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The last work of Cass Gilbert, the architect behind the Woolworth Building, and one of the last Neoclassical Federal buildings constructed in Manhattan. It is composed of a base constructed like a Greek Temple and a tower topped with a gilded pyramid. Later, it was renamed to honor Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall.
I say a little more about the courthouse on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Number
US Courthouse: 87001596
I sprayed on the stucco 'till I thought I'd faint
With twelve shades of brown and for real I cain't...
Believe all the blandness, oh no artist I ain't
But it's my destiny to be the King of Paint
Finally, I figured out something fitting (albeit strange) for that song!
Yes, the new Taco Bell looks to be already past the stucco and paint stage, at least on the exterior (minus painting the confetti if they do that here), and that's right at one mere month from pouring the foundation! In this pic grooves in the stucco for confetti (on the top of the walls) are clearly visible.
If the old TB remains standing after all (looks like it very well might), the new building will have no choice but to assume the 1117 address that the construction crew is using. Will the old building be re-addressed correctly when Taco Bell vacates? I doubt it but stay tuned...
A little further downstream from Hope Mill.
The Lang Mill was built in 1846. Flour was produced here until 1956. The building is constructed of limestone blocks.
Located beside the Lang Pioneer Village.
Appeared in Flickr Explore - September 3, 2007
The Grade II Listed 11a, 11b and 11c St Thomas Street, Wells, Somerset.
Houses in row, now subdivided. Built in the early 19th Century, but on site of property rebuilt in 1640 and incorporating parts of that building. Rendered with false ashlar jointing, colour washed, rear mainly lime washed rubble, clay pantiles between coped gabled, brick end and central chimney stacks.
Originally a 3-room cross-passage plan, all rooms heated, inserted central stack; added out shut to swept-down roof to 11a, staircase rear left; 11b has through-passage shared with 11a, which originally formed one house with 11b and was probably a hall and outer room of a 3-unit plan house whose inner end has now been lost to the garden of 9 St Thomas Street. 11c probably a 18th farm building, converted into dwelling since.
Clock tower bell.
One of a series of photographs taken inside the Post Office building in Deseronto, Ontario, by Dana Valentyne.
History of the castle
Architecture and use of the castle
Events connected with the castle
Did you know that ... ?
(Pictures, quite old ones, you can see by clicking on the link at the end of the site!)
History of Bratislava castle dating back to the Celts and Romans, because Castle Hill was a strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes. BC was in its place Celtic settlement, which for centuries was replaced by a Roman frontier fort.
The first written reference dates back to 907, when the subject is mentioned under the name Pressalauspruch. Period of the Principality of Nitra and Great Moravia document remains Slavic fortress with three-aisled basilica. Slovak princely castle of several reconstructions and modifications gradually arose from a medieval mid 11th century castle and county. At the time it became a treasure trove of crown jewels and coronation castle later. It established the priory and the Priory School and Church of the Most Holy Saviour. Documentary evidence shows that in the first quarter of the 13th century stood on the highest point complex terrain Romanesque residential tower with separate walls with defensive towers, from which to this day despite rearrangements preserved so. Crown Tower.
For King Sigismund from 1427 began to radically change the appearance of the castle, rebuilding it today vtlačila (pressing) character block monumental structures. King had demolished almost all of that time the building and gradually grew large two-story Gothic palace representative trapezoid in plan. The earlier buildings remain standing today as southwestern Crown defense tower. In this period were also two entrance gates to the castle area, of which only the eastern was preserved, called Sigismund's Gate. Richly structured double-shell architecture with the goal of stonework demanding solution in the form of a donkey back a vault in crossing it included the construction centers of development in the Danube region, which were the models for a wide range of architectures in the period.
The current layout of the castle with a regular quadrangular ground-plan around a central courtyard is a result of the construction directions during the Renaissance and early Baroque. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the castle became coronation seat of the Hungarian kings, by the Turkish troops expelled from the original center of the Hungarian Empire in Buda.
Conversions were oriented not only to improve the fortifications of the castle, but also on its modernization. During pálfyovskej conversion in the first half of the seventeenth century, the palace was redundant the third floor, the two original towers were added two more were rebuilt and redesigned interiors defenses. On the southern fortifications and bastions of the castle built in 1674 has been added Leopold Gate.
Bratislava Castle experienced a golden age in the reign of Maria Theresa. The concept of the construction of major projects by French, Italian and Austrian architects were directed at making the castle as a representative residence of the Habsburg Kingdom equalized leading European royal court.
In the western headquarters of the castle have been built new representation staircases. Extensive changes to the application of luxury and contemporary taste, however, occurred in the wider area of the castle. In the east wing of the old palace was added under a new name Theresianum, which served mainly to accommodate the monarch.
It set up a gallery, library and valuable art collections, especially graphic cabinet viceroy Albert of Saxony-Cieszyn. Cabinet known as the Albertina later moved to Vienna, where it is now. The spacious surface area of land improved - there grew terraces, French garden, orangery, summer and winter riding school and stables, where ustajňovali (military censor) breeds rare horses.
Bratislava Castle after the death of Maria Theresa fell significantly. Her son and successor to the throne was Joseph II. He has set up a training center for Catholic clergy seminar where eminent scholars have studied the then time, among them Anton Bernolák. During the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century served as barracks, what happened to it ultimately fatal. Due garrison in 1811 the castle burnt down and more than 140 years remained a dilapidated ruin.
After several attempts to restore the castle returned to his new life as a big renovation, which was decided in 1953. Curators were architects Alfred Piffl and Dušan Martinček. After restoring the castle took shape as it was never called. Theresian reconstruction of the 18th century. In 1961 the Bratislava Castle, declared a national monument.
Palais Preysing - West- und Südansicht
München - Residenzstraße 27
Architekt Joseph Effner
errichtet von 1723 - 1728 - Rokokofassade
Wiederaufbau mit der Originalfassade 1961 durch Architekt Erwin Schleich
für Dr. H. Hartlaub
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Preysing
- nördlich davon ... direkt angeschlossen ... die Feldherrnhalle -
www.youtube.com/user/ernststolz#p/u/46/3eIfmEHjRlE
Heute zur Erinnerung zum 100. Geburtstag an den Architekten und Denkmalpfleger Erwin Schleich, der maßgeblich beim Wiederaufbau Münchens zahlreiche Bauten im Original wieder errichtet und somit wesentlich für die Erhaltung des historischen Stadtbildes von München beigetragen hat, wie zum Beispiel mit dem Wiederaufbau des Alten Peter (zusammen mit Rudolf Esterer), der Heilig-Geist-Kirche, dem Alten Rathausturm und vielen anderen historischen Gebäuden.
Die Pfarrkirche Sankt Peter, deren Turm im Volksmund Alter Peter genannt wird und zu Münchens Wahrzeichen zählt, ist die älteste erwähnte Pfarrkirche Münchens und vermutlich der Ursprung Münchens überhaupt.
Palais Preysing - Westansicht
München - Residenzstraße 27
Architekt Joseph Effner
errichtet von 1723 - 1728 - Rokokofassade
Wiederaufbau mit der Originalfassade 1961 durch Architekt Erwin Schleich
für Dr. H. Hartlaub
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Preysing
- nördlich davon ... direkt angeschlossen ... die Feldherrnhalle -
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schleich
Erwin Schleich wurde 1986 vom Deutschen Nationalkomitee für Denkmalschutz der Deutschen Preis für Denkmalschutz - die Silberne Halbkugel - verliehen.
Der Entwurf der Silbernen Halbkugel stammt vom Künstler Fritz Koenig.
In die Schlagzeilen kam Fritz Koenig nach dem 11. September 2001 durch die von ihm geschaffene große Kugelkaryatide. Die goldene Kugel mit dem Werknamen "The Sphere" überstand schwer beschädigt den Einsturz der Türme des World Trade Centers. Im Inneren der aufgerissenen Kugel wurden unter anderem Wrackteile der in die Türme gestürzten Flugzeuge gefunden. Am 11. März 2002 wurde die Skulptur als temporäres Mahnmal im New Yorker Battery Park aufgestellt.
Ghosts of the West II
Ghosts of the West - Crested Butte - Tuck's Cabin
Here's the second in the series. This area has a full and rich history of ranching and mining. It also has an abundance of old houses and cabins (if only I could get to them all). This one is just south of Crested Butte, Colorado.
I'm not sure what to think about the new City Center. We joked that these buildings look like something out of the movie Inception.
A freshly detailed and repainted Hornby J94 Austerity posed in from of some of the Mendip Colliery buildings. Photo taken in sunlight in the garden.
Want to know a little more? nevardmedia.blogspot.com/search/label/Austerity
10/20/11
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Built: 1914 to 1923 - Architect: John Smith Murdoch - Architectural style: Inter-War Beaux-Arts
The Perth General Post Office is a fine example of monumental civic architecture and one of a precinct of Commonwealth buildings which introduced Beaux-Arts monumentalism to the city.
The imposing building has seven main storeys plus basement and roof level rooms. It has a concrete encased steel frame faced with brick and stone. The ground floor of the east elevation is faced with granite from Mahogany Creek with Donnybrook sandstone above. Paired ionic columns rise through three upper storeys. Red brick walls trimmed with stone are set back between stone towers and form the side and back walls.
The design was conceived in 1912 by Commonwealth architect, John Smith Murdoch, in association with Hillson Beasley (Western Australian Public Works Department). The initial contract was signed in 1914 and another (after delays due to a steel embargo and a strike) in 1921 for an additional two storeys. Construction was completed in 1923.
Information sourced from the Heritage Council of Western Australia - Places Database:
Place No: 1979 - Name: Perth General Post Office
The Admiralty Building is an edifice that was re-built in the nineteenth century to support the Tsar's maritime ambitions. The original design was a fortified shipyard which was later surrounded by five bastions and further protected by a moat.
The corner building at "North Moat Street" & "The Wends Street" (my translation)
Wiki about the Wends: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends
"Smuk taglejlighed"
Hjørnebygningen ved Nørre Voldgade & Vendersgade
Wiki om Venderne: da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vender
St Anthony's Church locates in Pokfulam, opposite to the University of Hong Kong. The church was built in 1953 under the guidance of the Very Rev Fr A Ricanti, Vicar General of Hong Kong, St Anthony's church has become a prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island despite the rising skyscrapers that have emerged to surround it over the decades.
The Church is run by Salesian priests and the Salesian House is next to the Church.
c1910 postcard showing The Kinsey & Follett Block in Fremont, Indiana. The building still stands on the northeast corner at the intersection of Toledo and Wayne Streets. This view was looking northeast across that intersection. The streets were not yet paved and the pedestrian crosswalks stood out in this view.
The businesses in the building were the E. C. DUGUID CO. and the F. A. FOLLETT JEWELRY STORE. The 1914 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Fremont shows a general store at this location. The sign below the display window at the building’s corner was for PEERLESS PATTERNS. A sign above the awning at the east end of the building advertised the POST OFFICE FREMONT, IND. The 1914 map set shows the jewelry store was also the Fremont Post Office. The map set also shows the K. of P. (Knights of Pythias) Hall on the second floor above the jewelry store.
The 1901 map set shows three small wood frame structures along this section of Toledo Street. The easternmost of those three buildings in 1901 was the location of a jewelry store and the Fremont Post Office.
From a private collection.
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920 O Street
Completed in 1879 as a U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at a cost of $200,000 in Gothic Revival and French Second Empire style.
In 1906 a new U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was completed and the federal government sold the city of Lincoln the building for $50,000. It served as City Hall until 1969.
Placed on NRHP Oct. 15, 1969---No. 69000132.
St. Leonard's Street, West Malling, Kent, 21 Sep 2010. The Startled Saint used to be the local pub for the airmen stationed at nearby RAF West Malling. Sadly both the pub and the airfield have closed and been converted.
A sharp crystal evening, golden sunlight casting long blue shadows. What a joy to arrive in Lower Slaughter and wander along the river with only the ducks, the jackdaws and a few hardy visitors for company. The jackdaws seem at home in the trees along the River Eye, occasionally descending to hop along the rooftops or to peer at discarded bread crumbs with their grey heads at an angle. Slaughter is thought to be a corruption of slohtre, a marshy place. Many visit Bourton on the water fewer travel an extra mile to see Lower Slaughter it’s smaller, quieter but equally picturesque neighbour.
Stone cottages line the north bank of the river with a small green at their centre, this miniature area of grass is known as The Square and has a Gothic drinking fountain as it’s only adornment.The clear stream water is only visible as it eddies round the piers of the low stone bridges that span it’s broad flow. Follow the canalised river to the upper end of the village and you will find a 19th century brick corn mill with white water crashing over the mill race and 15ft water wheel still turning with the flow. On the opposite bank towards the middle of the village are the Village Hall of 1887 and the National School by Edmund B. Ferrey 1871. Near where the road crosses the river the south bank is dominated by large and luxurious-looking hotel.
The church was rebuilt in 1866-7 by Benjamin Ferrey, the design draws on Early English and Geometrical Decorated styles and though it replaced a picturesque medieval building with a saddle-back tower the Victorian design sits well among the more ancient stone buildings that surround it. Only a Transitional Norman north arcade survives with scalloped capitals and waterholding bases joined by pointed double-chamfered arches. The church has a nave with a north aisle, chancel, south porch and a west tower with broached spire the tip of which was replaced in 1998. Elegant black marble shafts ornament the chancel arch but a similar use of marble in Ferrey’s east window was lost when Hoare and Wheeler provided a new east window and an Italian alabaster reredos depicting the Crucifixion in 1910. Next to the altar a 13th century piscina survives from the older church. The stone font and pulpit are part of Ferrey’s design and there are areas of floor tiling by Godwin. The east window has glass by James Powell and Sons and they provided the attractive design in the north aisle. The west window of the north aisle and the west tower window are by Clayton and Bell 1867. Most of the memorials in the church commemorate the Whitmore family who occupied the neighbouring manor House for more than 300 years. The west tower has six bells, one of c.1450 by Robert Hendley of Gloucester inscribed Santa Anna ORA Pro Nobis St.Anne pray for us. Two are dated 1683 by Edward Neale of Burford and three of 1867 by John Warner and Sons of London.
To the north-east of the churchyard is a 16th century dovecote which is said to have held 1000 birds.
Lower Slaughter lies just off the Fosseway near Bourton on the Water about an hour form Stratford-upon-avon