Crystal Palace has a number of meanings:

• The Crystal Palace was a Victorian iron and glass building, originally in Hyde Park, London for the Great Exhibition, and subsequently rebuilt in south London. It was destroyed by fire in 1936.

• Crystal Palace, London is an area near which the second building was located, and the Crystal Palace Transmitter is a notable landmark there.

• Crystal Palace Football Club played at The Crystal Palace until 1915, but now plays at nearby Selhurst Park.

• Crystal Palace Sports Centre sits near the south London location of the original Palace, within Crystal Palace Park.

• Crystal Palace was the name of the dance hall in San Antonio, New Mexico some decades ago; it is now the residence of James Bond, a real person.

• Crystal Palace is the name of a longstanding pub in central Sydney, Australia, where 2600 meetings are held.

• Crystal Palace Laughlin is a casino and hotel in Laughlin, Nevada.

Crystal palace is also sometimes used as a mildly derogatory term for any structure that is pompously impressive from the outside, but not necessarily so functionally useful as might have been hoped. The facade of the original Crystal Palace side view of the Crystal Palace A huge iron and glass building, The Crystal Palace was one of the wonders of 19th Century Britain, if not the world. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England, and one of the Royal Parks of London. ... The Great Exhibition was an international exhibition held in Hyde Park London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851 and the first in a series of Worlds Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that were to be a popular 19th century feature. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Crystal Palace or Upper Norwood is an area in south London, England within the postcode London SE19. ... The Crystal Palace Transmitter is a telecommunications tower in the Crystal Palace area of London (grid reference TQ339712). ... Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club based in London and playing in the Coca-Cola Football League Championship, the second level of English football. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Selhurst Park is a football stadium in south London, and is the current home ground of Crystal Palace F.C. History In 1922 the site, a former brickfield, was bought from the Brighton Railway Company for £2,570. ... The National Sports Centre The athletics stadium with the Crystal Palace Transmitter in the background. ... The village of San Antonio is in Socorro County, New Mexico which is roughly in the center of the state. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... Fall 2004 (21:3) 2600 Issue 2600: The Hacker Quarterly is a traditional (printed) magazine named for the fact that phreakers in the 1960s found that the transmission of a 2600 Hertz tone (which could be produced perfectly with a plastic toy whistle given away free with Capn Crunch... Laughlin is a census-designated place located in Clark County, Nevada. ...