This beautiful unused subway could soon reopen to the public
 

This beautiful unused subway could soon reopen to the public
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LONDON — A hidden Victorian gem of London could reopen to the public this year, thanks to the hard work of the community that cares about it.

The splendid Crystal Palace subway was built 150 years ago, and its story is as colourful and turbulent as that of London itself. The Friends of the Crystal Palace Subway group has raised e**ugh money to safely restore access to it, and eventually wants to turn it into a cultural events space.

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It was built as a walkway from the High Line train station in south London to the Crystal Palace, the beautiful glass structure that housed the Great Exhibition of 1851. But the subway began its descent into obsolescence*when Crystal Palace was destroyed in a fire in 1936. Read more...


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