-:Undertaker:-
05-10-2013, 02:26 AM
Should the Crystal Palace be rebuilt?
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This week the news came that London's famous Crystal Palace is to be rebuilt after burning down in the 1930s and never being rebuilt due to out of fashion Victorian architecture at the time and a lack of funds in the inter-war period. However, plans have been unveiled by a Chinese billionare and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to rebuild the palace starting in 2015.
The Palace was, from my recollection, origininally built with the help of Prince Albert (husband to Queen-Empress Victoria) to hold great exhibitions within from all across the British Empire. Grand functions and spectacles such as tropical plants were given a home in the Crystal Palace to show off what at the time was a very patriotic feeling: Crystal Palace, occupying a hill near today's City of London (financial) literally was the crown to the area it was located in.
Burning down in the 1930s, the site has remained empty with only the stone bottom remaining with trees growing where the Palace once sat. Various designs and ideas have been put forward over the years to rebuild, but this latest proposal seems to be a very serious attempt to virtually replicate the fine building that was lost all those years ago.
So what do you think? should Crystal Palace be rebuilt or is it just a relic of a bygone area? if so, what else should be built on the site? and on a broader note, do you agree with this German-style concept of rebuilding grand old Victorian buildings that were lost during the last century?
Great pictures of the proposals and of the old Crystal Palace can be found here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442468/Crystal-Palace-rebuild-plans-unveiled.html
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This week the news came that London's famous Crystal Palace is to be rebuilt after burning down in the 1930s and never being rebuilt due to out of fashion Victorian architecture at the time and a lack of funds in the inter-war period. However, plans have been unveiled by a Chinese billionare and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to rebuild the palace starting in 2015.
The Palace was, from my recollection, origininally built with the help of Prince Albert (husband to Queen-Empress Victoria) to hold great exhibitions within from all across the British Empire. Grand functions and spectacles such as tropical plants were given a home in the Crystal Palace to show off what at the time was a very patriotic feeling: Crystal Palace, occupying a hill near today's City of London (financial) literally was the crown to the area it was located in.
Burning down in the 1930s, the site has remained empty with only the stone bottom remaining with trees growing where the Palace once sat. Various designs and ideas have been put forward over the years to rebuild, but this latest proposal seems to be a very serious attempt to virtually replicate the fine building that was lost all those years ago.
So what do you think? should Crystal Palace be rebuilt or is it just a relic of a bygone area? if so, what else should be built on the site? and on a broader note, do you agree with this German-style concept of rebuilding grand old Victorian buildings that were lost during the last century?
Great pictures of the proposals and of the old Crystal Palace can be found here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442468/Crystal-Palace-rebuild-plans-unveiled.html
There are plenty of nifty prizes to be won within this forum. Positive contributions towards official debates will sometimes be rewarded with a month's VIP subscription in a colour of your choice as part of the Top Contributor award. As well as this, reputation will be awarded throughout the debate to those who make valid and constructive posts. Those who make the best contributions within a month win the Debater of the Month award and wins themselves a month's worth of forum VIP and 10 reputation points. Finally, those who create debate topics that generate a lot of buzz and engaging discussion will receive 20 reputation points.
The debate is open to you.