On Saturday afternoon London acquired a new “lung” by the reopening of the Alexandra Palace and Park to the public free and for ever. The Palace itself has passed through many vicissitudes, most of them the reverse of prosperous. It was first opened in 1863, being erected mainly with the materials from the international exhibition held in the previous year. Ten years later it was burnt to the ground, and the present structure was erected in its place. Various attempts to run it as a commerci… (View original article)
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