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St.-Josefs-Kirchplatz 2
Finanzamt. Dreigeschossiger historisierender Bau mit Volutengiebeln und Erker, 1904 D-7-64-000-326
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Built in 1937 for Giacomo Gandalfo to use as a neighborhood restaurant, currently slated for demolition.
A young woman went jogging past and said, "That's Fine Art, guys!" to my brother and me.
April 29, 2019, a perfect spring day. First to take care of some business in lower Manhattan, but then to make a day of it and take another mega-walk photo tour, which would include the length of Broadway from the Battery to 32nd St. This is a walk that takes one through several historic districts of Manhattan, and past the many architectural gems that are along Broadway. Historic buildings such as Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel, the old US Customs House, and Cunard Lines Building in lower Manhattan. Then further north is New York City Hall and Park and the Municipal Building, it is then into the rich shopping district of a revitalized SOHO with its many fine examples of Cast Iron architecture. A stop was made at Grace Church at 10th Street to go inside and marvel at this architectural gem which was opened in 1846. The church was designed by architect James Renwick Jr, who later was responsible for the design of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. The similarity between the two churches is clearly evident. Further north one comes to Union Square reaching from 14th to 17th streets, along with its colorful and active Farmers Market in the heart of Manhattan, and then on to Madison Square Park at 23rd St. The last short stretch was to 32nd street and Horace Greeley Square and then across to Penn Station
The Standard Building in downtown Cleveland. / A Standard épület Cleveland-ben a belvárosban.
Sunday morning in downtown Cleveland, OH. We spent the last day of our weekend roadtrip in Cleveland with our family, attending a mass and driving around in the city, before visiting an old relative, in the summer of 2006.
Vasárnap délelőtt autóztunk körbe a belvárosban, 2006. júniusában. A hétvégét a család Ohióban töltötte, vasárnap Clevelandben misére mentünk, várost néztünk, és meglátogattuk idős rokonomat.
The Standard Building, (originally the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Cooperative National Bank Building and later the Standard Bank Building), is a high-rise office tower located at the southwest corner of Ontario Street and St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Rising to a height of 282 feet (86 meters), the Standard Building was the second tallest building in Cleveland when it was completed in 1925. Three of its four sides are clad in cream-colored terra cotta with a recurring starburst motif. The south face, which can be seen from Public Square, is unadorned and windowless. It was designed by Knox and Elliot architects, and was built for $7 million. It is owned by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
During the Great Depression, Standard Bank ran into financial difficulties and was sold by the BLE. It merged with two other Cleveland banks in 1930, forming Standard Trust Bank. This bank subsequently failed in 1931 and its assets were liquidated. From World War II through the 1960s, the bank lobby served as an indoctrination center for draftees. In the 1940s the building housed Cleveland College, a downtown campus of Western Reserve University, and was the last building of that campus. Currently it is the 21st highest building in Cleveland. It was designated a Cleveland Landmark in 1979. In 2007, the boundary of the Euclid Avenue Historic District was increased to include the building, among other structures.
A view of the National Aquarium, Baltimore under a partly cloudy sky in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The All Saints Church is an Anglican church located in the suburb of Ainslie, Canberra. It is part of the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in the Anglican Church of Australia.
The original building started as the First Mortuary station in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, as noted on a plaque on the church:
"The stonework of this church was originally used to build the first mortuary station on the branch railway to the necropolis rookwood near Sydney. This plaque was presented by the Australian Railway Historical Society to commemorate the old station which was in use from 1868 to 1948." [1][permanent dead link]
The railway line went underneath the main arch in the building, where the aisle is in the present church. The side aisles are where the platforms for the station were located. Coffins would be taken out on the railway line to the cemetery for burial.
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The Kailasa (Sanskrit: Kailāsanātha) temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora, Maharashtra, India. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I as attested in Kannada inscriptions. This is one of the 34 temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves. These extend over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora. The Kailasa (cave 16) is a remarkable example of Dravidian architecture on account of its striking proportion, elaborate workmanship, architectural content, and sculptural ornamentation of rock-cut architecture. The temple was commissioned and completed between 757-783 CE, when Krishna I ruled the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the home of Lord Shiva. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock.
METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
The Kailasa Temple is notable for its vertical excavation - carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward. The traditional methods were rigidly followed by the master architect which could not have been achieved by excavating from the front. It is estimated that about 400,000 tons of rocks were scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure. From the chisel marks on walls of this temple, archeologists could conclude that three types of chisels were used to carve this temple.
ARCHITECTURE
All the carvings are at more than one level. A two-storeyed gateway opens to reveal a U-shaped courtyard. The courtyard is edged by a columned arcade three stories high. The arcades are punctuated by huge sculpted panels, and alcoves containing enormous sculptures of a variety of deities. Originally flying bridges of stone connected these galleries to central temple structures, but these have fallen.
Within the courtyard are two structures. As is traditional in Shiva temples, an image of the sacred bull Nandi fronts the central temple housing the lingam. In Cave 16, the Nandi Mandapa and main Shiva temple are each about 7 metres high, and built on two storeys. The lower stories of the Nandi Mandapa are both solid structures, decorated with elaborate illustrative carvings. The base of the temple has been carved to suggest that elephants are holding the structure aloft.
A rock bridge connects the Nandi Mandapa to the porch of the temple. The structure itself is a tall pyramidic South Indian temple. The shrine – complete with pillars, windows, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, and an enormous stone lingam at its heart – is carved with niches, plasters, windows as well as images of deities, mithunas (erotic male and female figures) and other figures. Most of the deities at the left of the entrance are Shaivaite (followers of Lord Shiva) while on the right hand side the deities are Vaishnavaites (followers of Lord Vishnu).
There are two Dhwajasthambha (pillars with flagstaff) in the courtyard. The grand sculpture of Ravana attempting to lift Mount Kailasa, with his full might is a landmark in Indian art.
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Tronos del Cristo de la Agonía y Virgen de las Penas en la Iglesia de San Julian la mañana del Martes Santo de 2008 en Málaga
To the west of Brewood is another steepled church, this time the 1840s St Mary's Roman Catholic church, by Pugin, but not an exciting piece.
I found it locked, but it's oldest possession was visible, as just next to the south porch was what appeared to be a Norman holy water stoop on a squat colonette.
Scottish people dominated the engineering and shipbuilding industries in all countries to which they migrated. A pair of Scottish brothers, the Duncans, founded one of NZ’s leading early foundries and engineering works in 1865.
The building bearing their name (built in 1903) is at 204 St.Asaph Street, Christchurch NZ beside Buchanan's City Foundry. It has a Heritage NZ Cat.II listing.
The Fayette County Courthouse (1891) La Grange TX was designed by San Antonio architect James Riely Gordon. The Romanesque Revival style structure uses four types of native Texas stone on the exterior.
Conques en francés, Concas en occitano, es una localidad y comuna francesa situdada en el departamento del Aveyron, en la región de Mediodía-Pirineos.
Conques se encuentra en el valle del río Dourdou de Conques, en el sudoeste del país y es uno de los centros de peregrinación más importantes de Francia gracias a la Abadía de Sainte-Foy. Está clasificada en la categoría de les plus beaux villages de France (pueblos más bellos de Francia).
On our drive down to Panama City Beach we pass through Eufaula on highway 431.
It's odd because the busy highway funnels through this completely out of place area with these great-looking homes. I'm not sure why there is no bypass, but this time we decided to stop and take pictures of some of the wonderful houses along the road.