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The Central Railway Station was designed by Eliel Saarinen in 1909 and the station was opened in 1919. The station is mostly clad in Finnish granite, and its distinguishing features are its clock tower and the two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps, lit at night-time, on either side of the main entrance.
Dec.14-16, 2018: We spent weekend in Alameda, California, USA. Views of a small portion of the amazing variety of home architecture there.
(2011)(film) Book shop, money changer and Railway Food station / canteen. 3154_03 (2) #thesgheritagetrailsonfilm
Upon arriving in main hall, the first thing that many encounter was Habib Railway Book Store and Money Changer. These businesses were part of the station scenery since 1936.
Many regular passengers would have used the services of the money changer. Opened in 1936, the shop was where Mohd Seeni, a proprietor, used to work before taking over in 1958. He was the longest serving staff in the station.
The station canteen, renowned for its tasty and affordable food, had been established since 1984 by the Hasan brothers.
(Info source: wiki)
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Newark Penn Station
Newark, N.J.
1935
Photo by
Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Potter County was organized in 1876, and named Robert Potter, who moved from North Carolina to Texas, settling in the Marshall area, in 1835 after assaulting (evidently castrating?!) two men whom he accused of having an affair with his wife.
A former member of the North Carolina House of Commons, he continued his political career in Texas, and was a signer of the Texas Constitution and served as the Secretary of the Navy for the Republic of Texas. He was rather dramatically killed during a feud known as the Regulator-Moderator War, or the Shelby County War, in 1842.
The county seat of Amarillo was originally name Oneida. It was founded in April of 1887 by J. I. Berry on a section along the right-of-way of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad, and was named the county seat after an election in August of 1887.
In 1888, Henry B. Sanborn and Joseph F. Glidden began purchasing land to the east of Berry's land, eventually convincing townspeople to move to their preferred location.
By the late 1890s, Amarillo was one of the busiest cattle shipping sites in the US.
The 1932 Art Deco courthouse, which is seven stories high, is the county's fifth courthouse, and cost $420,000 ($9,245,756 in today's money) to build. The original county library building is also on the grounds.
Seeing Stereolab perform at the historic Wiltern Theatre (built in 1931) in Koreatown in Los Angeles
Walthamstow Town Hall
Civic Centre. 1937-42 by P D Hepworth. Portland stone, copper lantern; roof not visible. Three storeys. Nineteen bays, end bays set forward. Central portico of four piers, without capitals, unmoulded to front but panelled to sides, with inset relief plaques. Inscription "Walthamstow Town Hall" in frieze above. Coved cornice. Shallow architraves to windows, iron balconies to first floor centre, middle and pavilions. Tall square copper lantern with louvred sides and clock, topped by octagonal lantern with cornice, ball and spike, pinnacles to four corners. Rear elevation with polygonal projection to centre with attached figure sculptures. Portland stone gatepiers, two pairs to east, two pairs to west, corniced; with moulded sides; linked by low wall. Theatre to south east an integral part of the design.
[Historic England]
Looking out from inside Masks (Pentagon) by Thomas Houseago
Temporary installation (April-June 2015) as part of the Public Art Fund.
Outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza
The Rockefeller Center was sponsored by, and named after, John D Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960). The development consists of 14 Art Deco buildings, designed by Raymond Mathewson Hood (1881-1934) and constructed between 1930-39, plus 4 International-Style buildings built in the 1960-70s.
The only project employed 40,000 people, and cost an estimated $250m at the time (this included the acquiring the land and demolishing some existing buildings).
The area now known as the State of Arkansas was acquired by the US in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Arkansas Territory (Territory of Arkansaw) was formed in 1819, and was admitted into the union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836.
Originally part of Sevier County, Polk County was first settled by whites around 1830. In November of 1844, the area was separated from Sevier County, and named for President James K. Polk. The first county seat was in the town of Dallas, which was named for Polk’s Vice President, George Dallas.
In 1896, the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (now the Kansas City Southern Railroad), founded by Arthur E. Stillwell, platted out a townsite named for Folmina Margaretha Janssen-De Goeijen, called Mena, who was the wife of Jan de Goeigen, a wealthy Dutch merchant who helped finance the railroad. The railroad arrived in Mena on August 19, 1896, and Mena was incorporated on September 18, 1896. In June of 1898, a special election was held, and it was voted to move the county seat from Dallas to Mena.
The 1939 Art Deco style building in the center of Mena is the county’s fourth courthouse. It was constructed by the Works Progress Administration, using local labor. The first two courthouses were in the then county seat of Dallas. The first was built in 1844, and burned down. The second was built in 1869, and burned down in 1883. The first courthouse in Mena was built in 1898 (I don’t know what happened to that one).
Walthamstow Town Hall
Civic Centre. 1937-42 by P D Hepworth. Portland stone, copper lantern; roof not visible. Three storeys. Nineteen bays, end bays set forward. Central portico of four piers, without capitals, unmoulded to front but panelled to sides, with inset relief plaques. Inscription "Walthamstow Town Hall" in frieze above. Coved cornice. Shallow architraves to windows, iron balconies to first floor centre, middle and pavilions. Tall square copper lantern with louvred sides and clock, topped by octagonal lantern with cornice, ball and spike, pinnacles to four corners. Rear elevation with polygonal projection to centre with attached figure sculptures. Portland stone gatepiers, two pairs to east, two pairs to west, corniced; with moulded sides; linked by low wall. Theatre to south east an integral part of the design.
[Historic England]
(2011)(digital) Menu and prices, for one of the food stalls, at the former railway station at Tanjong Pagar. 6075_110624_GM
The station canteen, renowned for its tasty and affordable food, had been established since 1984 by the Hasan brothers.
(Info source: wiki)
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The Central Railway Station was designed by Eliel Saarinen in 1909 and the station was opened in 1919. The station is mostly clad in Finnish granite, and its distinguishing features are its clock tower and the two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps, lit at night-time, on either side of the main entrance.
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My husband wanted to just walk the shore from Bexhill toward Hastings and see if we could do it ! We didn't go between the museums but got some cultural bits of architecture with so many art deco buildings around the southeast coast of England !! www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kin...
The ubiquitous hot dog vendor at all live events in Los Angeles -- seeing Stereolab perform at the historic Wiltern Theatre (built in 1931) in Koreatown
An art deco building built on the site of the Adelphi Terrace, neo-classical buildings from the late c18th.
The New Adelphi was designed by Collcutt & Hamp.
The buildings are in the Adelphi district.
The Central Railway Station was designed by Eliel Saarinen in 1909 and the station was opened in 1919. The station is mostly clad in Finnish granite, and its distinguishing features are its clock tower and the two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps, lit at night-time, on either side of the main entrance.