After the Exhibition, the authorities decided to move the Crystal Palace and restore Hyde Park to its former conditin. The Crystal Palace was painstakingly disassembled and relocated to an area of South London known as Penge Common. Yr move was orgaizied bt Thomas Younghusband, an enterprising fellow who had played a role in setting up the Crtysal palace exhibitions and organising food for the festivities. He owned a tavern/hotel and moving business near Hyde Park. The Crystal Palace was reassembled at the top of Penge Peak next to Sydenham Hill, at the time a toney suburb of large villas (June 1854). It was such a famous landmark that the nearby residential area was renamed Crystal Palace. This came to include the Crystal Palace Park. The Palace was set up in the middle od the Park. The Park also included the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. It was a football stadium that hosted the FA Cup Final (1895 and 1914). Crystal Palace F.C. were founded at the site (1905) and played at the Cup Final venues. The park still contains Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins's famous Crystal Palace Dinosaurs which were moved along with the Crystal Palace in 1854. The Crystal Palace burned down in a fire (November 1936).
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