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The Louisville City Hall was designed by John Andrewartha in the Second Empire style and opened in 1873. After consolidation with Jefferson County, it mostly houses the offices of the Louisville Metro Council. The City Hall, Annex, and old fire station are on the National Register #7600090.
Not on the National Register.
The Galion Theater was designed by Matzinger & Grosel and opened in 1949.
Building with ornamental frieze contrasted with more contemporary architectural styles seen in Seattle, Washington.
Brooklyn Borough Hall was designed in 1835 by architect Gamaliel King. It was completed in 1849 to be used as the City Hall of the City of Brooklyn, but when the counties of New York, Kings, Queens, a portion of Westchester (The Bronx), and Richmond consolidated into New York City it became the Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Brooklyn Borough Hall is on the National Register #80002630.
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.
John Nash, architect and urban planner, designed All Soul's Church to cap his plan for the newly created Regent Street. It opened in 1824 and is his only surviving church, also it's one of the few original buildings left on Regent Street. It is a Grade I listed building.
Talk about architectural design contrast!
Taken through a smoky-glass door.
On the Canadian Register of Historic Places. For more information on the listing, click here.
Also in the Market Square Heritage Conservation District. For more information on this, click here.
For a view of Memorial Hall (on the opposite side of City Hall, click here.
At approximately 800,000 square feet, the Hub (transportation center), was designed by Santiago Calatrava for the eastern side of the new World Trade Center. New York by Gehry (8 Spruce Street) is an apartment building designed by Frank Gehry which opened in 2011.
The Music Center was the inspiration of Dorothy Chandler (heir to the Buffums department store fortune and wife to the heir of the Los Angeles Times) for a new home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as a performing arts venue and an innovative drama venue. Fundraising started in 1955 and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion opened in 1965 and was designed by Welton Becket. The Ahmanson Theater and the Mark Taper Forum opened in 1967. In 2003, the Walt Disney Concert Hall opened and became the new home of the Philharmonic.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will open on the National Mall in 2016. The museum was designed by Freelon Group, Adjaye Associates, and Davis Brody Bond through a contest. The exterior scrim design mimics grilles found in Charleston, South Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originally supposed to be bronze but now is painted to mimic bronze.
The Water Tower (actually a stand pipe to regulate water pressure) was constructed in in 1869 by William Boyington.
The Water Tower is on the National Register #75000644.
Don't know what the brick building is, but the contrast between the brick and the glass is just amazing.
Quincy Market was designed by Alexander Parris in 1825 in the Greek Revival style, the main building was built immediately east of and "behind" Faneuil Hall which at the time sat next to the waterfront at the town dock and then there is a North building and a South Building. It was transformed along with Faneuil Hall into a food and shopping area in 1976. It is on the National Register #66000784, and also a National Historic Landmark.
Brooklyn Borough Hall was designed in 1835 by architect Gamaliel King. It was completed in 1849 to be used as the City Hall of the City of Brooklyn, but when the counties of New York, Kings, Queens, a portion of Westchester (The Bronx), and Richmond consolidated into New York City it became the Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Brooklyn Borough Hall is on the National Register #80002630.
Henry Hobson Richardson designed Trinity Church on Copley Square in 1872 and it was finished in 1877. It is on the National Register of Historic Places #73001948 and also a National Historic Landmark and resides in the Back Bay Historic District which is also on the National Register of Historic Places #73001948.
The Navarre was constructed in 1880 for the Brinker Collegiate Institute. It transformed into a brothel and is now houses a private art collection.
The Navarre is on the National Register #77000365.
From the NHL website:
Given to the city by Peter Faneuil in 1740, Faneuil Hall, with its market and meeting hall, served as a focal point of Colonial protest against British rule and later as a center for the abolition movement in Boston. The orignal Faneuil Hall was built in 1742. It was rebuilt in 1762 after a fire. Charles Bulfinch greatly expanded it in 1806 in the Georgian/Federal style. Faneuil Hall is on the National Register #66000368, and also is a National Historic Landmark. It is also part of the Boston National Historical Park, National Register #74002222.
The Reading Terminal was constructed for the Reading Railroad in 1891. It's in the Italian Renaissance style and was designed by Francis Kimball. The station is no longer utilized with all commuter service moved underground. The building has been adaptively reused into part of the Pennsylvania Convention Center and rooms for a Marriott hotel. The entire Reading Terminal is on the National Register of Historic Places #72001170, and also a National Historic Landmark.
The Dillingham Transportation Building was designed by Lincoln Rodgers and was completed in 1929.
On the National Register #79000756.
The Stelco Tower was constructed for the headquarters of Stelco Steel. It was designed by Arthur Lau in 1973 utilizing Stelcoloy which as it oxidized further protected the steel cladding.
The Old South Meeting House was designed by Robert Twelves in 1729. It is on the National Register #6600077, and also a National Historic Landmark. It is also part of the Boston National Historical Park, National Register #74002222.
Two flags share the frame, one bold and close, the other distant and elevated. In the foreground, the yellow Amnesty International banner stretches across the sky, caught mid-motion, filling the lower half of the image like a voice that cannot be ignored. Far above, almost hidden among rooftops and wires, the Israeli flag waves quietly from the top of the embassy. The buildings stand between them orange walls, old windows, and a name carved into Helsinki’s architecture: Pietola.
This moment is not about noise, but position. The flag on the ground speaks loudly in size and visibility; the one on the rooftop carries the weight of statehood. It’s a visual dialogue protest and presence, civil society and government, ground and sky.
Kuvassa esiintyy kaksi lippua — toinen lähellä ja suuri, toinen kaukainen ja korkealla. Etualalla Amnesty Internationalin kirkkaankeltainen lippu hulmuaa voimakkaasti, täyttäen kuvan kuin ääni, jota ei voi ohittaa. Korkealla rakennuksen katolla, lähes piilossa johtojen ja julkisivujen keskellä, liehuu Israelin lippu suurlähetystön yläpuolella. Rakennukset jäävät näiden kahden väliin — oransseine seinineen, vanhoine ikkunoineen ja Helsingin arkkitehtuuriin piirtyneen nimen kanssa: Pietola.
Tämä hetki ei puhu kovaa, mutta se puhuu asemasta. Maassa oleva lippu on suuri ja näkyvä; katolla oleva lippu kantaa valtiollista symboliikkaa. Kuvassa käy visuaalinen vuoropuhelu kansalaisyhteiskunta ja valtio, protesti ja virallisuus, maa ja taivas.
Constructed in 1871 as the first post office in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Individually on the National Register #72000416 and also in the Merchant Street Historic District #73000661.