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It's amazing to me how the District has kept these historic schools going. It's not that way here in Champaign.
I love that they kept the Central Library downtown and they adaptively reuse a historic building!! I don't have a photo of it but the parking structure is great with these huge books.
In the West Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District , National Register #76001113.
The original church at this location was built in 1828, during lulls in the construction of the Rideau Canal, though the church building seen here was built in 1872, and then, much later, in 1988, an office building attached directly to the church, St. Andrew's Tower, was built. St. Andrew's Tower is mainly the headquarters of the Department of Justice, but the church still has some offices in the lower floors.
The two source photos were composited together in Autostitch.
Interesting, the Avant building on the left was originally constructed in 1971 as the Dulski Federal Building.
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It was adaptively reused (basically stripped down to the structure) into an Embassy Suites, offices, and condos.
I don't know what the building on the right is, but it deserves to be saved.
The Customhouse and Post Office was designed by Alfred Mullett in 1873. It is one of two surviving Federal buildings by Mullett. The other one is the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House. You can't see it from this perspective, but there is a large domed portion on the other side of the building.
This building's adaptive reuse was part of a huge controversy between the Landmarks Association of St Louis and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Basically the developers interested in the adaptive reuse of the Old Post Office wanted to demolish the historic Century Building for a parking structure (which is what eventually happened). The National Trust sided with the developers horror, and the Century Building came tumbling down.
The Customhouse and Post Office (Old Post Office) is on the National Register #68000053, and it is also a National Historic Landmark.
On the foreground a beautiful old warehouse and behind it the Tower on South (Architect: Renzo Piano)
On the left: part of the Erasmus Bridge.
The Iolani Palace was constructed in 1871 and designed by Thomas J. Baker in the Hawaiian Regional style (think of Second Empire in this case).
The Iolani Palace is on the National Register #66000293, and is also a National Historic Landmark.
The Government Service Center by Paul Rudolph was designed in 1962 and finished in 1971. It's in the Brutalist style with his signature ribbed concrete or "corduroy concrete".
The Gothic Revival style cathedral was completed in April 1914 and designed by Charles A. MacDonald and George Winkler. It is on the National Register #82003704.
St Joseph's Church originated in 1876 with this church structure constructed in 1909. St Joseph's Church was surrounded on three sides in 1945 by Joske's Department Store.
In the Alamo Plaza Historic District, on the National Register #77001425.
The Minton Capehart Federal Building (designed by Woollen Associates) and the obelisk in Veterans Memorial Plaza which is part of the Indiana World War Memorial Historic District which is on the National Register #89001404 and also a National Historic Landmark.
The Old State House was constructed in 1713 in the Georgian style. It served as the chambers for the Royal Governor and then the government of the Commonwealth until the move to the new State House in 1798. It was the Boston City Hall from 1830 to 1841. It was restored in the 1880s. The Old State House is on the National Register #66000779, and is also a National Historic Landmark. It is also part of the Boston National Historical Park, National Register #74002222.
From the marker:
This structure w as built to house the San Antonio National Bank, organized by George W. Brackenridge and others in 1866 as the first federally chartered banking institution in the city. Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz, A New York architect, designed the building using limestone mined from area Quarries. Completed in 1886, it served as the fourth structure for the bank. The Victorian design features moorish arches, ornate ironwork, and a decorative southeast corner tower. The bank occupied the facility until 1970.
This is on the National Register #72001348, and found in the San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District which is on the National Register of Historic Places #100002128.
I almost didn't want to take this photo. It is the new addition to the R.O.M. - the Royal Ontario Museum on Bloor St. at University Ave.
I have to say, in my opinion, it's the ugliest thing I have ever seen in architecture. I don't know whose idea this was, which developers, politicians, etc. were involved.
The original building is a wonderful piece of architecture and it has been totally ruined with this addition of this monstrocity.
Next time I am in this area, I will take a photo of the front of this building and you will see what I mean.
See the notes, where I have pointed some of the original building.
On the foreground: the harbour office, on the background: the flat iron building (Het Strijkijzer) www.skyscrapercity.info/100.php?id=4&bid=374 The harbor office was built in 1900. Architect: A.A. Schadee
Fourth Avenue (originally Cherry Street) east for a block was called the Men's Quarter with the heart of the Quarter being Printer's Alley. Printer's Alley was a series of bars and "other" establishments that served the more reputable places on Fourth Avenue. Nashville was a "dry town" starting in 1909 but the establishments still thrived. In 1939, purchasing liquor became legal except for by drink so most places allowed their patrons to bring in their own bottles.
In the Printer's Alley Historic District National Register #82003964.
The Government Service Center by Paul Rudolph was designed in 1962 and finished in 1971. It's in the Brutalist style with his signature ribbed concrete or "corduroy concrete".
The Bank of Canada is Canada's "central bank", responsible for matters dealing with currency and monetary policy. It is not a commercial bank.
The original stone structure in the middle was designed by Montreal architect S.G. Davenport and built from 1937 and 1938. The glass additions were designed by architect Arthur Erikson and the architectural firm Marani Rounthwaite & Dick. I was surprised to find out in Wikipedia that they were completed in 1979. From the look of the structure, I would have guessed that they were built in the early 1990s.
You can see reflections of the Confederation Building, the Justice Building, and the Ottawa Marriott Hotel.
The Holy Trinity Catholic Church opened in 1896 and was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Nicholas Joseph Clayton. It is on the National Register #84001261
A church has been located here since 1784. La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles dates to 1861 although it utilized construction material from an 1822 church. Although not individually listed on the National Register (wonder why?) it is part of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, #72000231.
I don't know what came first, the gas station or the church above it. It's on a street corner in Rosslyn, Virginia, which is part of Arlington. Locals call it "Our Lady of Exxon" but it looks to be a Chevron now. The old name seems to stick.
The First National Bank Building has recently been adaptively reused into lofts. The was designed in 1922 by Henry Trost.
On the National Register #79003127.
The Royal Military College (RMC) is the military academy of the Canadian Forces. RMC was established in 1876. It is on the Canadian Historic Register.
(Left) Currie Building, Building No. 15 was constructed in 1918.
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(Middle) MacKenzie Building, Building No. 16 was constructed in 1876-78 and designed by Thomas Seaton Scott Chief Architect of Public Works.
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A recent ( and first) visit to the wonderful and vibrant city of Porto revealed a surprise around every corner. This single site looked like a lesson in photography with a very obvious checklist of colours, light, shadow, angles and textures very evident.
"Parisian Tapestry: View from the Wheel" is a sweeping panorama captured from the heights of Paris's iconic Ferris wheel. This photograph presents a unique aerial perspective of the Louvre, its historical facade and the modernity of the glass pyramid merging in a seamless tableau of the old and new.
Gazing upon this image, one is transported to the moment of ascension on the Ferris wheel, where the grandeur of Paris unfurls beneath a sky that watches over centuries of art, culture, and life. The courtyard, a mosaic of people against the classical architecture, reflects the vibrant pulse of the city, a contrast to the quiet dignity of the surrounding edifices.
This is Paris seen through a rare lens, offering a view that is ordinarily fleeting, captured here for perpetual admiration. The essence of my journey to Paris is encapsulated in this frame—the thrill of discovery and the reverence for a city that is both a museum and a canvas, where every glance holds a story and every moment is a work of art.
The Brown Palace opened in 1892. It was designed by Frank Edbrooke in the Romanesque Revival style.
The Brown Palace is is on the National Register #70000157.
Peck's was a clothing store in Kansas City. It's in an area known as Petticoat Lane which was the main shopping area of Kansas City until the 1960s. Most of the department stores in Petticoat Lane have all been demolished. The Peck's Building was once surrouned by Macy's.
This is right on the edge of the West Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District , National Register #76001113.
The penthouse was designed by I.M. Pei in 1975. The Lamar Building is on the National Register #79000744, and is also found in the Augusta Downtown Historic District, which is on the National Register of Historic Places #04000515.
The Country Club Plaza is not on the National Register even though it is considered the first planned shopping area in the country. It was planned by JC Nichols in 1923, and utilized Seville, Spain as its architectural influence.
Buildings on F Street NW
In the Downtown Historic District, National Register #01001004 and #84003901.
The Los Angeles Public Library was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and opened in 1926. It's in an Egyptian Revival style with sphinxes, snakes, mosaics, and of course the pyramid on top of the building. There is a huge globe chandelier in the dome under the pyramid. The Central Library was heavily damaged in 1986 due to an arson fire. It was restored and expanded by Norman Pfeiffer, and reopened to the public in 1993. The Los Angeles Public Library is on the National Register #70000136 and probably should also be a National Historic Landmark.
The six-story base of the Hearst Tower was designed by Joseph Urban and completed in 1928. It was designed to have a skyscraper on top of it but that vision was not completed until 2006 when Norman Foster designed the 46 story addition.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was begun in 1840 and completed in 1843. It is the oldest chuch in the United States continually used as a cathedral.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is on the National Register #72000418.
The Transamerica Building (built for Phoenix Title Company) was designed by Thomas Stanley in 1962 in the International Style with artwork by Charles Clement, while the Pima County Courthouse was constructed in 1929 and was designed by Roy Place and is on the National Register #78000566.