvere to be so disposedas to presentas far as
, , , practicable , a study of eA'ery country in the world . The best description Ave could give of the present state of the project might be summed up in saying , that it does not show that any of these professions Avill not be folloAved up ; Avhilst , in some respects , the plan has become much amplified . Nevertheless , a few details may be here recorded . The
500 , 0002 . capital , in 100 , 000 shares of 51 . each , paid up in full ( since increased to 750 , 0002 . ) , was soon obtained ; a charter was granted , ancl the first column was raised on the 5 th August , 1852 , in presence of a large concourse of persons eminent in the walks of literature and science , to about 600 of whom , a handsome entertainment Avas given by the contractors;—ancl though the original intention of opening in 1853 has not been realized , the speed Avith which the work will have been executed
Avdl be sufficiently marvellous , if what is UOAV in hand be properly completed in May , 1854 . The building in Hyde Park was not nearly completed at the time originally specified , nor Avas it quite so even at the day of opening ; ancl in the present case it may be difficult enough , even with superior work , to prevent the admission of wet , which Avas the source of so much
annoyance in the other case . Already , however , there is the best evidence of the interest Avhich is taken in the scheme . The price of ground for building upon , in the neighbourhood has greatly increased ; indeed , at the A ery commencement of their work , the Company disposed of 149 acres of surplus , at a profit of 51 , 000 / . Every Sunday , the scene in the neighbourhood is not
very unlike Avhat was witnessed in Hyde Park . The building is at the top of the hill on the Avest side of the Brighton Railway , and stands not quite north and south . From the Avest side , there is a noble view over Upper Norwood , and oA'er London to the hills beyond , and on the east the prospect extends over " the garden of England . " On this side is the park ; and here the rapid descent of the ground at once rendered necessary an additional story , which is to be devoted to machinery , and to the various heating ancl steam apparatus .
Thus , with the other changes in the design ancl construction , opportunity has been taken to remedy some of the defects of the old building . The really meritorious features in the building in Hyde Park Avere the roof of the transept , and the fine effect of
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The Crystal Palace And The Arts
In all these , great advantages seemed to be attainable by classification , which had been barely attempted in the Great Exhibition . Geology , mineralogy , and botany , Avere to be illustrated on a far greater scale than had ever before been attempted ; and trees , plants , architecture , costumes , and manufacturesAvere to be so disposedas to presentas far as
, , , practicable , a study of eA'ery country in the world . The best description Ave could give of the present state of the project might be summed up in saying , that it does not show that any of these professions Avill not be folloAved up ; Avhilst , in some respects , the plan has become much amplified . Nevertheless , a few details may be here recorded . The
500 , 0002 . capital , in 100 , 000 shares of 51 . each , paid up in full ( since increased to 750 , 0002 . ) , was soon obtained ; a charter was granted , ancl the first column was raised on the 5 th August , 1852 , in presence of a large concourse of persons eminent in the walks of literature and science , to about 600 of whom , a handsome entertainment Avas given by the contractors;—ancl though the original intention of opening in 1853 has not been realized , the speed Avith which the work will have been executed
Avdl be sufficiently marvellous , if what is UOAV in hand be properly completed in May , 1854 . The building in Hyde Park was not nearly completed at the time originally specified , nor Avas it quite so even at the day of opening ; ancl in the present case it may be difficult enough , even with superior work , to prevent the admission of wet , which Avas the source of so much
annoyance in the other case . Already , however , there is the best evidence of the interest Avhich is taken in the scheme . The price of ground for building upon , in the neighbourhood has greatly increased ; indeed , at the A ery commencement of their work , the Company disposed of 149 acres of surplus , at a profit of 51 , 000 / . Every Sunday , the scene in the neighbourhood is not
very unlike Avhat was witnessed in Hyde Park . The building is at the top of the hill on the Avest side of the Brighton Railway , and stands not quite north and south . From the Avest side , there is a noble view over Upper Norwood , and oA'er London to the hills beyond , and on the east the prospect extends over " the garden of England . " On this side is the park ; and here the rapid descent of the ground at once rendered necessary an additional story , which is to be devoted to machinery , and to the various heating ancl steam apparatus .
Thus , with the other changes in the design ancl construction , opportunity has been taken to remedy some of the defects of the old building . The really meritorious features in the building in Hyde Park Avere the roof of the transept , and the fine effect of