After a year, he was succeeded by Phineas T. Barnum who put together a reinauguration in May 1854 when Henry Ward Beecher and Elihu Burritt were the featured orators.
Projects featured in book include rejects entries for building competitions like the New York Crystal Palace and the Chicago Tribune Tower and unrealized projects by architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Siah Armajani.
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Other large greenhouses built in the 19th century, included the New York Crystal Palace, Munich’s Glaspalast and the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken (1874–1895) for King Leopold II of Belgium.