one of today's M & D discussion topics?--until Becky posts her great stuff

[Monte Davis]

That 1851 Crystal Palace and its panoramic, uh, glazing are also among the
inspirations for the dream milieu of the Evacuation that opens GR, for what
Maxine first sees of DeepArcher in BE, maybe even for Rebekah & Dixon's
wedding venue on 187:

"Down near the East India Docks. ‘Clive Chapel,’ as they styl’d it then, a
Nabob’s Day-Dream, made to seem a Treasure-Cave of the East, with Walls of
Crystal, Chandeliers of Lenses Prismatick, that could make the light of but
a single Candle brighter than a Beacon..."

Or even Lepton Castle (412):

"To their alarm, Light shines ev’rywhere,— Chandelier Light, silver Sconce
and Sperm-Taper Light,— striking them both to an all-but-
sympathetick Squint. "

The Crystal Palace, relocated with some redesign to Sydenham Hill, was
destroyed by fire in 1936. Two water towers survived: "The north tower was
demolished with explosives in 1941.[55]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace#cite_note-time-north-tower-55>
[56]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace#cite_note-pescod-north-tower-56>
No
reason was given for its removal, although it was rumoured that it was to
remove a landmark for WWII German aircraft, but Luftwaffe
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe> bombers actually navigated their
way to Central London by tracking the River Thames. The Crystal Palace
grounds were also used as a manufacturing base for aircraft radar screens
and other hi-tech equipment of the time. This remained secret until well
after the war."

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Another novelty of the 19th century was the world exhibition, the most
> salient
> combination of panoramic gaze with encyclopedic documentation. It all
> started
> with the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All
> Nations...whose spectacular
> crystal palace...has remained in the collective memory."----IBID.
>
> For discussion: Has TRP tried to put down a "panoramic gaze' to take in
> this kind of panoramic gaze....maybe "a panoramic gaze about the end of
> such panoramic gazes?"
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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