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Your looking at Flatiron building. The flatiron building is one of the oldest skyscrapers, built in 1902.The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd Street. It's hard to believe this was one of the first skyscrapers in New York looks short compare to other buildings! It's name comes from the fact that it looks like a big Iron in triangular shape.This is an HDR image process. My thanks to all in advance for your comments.
Continuying my HDR architecture exploration of Singapore.
United Overseas Bank Building, Central Business District, Singapore.
Sydney Edgerton arrived in Bannack in September of 1863. Mary, his wife, and their four children: Martha, 13; Wright, 10; Sidney, 7; and Pauline, 5; made the 2,500 mile journey to the goldfields of Idaho. From the letters written by Mary Edgerton to her family after her arrival in Bannack, it was apparent that she desperately missed her family in Ohio. Lucia Darling, Edgerton's niece, traveled to Bannack with the family and became the first public teacher in Bannack in the late fall of 1863.
I finally found an angle where you can see the bottom tier of the Chrysler Building.
In midtown Manhattan, on the corner of 44th and 3rd.
The Chrysler Building was briefly the tallest building in the world in the 1930s, and remains the tallest brick building.
As of 2008-11-21, this had reached as high as #89 in the "Explore" pages for June 11, 2007. It is also my "best of 2007" for the "Cream of the Crop" group.
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I've always liked how this building looks. The shapes are really interesting! It's an under-appreciated part of Pittsburgh's architecture in my opinion.
Called Mercati Traianei in Italian, this ancient market building was built in the 2nd century AD. This forum is the last of the monumental public squares constructed in Rome that started around 50BC, and ended at the start of the second century.
This building, standing for more than 1,800 years was once a bustling business center -- with sellers and buyers of different items in the 2nd Century AD. That's about two millenniums before our modern malls.
Mercati Traianei (Trajan Market)
Foro Traiano (Trajan Forum)
Via del Fori Imperiali
Rome, Italy
BIGGER (1500 pixels wide)
American International building on the far left, than comes 40 wall street to the right of it (green top) - than comes the verizon building with my name on it :D - and then my current favorite is right in the middle *Beekman tower* (8 spruce st) than to the right is the woolworth tower (also has a green top) and 1 world trade center (aka freedom tower)
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La cour intérieure du complexe de logements que j’habitais à Tbilissi.
The inner courtyard of the housing complex that I lived in Tbilisi.
I got yesterday many Mails about the Eyebrow-Building Technic of my latest Lego Model, which can be seen here: flic.kr/p/Fw2oG4
It´s not that complicated, you need a Lego thread (the thin one) and put a few knots in both sides, than try to cram those knots into the tiny holes of the Minifig arms, so that the arms doesn´t fell of. Put this construct between plates and fix it as near as possible to the plates, because if you let them hang down, it would makes a very depressed face expression :D
Afterwards you must hide the rest of the thread under the other parts of the head.
I hope you can understand what i mean :D
Try it by yourself ;-)
Sincerly Max
Taken at about 5.15pm, this is actually a sunset. Once again D80 in my backpack proves worthy. I was going to attend a lecture, when I simulated this composition in my mind and couldn't resist taking this shot.
* Looks superb in black background.
THANK YOU for the appreciation, this picture got into Flickr Interestingness on March 2, 2007 :)
Built as the Fuller Building in 1902. The design of the 22-story building came from the triangular shaped lot. Referred to as the 'Flatiron Building' because of its resemblance to the old cast iron clothes iron.
Designed by David Burnham of Chicago. The 'Chicago School' influence can be seen by the building's classic Greek column facade which is divided into a base, shaft and capital.
The western facade along 5th Avenue. You can barely pick out the three bay windows.
The picturesque little harbour of Lower Fishguard known locally as Lowertown or Abergwaun (mouth of the Gwaun) or Y Cwm in Welsh. Quiet at this time of year but will soon awaken to become a thriving harbour full of boats of all shapes and sizes.
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Balaklava.
Although there was an early bush inn at Dunn’s Bridge over the Wakefield River on the outskirts of what is now Balaklava it did not foretell the coming of the town. The inn was a drinking place for the bullockies driving teams down from the Burra mine to the new port at Wakefield from 1850. When the copper route to Port Wakefield ceased in 1856, so did the bullockies and their drinking. The Hundred of Balaklava was declared in 1856 but the town was not established until 1869 once the government had made a decision to run a railway from Port Wakefield to Hoyleton (later extended to Blyth) at the foothills of the Clare valley. The first white occupiers of the land near Balaklava were the Bowman family who took out various leaseholds on land along the Wakefield River in 1847 with a string of properties from Manoora to Martindale Hall to what is now Balaklava. Their Balaklava property called Werocata is just north for the town and is still one of the largest properties in the district but it is not owned by the Bowmans. They sold it in 1886. In 1905 parts of Werocata were broken up with the Closer Settlement Act of that year.
Balaklava was a government town with 119 town allotments being sold in 1869. It followed the pattern of many SA towns in its early development. First came the hotels, a wheat store, and government facilities like a post office, police station and railway all within two years. By 1874 a flour mill had been erected, along with implement makers and blacksmiths. The first church in town, the Church of Christ was built in 1879 (it is now the National Trust Museum.)Other churches and the town Institute soon followed. In 1880 the present derelict railway station was constructed and the town’s future was secured with daily rail services to Wallaroo and to Adelaide. The Balaklava Racing Club had been formed early in 1876 and by 1900 the town was moving forward with a number of new classical style buildings.
Balaklava Self Guided and Numbered Historical Walk.
All numbers refer to items marked on the map below. Meet back at the bus pick up point after your afternoon tea and historical walk and the designated time.
1.Old Court House Gallery. This charming building was erected in 1913. It is nicely proportioned with Grecian style Corinthian columns on the front, a pediment and a fine stained glass fanlight above the door. It was built adjacent to the police station and the police cells which were built in 1879.
2.“Professor” Higham’s House. This quaint house built in 1907 with an upper balcony has brick quoins, arched ground floor windows but squared upper windows. Note the decorative ends on the gutters. It is often referred to at the Match Box House. It was originally the home of an amateur horse vet who developed a range of horse medicines sold nationally under the name of Ottajamba medicines!
3.Royal Hotel, Edith Terrace. This was built in 1871 b y Thomas Saint. Note the unusual architecture with gable ends to the two wings to the street and a short upstairs balcony in the middle. It is made of limestone. It has Art Nouveau style wooden barge boards, and note the small attic windows on the upper side of the building. The first town council meetings were held here when the Council was formed in 1877. It was the Balaklava Hotel then but after the Prince of Wales visited in 1880 it was changed to the Royal Hotel. In 1905 the upper floor was added to the single storey hotel and the balcony was added in 1911.
4.Two Storied Shop. This is a typical old style shop with an upper balcony built around 1900. It is made of pressed tin with rendered side walls. It is currently the Shearing Shed shop.
5.The “ Silent Cop” in the middle of the intersection. Who said parking meters were new? There was a half hour limit for tying up your horse in the main street from 1909 about the time the “silent cop” was installed. The silent cop was put there to avoid collisions and direct traffic.
6.Former Commercial Bank now Balco. A fine two storey structure with an impressive façade which was built in 1910 . It has a Grecian style upper floor with triangular pediments above the windows, whilst the ground floor is more Art Nouveau in style with half rounded windows with leadlights.
7.Uniting Church. This has the most prominent position in town with Gothic buttresses on the walls, stone and stucco quoins. It opened in 1904 and the porch was added in 1927. The first Methodist services were held in 1868 before the town was declared in 1871. Note the trifoliate glass window above the door and the round cement plaques nearby.
8.ANZ Bank, Wallace Street corner. This was also built around 1900 in the Grecian style. It has a nice side door with arch and leadlight windows. The unusual curved corner architecture still complements the Grecian style. It also has triangular pediments above windows. There are good stables behind this building. It opened as the Adelaide Bank in 1908.
9.Balaklava Institute. The institute was completed in 1881 and used for social functions, meetings, wedding s and as a library. A new Grecian style façade and entrance rooms were added in 1935 in the height of the Depression. It has fine Corinthian columns topped with flowers and leaves with a horizontal cornice and architrave above the pillars. There are public toilets here too.
10.Post Office. Postal service began in 1871, and this post office opened as a new Commonwealth government one after Federation in 1912. The telephone service began in 1905. The building is Georgian in style with rendered pilasters and rectangular windows with good symmetry. Note the elaborate ties to the down pipes and finial topped weather ventilation box on the roof.
11.Savings Bank of SA, opposite the Post Office. An agency began here in 1880 and this building was erected in 1924. It has a balustrade across the roof line, good symmetry and solid bulk in the façade. The arched windows have stone corbels.
12.The Church of Christ, Humphrey Street. Turn left from the main street to locate this fine building. It is a Gothic style church with buttresses or corners, spires on inner columns. It has a trifoliate window above the double Gothic arched windows on the façade. The entrance porch was added in 1908. Services began in private homes from 1877.
13.St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church. Turn right in Baker Street to finds St Andrews. It was built in 1889 on land given by William Verco. The Sisters of St Joseph operated a school near here from 1929 until 1968. It is now the St Andrews Centre. St Andrew’s is a simple stone church with brick quoins and the building is in the Gothic style. The church was enlarged in 1910.
National Trust museum, originally the Church of Christ. It was built in 1878/79 and after being home to the Churches of Christ became the Zion Lutheran Church for many years. Later it became the Druids Hall, then part of the Balaklava High School (one of the earliest country high schools in 1922) and it is now the town museum. Admission is by coin donation.
The Ca' D'Oro Building is at the corner of Glasgow's Union Street and Gordon Street, Architect John Honeyman is said to have based his design on the"Golden House" in Venice. The building became known as the Ca' D'Oro in 1927, when a restaurant of that name was opened there. In 1987 as a young fireman I attended a major fire in this lovely building, it was very badly damaged and took almost 5 years to restore. I took this shot earlier this year having just got off a train at Central Station.
Day 273 of 365, Saturday, February 9, 2013 ---------------------
National Register of Historic Places #77000317
The Winship Building is one of architect Luther Turton’s designs. See a delightful 6/7/2003 article – link here: “If we named our towns after the architects whose buildings define them, the city of Napa would be called Turtonville. Turton is Napa's architect and he is well-loved -- even if too little known.”
Dave Weinstein, Special to The Chronicle
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/It-s-tough-to-tell-a-Turto...
Plaque on the building, dedicated By Sam Brannan Chapter No. 1004, E Clampus Vitus, March 21, 1987
“When E.A. Winship arrived from Minneapolis in 1887, it became clear that he was a gentleman and that he had money to invest. In March 1888, he purchased this site for $15,000 and announced plans for a brick building. This building, designed by Luther M. Turton, is one of the most notable of its time. In quality of design and location in the heart of town, it recalls the excitement of the period and the promise that it held.”