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An apartment building in downtown Yangon on Anawrahta Road at Kon Zay Dan Street.
On Google Earth:
16°46'36.57"N, 96° 9'16.07"E
Skyline of Detroit perhaps? Maybe another large city? No, this is the skyline of Southfield, MI. Southfield is just north of the Detroit city limits. It seems odd to have such large and modern buildings located so far from the central business district. This seems to be an example of a model Suburban city, or an attempt to start a new CBD away from the dying old Detroit.
Franklin Library was the first public library in the nation. It is in the center of town and boasts signed books donated by Benjamin Franklin. It is a beautiful, old building with huge bronze doors and a mural that encircles the reading room.
I cannot explain it, but I love photographing abandoned buildings. This is/was a massive building. I used to live about 15 miles from here in the mid-2000's. I always wanted to go inside (but not alone), and I could never find anyone stupid/crazy enough to go with me. This is the most eerie, scary place to be at night. With the exception of a rather large warehouse furniture store down the street, there is NOTHING in business around here. After 9pm, you could set off a bomb down here and no one would hear it. I have photographed this building at least 3 times, at night, by myself. I got the best results on film, back in 2004. Ask me where the negatives are. Go ahead, ask me. I should at least have more to show for my stupidity.
I have not been up this way since 2010, so I don't know if the building even still exists. It has been vacant since at least 1999 (and very possibly long before that). When I lived in the area, there was talk of gutting this place, and turning it into condos. I don't know anything about construction, but, I can't imagine that being cost effective.
There is/was a Flickr member (I forget his screen name), who had much better shots (and a written history) of this building. I recall that he had interior shots, and pictures that show that waaaaaaaaaaay back when, there used to be a train that stopped INSIDE this building to drop off (whatever it was that this building was used for). He also found evidence that there are/were people living inside this abandoned building. You can't see it in this photo, but there is a 10 foot high fence surrounding this building. The fence only appeared around 2010. Prior to that, even though the entrances were bricked up, you could walk right up to the building.
⚑ Universität Rostock, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Scott County Courthouse, corner of Broadway and Main Streets, Georgetown, Kentucky. This 1877 courthouse was designed by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania architect Thomas W. Boyd in the Second Empire style at a cost of $34,600. It is no longer used for trials but is used for other government business. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1972.
Arènes d’Arles, a two-tiered Roman amphitheater dating from around 90 AD, was capable of seating over 20,000 spectators, and was built to provide entertainment in the form of chariot races and bloody hand-to-hand battles. Today, it draws large crowds for bullfighting during the Feria d'Arles as well as plays and concerts in summer. The building features 120 arches. It has an oval arena surrounded by terraces, arcades on two levels, bleachers, a system of galleries, drainage system in many corridors of access and staircases. With the fall of the Empire in the 5th century, the amphitheater became a shelter for the population and was transformed into a fortress with four towers (the southern tower is not restored). The structure encircled more than 200 houses, becoming a real town, with its public square built in the center of the arena and two chapels, one in the center of the building, and another one at the base of the west tower. In 1825 the change to national historical monument began.
This is a photograph of Booloominbah, Armidale. Originally the house of the White Family, it later became the New England University College (University of Sydney) and later still The University of New England. Date of photograph unknown, but approximately 1958.
The white building is 20 Fenchurch Street, dubbed the "walkie talkie". Designed by Raphael Vinyl, build in 2014.
This (Panoramic) photo was created with two different photos using Photomerge in Adobe Photoshop.
The 363,000-square-foot Seattle Public Library is 11 floors tall and has 1.4 million books and materials and 400 public computers! Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Ramus of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture were the principal designers of the building.
My latest project that I am building right now. It is a replica of the Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers in Malaysia. (this is actual pic from RL not SL.) Will upload pics of it in SL after it is finished.