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Altamont, 10 stories of massive brick and limestone, overwhelmed its predecessors. The $1 million structure was part of a two-decade trend of spectacular hotels that opened throughout the region, including Wilkes-Barre’s Hotel Sterling (1898), Scranton’s Hotel Casey (1909), Tamaqua’s Majestic Hotel (1924) and Pottsville’s Necho Allen (1927). In terms of elegance and accessibility, the Altamont beat its downtown competitors, located just over a block from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Station and along a highway that ended at Philadelphia’s footsteps.
The Altamont was a tribute to Thomas’ modern convictions. The shining red edifice commanded its street corner, confidently standing above church steeples and Victorian storefronts. Guests could access the hotel at its formal entrance on Broad Street or its arguably more expansive opening on North Church Street. Iron marquees extended over the building’s sidewalks, protecting guests from Hazleton’s typically unpredictable weather.
I'll have to admit being obsessed with these window variations lately. Especially the arched ones. The initial idea was to use SNOT techniques to better integrate these car fender parts when using them for details on buildings. The one shown here is similar to those in part one and two, but with some tricky building to achieve the thin part between the windows.
In addition to being the nation's first wildlife refuge, Lake Merritt is at the ecotone between uptown and downtown Oakland. The glass building is the Cathedral of Christ the Light.
Thank you, Annie Leibovitz, for your inspiration. downtown Houston, TX. Looking up. I was out today walking around & taking pictures of Houston on a cold & windy day. I've been wanting to take pictures of this building for the last couple of weeks. It's the newest addition to the skyscrapers in the downtown area. I know nothing about this building but it's the first building of its kind with some really cool windows, angles, curves and lights at night. The architect which I know nothing about but I'll give money that these windows were made in France. 100 to 1 they were not cheap either.
Part of the historic mission district that is now part of Nez Perce National Historic Park, on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Lapwai, Idaho.
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Night shot of Rimini. Shots like these reminded me of Fellini's early breakthrough film I, Vitelloni, which is set here but wasn't filmed here.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 50mm 1.4D lens. Kodak T-Max 400 35mm B&W film
This is the last residential building which the great architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed before he emigrated to the United States. The house is known as "Haus Lemke" because it was created for Martha and Karl Lemke. The couple owned a printing company and had this edifice built for them in 1933. It is beautifully situated right beneath the Obersee lakeside and can be regarded as a perfect example for the classical modern style of the 1920s and early 1930s. After world war II it was confiscated by the East German "Ministerium für Staatssicherheit" (MfS) which used it as a storage building. The house fell into neglect but was perfectly reconstructed after the German reunification. It is comparatively small - given that the Lemkes did not have any children and were a bit on a budget - and features only two rooms.
INDIEN, Varanasi (Benares) frühmorgends entlang der Ghats
Als besonders erstrebenswert gilt es für strenggläubige Hindus, in Varanasi im Ganges zu baden, sowie dort einmal zu sterben und verbrannt zu werden. Entlang des Flusses ziehen sich kilometerlange, stufenartige Uferbefestigungen hin, die Ghats, an denen auf der einen Seite die Gläubigen im Wasser des für sie heiligen Flusses baden und wenige Meter weiter die Leichen der Verstorbenen verbrannt werden. Die Asche streut man anschließend ins Wasser. Ein Bad im Ganges soll von Sünden reinigen, in Varanasi zu sterben und verbrannt zu werden, ist der hinduistischen Mythologie zufolge, der Ausbruch aus dem ständigen Kreislauf der Wiedergeburt.
The Ghats in Varanasi are world-renowned embankments made in steps of stone slabs along the river bank where pilgrims perform ritual ablutions. The ghats are an integral complement to the Hindu concept of divinity represented in physical, metaphysical, and supernatural elements.[90] Varanasi has at least 84 ghats, most of which are used for bathing by pilgrims and spiritually significant Hindu puja ceremony, while a few are used exclusively as Hindu cremation sites. Steps in the ghats lead to the banks of Ganges, including the Dashashwamedh Ghat, the Manikarnika Ghat, the Panchganga Ghat, and the Harishchandra Ghat, where Hindus cremate their dead. Many ghats are associated with Hindu legends and several are now privately owned.
Many of the ghats were constructed under the patronage of the Marathas, Shindes (Scindias), Holkars, Bhonsles, and Peshwas. Most are bathing ghats, while others are used as cremation sites. A morning boat ride on the Ganges across the ghats is a popular tourist attraction. The extensive stretches of ghats in Varanasi enhance the riverfront with a multitude of shrines, temples, and palaces built "tier on tier above the water's edge".[
Xewkija ist wegen seiner majestätischen Kirche, der Rotunda, die Johannes dem Täufer geweiht ist, bekannt. Sie wurde an Stelle einer älteren Kirche errichtet. Sie ist Sitz der Ritter des Malteserordens (Order of St. John). Sie ist aus maltesischem Sandstein von ortsansässigen Steinmetzen und anderen Handwerkern gebaut. Sie ist die größte Kirche in Gozo und überragt die Stadt. Ihre Kuppel hat den viertgrößten Durchmesser einer Kirchenkuppel in Europa, übertroffen nur vom Petersdom in Rom, der Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London und der Rotunda Santa Marija Assunta in Mosta auf Malta. Ihr Architekt war Joseph D'Amato.
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Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia from atop Harbour Centre
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Another view of Lytes Cary Manor (see photo in comments below). This is a 14th century manor house, now in the care of the National Trust. In Somerset.
Un classico ...
Il Duomo di Milano , monumento simbolo del capoluogo lombardo, è dedicato a Santa Maria Nascente ed è situato nell'omonima piazza nel centro della città. Per superficie, è la quarta chiesa d'Europa, dopo San Pietro in Vaticano, Saint Paul a Londra e la cattedrale di Siviglia.
La sua storia è lunga, incomincia nel 1386... vi preciso solo che nel 1805, su istanza diretta di Napoleone, Giuseppe Zanoia avviò i lavori per il completamento della facciata, in previsione dell'incoronazione a re d'Italia. Il progetto venne finalmente concluso nel 1813 da Carlo Amati. Tra gli scultori che vi lavorarono nei primi anni dell'Ottocento, si può ricordare Luigi Acquisti.
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