Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Kensington Gore, London, site of the Royal Albert Hall and the Albert Memorial.

1860		Eve. Mail (London) 13 Apr. 2/3: Two propositions that now divide the [...] scientific versus the political, are the extension of the Museum and the transference of the natural history collection to the rising suburb of Albertopolis south of the Kensington-road.
1865		G.A. Sala My Diary in America I 79: Tyburnia and South Kensington: – I beg pardon again: – Westbournia and Albertopolis.
1871		London Dly News 7 Apr. 6/4: The course of the multifarious innovations which one now sees in this Albertopolis quarter.
1877		Berks. Chron. 7 July 7/1: His fellow of St James’s, of Belgravia — yes, even of Albertopolis.
1998		M. Quinion World Wide Words 🌐 The term Albertopolis seems to have been invented in the 1850s, but quickly vanished again and reappeared only as the result of an unsuccessful proposal earlier this decade to extend Albert’s vision.
2001		Guardian 8 Dec. 🌐 The three museums, along with three colleges and a concert hall, occupy a 100 acres landscape seen by Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert, as the legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Museum chiefs still call the area Albertopolis.
2005		www.doorsofperception.com Feb. 🌐 [heading] Job going in Albertopolis. [...] Doors has a long history with the Interaction Design group at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, and they need a new head.