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When I was young the answer was "Poke him in the eye!" But these days I suspect traffic and parking are enough to make a Maltese very cross indeed. Around Valletta and Sliema traffic is horrendous and parking no better, both a real nightmare. For a change there was nothing in front of this garage, so I was able to get my photo. But this was probably the exception to the rule...
Explored 22-9-2017
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A Big Bus travels on 15th St NW and crosses the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave, right next to the White House in Washington DC
Happy Monochrome Bench Monday ... to this capture of the old building there in Lubec, Maine into B&W. It was misty, foggy and raining there.
Built in 1871 the building originally was six-stories with three small towers rising above the roofline. A fire in 1913 caused the building to be shortened into what we see today.
Pittsburgh, PA
Photo taken from Market Square during the Doors Open Pittsburgh event in October 2017. See my Doors Open Pittsburgh album for more Pittsburgh architecture, both old and new: www.flickr.com/photos/cj_proartz/albums/72157671390229503)
Appropriately the Pittsburgh Plate Glass corporate headquarters is a complex of buildings (PPG Place) created with 19,750 sheets of plate glass. The spires were designed to pay homage to the Cathedral of Learning, a gothic style skyscraper on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
"Upon completion of the project, architectural critics and the media called PPG Place 'the crown jewel in Pittsburgh's skyline,' 'the towering success of downtown Pittsburgh,' and 'one of the most ambitious, sensitive and public spirited urban developments since Rockefeller Center.' In 2006, readers of the Pittsburgh City Paper voted PPG Place as the best building in Pittsburgh."
(Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPG_Place)
Architects: Philip Johnson, John Burgee
The main building of 40 stories was dedicated in 1984.
Submitted to 7 Days With Flickr's 2 Jan 2018 theme: "Monument or emblematic building of the place where we live"
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More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPG_Place
Note that Pittsburgh has a history of buildings that have skins that are made from the corporation's own products. The 1953 Alcoa Building (now the Regional Enterprise Tower) was covered in aluminum, which greatly reduced construction costs due to aluminum being much lighter than other facade materials. The newer (1998) Alcoa Corporate Headquarters has an aluminum and glass facade. The 1971 U.S. Steel Tower is covered in Cor-ten steel, which resists rust and other corrosion caused by weather.
No, this is not my house. Although, I wouldn't mind living there. It is a house that I like in the city that I live in. I just think that it is a pretty cool house. And, I like all of the trees around it too. How about you?
Faro a Colón.
Enorme monumento de 230m de largo por 70m de alto, tiene forma de cruz yacente; según los dominicanos aquí estan los restos de Cristobal Colón
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. . . It may be a little hard to believe this was the company headquarters for a chewing gum company, plus the first air conditioned office building in Chicago. Built in 1920, it also was the first skyscraper built on the north side of the Chicago River. So it's the Grand Daddy of the Magnificent Mile!
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