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A glass cathedral where Victorians worshipped tropical plants and outran their own cold climate.
empire flexBuilt to grow pineapples as living status symbols
glass taxEngland taxed glass until 1845, making them pure wealth
double meaningAlso a school where music students survive on coffee
orangeries firstOriginated to shelter citrus through European winters
crystal palaceIts 1851 ancestor covered nineteen acres of glass