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The Victory Column originally stood in Königsplatz (now Platz der Republik), at the end of the Siegesallee, in a position directly behind the Soviet War Memorial near the Riechstag. As part of the preparation of the monumental plans to redesign Berlin into Welthauptstadt Germania, in 1939, the Nazis relocated the column to its present site at the Großer Stern a large junction on the axis that leads from the former Berliner Stadtschloß through the Brandenburg Gate to the western parts of the city. At the same time, the column was heightened by another 24‘ 6″, giving it its present height of 219‘ 6″ (Giving space to commemorate a further victory, presumably.). The monument survived the Second World War without much damage. The relocation of the monument probably saved it from destruction, as its old site – in front of the Reichstag was destroyed by American air raids in 1945. Without a Anglo-American veto, the French would have dynamited the monument after the War.
Until 1st January, 1969, the public transports authorities in East and West Berlin were both known as The Berliner Vekehrsbetriebe (BVG). On that date the East Berlin authority became the BVG in East Berlin changed its name to VEB Kombinat Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe and or the BVB,
There style of vehicle was very different on the two sides of the Wall, but both authorities had the same cream livery colour.
The Tuskegee University president lives here now. It was built in 1857 and has a really interesting history (I found it here): when a Union general was given orders to burn Tuskegee to the ground, one of the officers found out that his frat brother at Yale, Ed Varner (whose family owned Grey Columns), was at the home tending to wounds he had received. It was because of this connection that the town was spared.
(My WPA book says they were classmates at Harvard, and "apologizing, he ordered his men from the yard and then spent some time in a renewal of the old acquaintance.")
Stern Brothers' Dry Goods Store Annex, 28-30 West 23rd Street and 9-19 West 22nd Street. New York, New York (Maynicke and Franke : 1910)
this 1965 building by Minoru Yamasaki features his modern take on the Gothic arch and foreshadows the similar arches he later used for the original WTC. the quartz and concrete columns contrast with marble inlays which are arranged to create abstract designs.
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Exterior of the Oliver Building, designed by a personal favorite, the Architect of Chicago Daniel Burnham. Copyright 2015 Alexander Popichak Photography. Want Prints? Let me know!
I did Submit this staircase earlier bu this time from another view.
Limoges Cathedral, France
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The Altes Museum (German for Old Museum), is one of several internationally renowned museums on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. Since restoration work in 1966, it houses the Antikensammlung (antique collection) of the Berlin State Museums.[1] The museum was built between 1823 and 1830 by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family's art collection. The historic, protected building counts among the most distinguished in neoclassicism and is a high point of Schinkel's career.[2] Until 1845, it was called the Königliches Museum (Royal Museum). Along with the other museums and historic buildings on Museum Island, the Altes Museum was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
The Altes Museum was originally constructed to house all of the city's collections of fine arts. However, since 1904, the museum has housed the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities).[6] Since 1998 the Collection of Classical Antiquities has displayed its Greek collection, including the treasury, on the ground floor of the Altes Museum.[2] Special exhibitions are displayed on the second floor of the museum.