Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace—often called “Ally Pally”—was conceived as “the People’s Palace” in north London and is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue. It opened in 1873, but a fire struck two weeks after opening, prompting a rebuild led by John Johnson, and the complex was originally planned on the site of Tottenham Wood and Tottenham Wood Farm. Ownership shifted as neighbouring local authorities acquired it, and an Act of Parliament created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust, requiring the trustees to keep the building and park available for public free use and recreation “for ever.” In 1935 the trustees leased part of the Palace to the BBC, and by 1936 it became the home of the world’s first regular public “high-definition” television service using a 405-line monochrome system. …
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