Former Buildings and Structures of Westminster - The Crystal Palace, Wyld's Great Globe, St James's Hall, Gaiety Theatre, London (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 89. Chapters: The Crystal Palace, Wyld's Great Globe, St James's Hall, Gaiety Theatre, London, Hanover Square Rooms, Windmill Theatre, Dorchester House, Queen's Hall, Exeter Hall, Royalty Theatre, Folly Theatre, Opera Comique, Olympic Theatre, Palace of Whitehall, Royal Aquarium, Almack's, Cotton library, Alhambra Theatre, St James's Theatre, St. George's Hall, London, Pantheon, London, Marquee Club, Globe Theatre, Charing Cross Music Hall, London Astoria, Oxford Music Hall, Egyptian Hall, Cockpit Theatre, Royal Strand Theatre, Down Street tube station, Gibbon's Tennis Court, Indica Gallery, Millbank Prison, Terry's Theatre, Daly's Theatre, Cockpit-in-Court, Bow Street Magistrates' Court, Hungerford Market, Holophusikon, Queen Anne's Mansions, Gate Theatre Studio, St Stephen's Chapel, Sans Souci Theatre, Cecil Hotel, Batcave, Original Shaftesbury Theatre, Exeter Exchange, Marsham Towers, National Institution of Fine Arts, Princess's Theatre, London, Yorkshire Stingo, The 2i's Coffee Bar, Tothill Fields Bridewell, Enon Chapel, Evans Music-and-Supper Rooms, Westminster Theatre, Royal College of Chemistry, Clare Market, Gatehouse Prison, Club Eleven, Speakeasy Club, Little Theatre in the Adelphi, Avenue of Stars, London, Millbank Distillery, Painted Chamber, Egton House, Hungerford Hall. Excerpt: Wyld's Great Globe (also known as Wyld's Globe or Wyld's Monster Globe) was an attraction situated in London's Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862, constructed by James Wyld (1812-1887), a distinguished mapmaker and former Member of Parliament for Bodmin. At the centre of a purpose-built hall was a giant globe, 60 feet 4 inches (18.39 m) in diameter. The globe was hollow and contained a staircase and elevated platforms which members of the public could climb in order to view the surface of the earth on its interior surface, which was mod...