VIDEO: Campaign Underway To Restore Alexandra Palace's Victorian Theatre

North London's Alexandra Palace, a lavish entertainment and recreation center dubbed as "The People's Palace," received a grand opening in 1873, but just sixteen days later, the building was destroyed by fire.

A new palace reopened two years later, a building that still stands today. With a 1900 Act of Parliament creating the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust, requiring the trustees to maintain the palace and its surrounding park for free public use, it has remained a popular attraction, now featuring an ice rink, bar & kitchen, boating lake and animal enclosure and conservation area.

But one attraction, a Victorian theatre, has remained unused for decades, and a vigorous campaign has been launched to provide funds for its restoration.

The BBC reports that the effort is part of a project to restore the building's entire east wing, which also includes the first BBC television studios.

While nearly all the necessary funding has been pledged, the trust has set up a website for the public to donate the remaining £1m needed.

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