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Located in the Mount Vernon Cultural District of Baltimore, Maryland. The library is arguably one of the most beautiful in the US. Known as "The Cathedral of Books," the interior feature an atrium that, over black and white marble floor, soars 61 feet to a lattices skylight surrounded by five-tiers of ornamental cast-ironed balconies and gold-scalloped columns.
Hello boys and girls (or whatever),
So I found myself in this ancient library when I was visiting the German/French city Wissembourg, which lies literally on the border of Germany and France. I was given a nice tour of the church and the grounds with it, when I spotted a small gap in the giant Fresco of Christoffel, which turned out to be the very largest of all the fresco's in France. The tourguide told me that behond the gap laid the ancient library and the gap was meant as a spying hole. After I convinced the tourguide that I was genuinely interested (I do study Greek and Latin Languages), I was allowed a little peek in the library. She told me that there hadn't been a single person in this room for over 30 years, which made me feel very excited! I ended up holding a genuine second print of a handwritten book of the Iliad and the Odyssee by Homer, which I laid on the therefore meant studyplank and took this shot. I really felt like a crosstype of Harry Potter and Indiana Jones when leaving the room! Extraordinary experience and I hope great photo! Sorry for the way too long story... I guess you'll just have to blame my overenthousiasm! See ya!
I'm all in favour of a good library, although this was a very untypical building somewhere around Thornton Heath.
Taken from a car, which accounts for the pole being in the way...
Bill Lauren - Blonde Danger
Newsstand Library 522, 1960
Cover Artist: Robert Bonfils
"Steve Harding had faced danger all his life, but never before had it presented itself in the sensuous form and sexy figure of a blonde..."
By renowned practice Bradshaw, Gass and Hope, 1929-32. Rebuilt after war damage. Contemporary inter-war classical complex on wedge shaped site, consisting of D-plan Library and Registrar's Office with straight front to road, small Porter's Lodge to side and free-standing rectangular-plan Theatre (formerly Town Hall) to rear with curving colonnade corresponding to Library.
Cream sandstone ashlar. Oval portico in antis with Roman Doric screen and Town crest in cartouche supported by swag above cornice; octagonal lantern. Original glazed revolving door in timber case with pair of panelled leaves; fluted Ionic pilasters with dentilled cornice and anthemion frieze and cresting; plate glass fanlight with wrought-iron fleur-de-lys grille.
This extensive inter-war classical composition is set tightly on a prominent corner site and it is a major example of this building type for the period. It was a prominent public commission by a successful English practice (Bolton) who came to specialise in Methodist churches and civic complexes during the inter-war period. Bradshaw Gass and Hope's extraordinary output is comparable to that of Vincent Harris, with commissions for other civic complexes won at Wimbledon, Stratford, Lewisham, Luton and Chesterfield. The practice was responsible for the reconstruction after it was bomb-damaged in WW2.
Built on the site of North Leith Manse as a condition of Leith's final incorporation with Edinburgh.
Bishan Library is next t a bus and train interchange and a shopping centre. There are lots of people walking around. The children's area is in the basement, and the young adult area on the top floor. Like other Singapore public libraries visited, it had an excellent comic collection.
As a reward for reading during the Summer, the library has a special event for the kids at the city pool with swimming and hot dogs!
The Central Library in Castries, St. Lucia, is next to Derek Walcott Square. I waited a few minutes in one of the doorways for the only rain of the cruise to end.
I do not know what I would call the style. I did not see other buildings like it.
Some people here have nice cars, An Audi A4 is at left. Next to it is a Toyota Camry. It looks like mine (also white), but is certainly newer. You do not see "jalopies" in Caribbean cities. The cars tend to be new, and often large.
As a reward for reading during the Summer, the library has a special event for the kids at the city pool with swimming and hot dogs!
Designed by McArthy and Watson architects in 1901. 14th century gothic style, finely detailed in red ashlar with excellent original glasswork. Good interior work at entrance hall and staircase. Modern addition to right.
Inside of the Vancouver public library, in its fisheye and HDR form.
Even with the 8mm fisheye, I was barely able to capture the ceiling structure in its entirely. It's such a marvel.
Sitting amid the beautiful Carlton Gardens, the Royal Exhibition Building is a World Heritage Site-listed building at the north-eastern edge of Melbourne’s central business district.
The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by the architect Joseph Reed, who also designed the Melbourne Town Hall and the State Library of Victoria. According to the architect, the design was inspired by many different sources. The dome was modeled on the Florence Cathedral, while the main pavilions were influenced by the style of Rundbogenstil and several buildings from Normandy, Caen and Paris.
The foundation stone was laid by the then Victorian governor George Bowen on 19 February 1879 and it was completed in 1880, ready for the Melbourne International Exhibition. The building consisted of a Great Hall of over 12,000 square metres and many temporary annexes. In the 1880s, the building hosted two major International Exhibitions; the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880 and the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888 to celebrate a century of European settlement in Australia. The most significant event to occur in the Exhibition Building was the opening of the first Parliament of Australia on 9 May 1901, following the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January. After the official opening, the federal government moved to the Victorian State Parliament House, while the Victorian government moved to the Exhibition Building for the next 26 years. On 3 September, the Australian National Flag was flown at Royal Exhibition Building for the first time. On that day Prime Minister Edmund Barton announced the winners of a competition to design a flag for Australia. The buildings were a venue for the 1956 Summer Olympics, hosting the basketball, weightlifting, wrestling, and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon competitions. As it decayed, it became known derogatively by locals as The White Elephant in the 1940s and by the 1950s, like many buildings in Melbourne of that time it was earmarked for replacement by office blocks. In 1948, members of the Melbourne City Council put this to the vote and it was narrowly decided not to demolish the building. The wing of the building which once housed Melbourne's aquarium burnt down in 1953. During the 1940s and 1950s, the building remained a venue for regular weekly dances. Over some decades of this period it also held boat shows, automobile shows and other regular home and building industry shows. It was also used during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s for State High School Matriculation and for the Victorian Certificate of Education examinations, among its various other purposes. Nevertheless, the grand ballroom was demolished in 1979, leaving the main structure in place along with annexes constructed in the 1960s and 1970s. Following the demolition of the grand ballroom, there was a public outcry which prevented the main building from also being demolished.
The fountain in front of the Great Hall’s southern entrance was designed in 1880 by Joseph Hochgurtel, an immigrant from Cologne, and his colleague August Saupe. The Hochgurtel fountain has four boys, representing innocence and potential of youth, dancing about a central column. Above them are symbols of industry, science, commerce and art; a steam engine, telescope, surveying implements, a sailing ship, a globe of the world and musical instruments. The fountain includes representations of Victoria’s flora and fauna. The base of the fountain features three mer-people and several more young boys. The fountain is over ten metres high and is made of Portland cement.
During a visit to Victoria in 1984, Princess Alexandra (Queen Elizabeth II's cousin) bestowed the royal title on the building and it has been referred to as the Royal Exhibition Building ever since. This title, and the first conservation assessment of the building undertaken by Alan Willingham, sparked a restoration of the interiors of the building in the late 1980s and 1990s, and the construction of a mirror glass annexe (which was later demolished). In 1996, the then Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, proposed the location and construction of Melbourne's State Museum on the adjacent site. Temporary annexes built in the 1960s were removed and in 1997 and 1998, the exterior of the building was progressively restored.
On 1 July 2004, the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens was granted listing as a World Heritage Site, the first building in Australia to be granted this status. The heritage listing states that "The Royal Exhibition Building is the only major extant nineteenth century exhibition building in Australia. It is one of the few major nineteenth century exhibition buildings to survive worldwide."
Title / Titre :
Brass band, 235th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Bowmanville, Ontario /
Fanfare, 235e Bataillon d’outre-mer, Corps expéditionnaire canadien, Bowmanville (Ontario)
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Panoramic Camera Co.
Date(s) : September 4, 1916 / 4 septembre 1916
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 4474455
central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=4474...
Location / Lieu : Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Credit / Mention de source :
Panoramic Camera Co. Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds. Library and Archives Canada, e010932872 /
Panoramic Camera Co. Fonds Andrew Audubon Merrilees. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, e010932872
The sculptured entrance is crowned by a blazing sun-disk. At the right end and left ends are faces symbolizing Phospher the morning star (the east or Orient) and Hesper the evening star (the west or Occident). The legend on the center panel reads:
THE
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
DEDICATED TO
THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING
All of these sculptures are the work of the New York sculptors Mundhenk and Schoomaker working under the general supervision of Lee Lawrie. However the themes were suggested by the University Librarian.
The University of Cincinnati General Library building is unusual in that it was built in a natural amphitheater. Construction began with a great wall across the amphitheater. Then as earth was excavated for the foundation of the building it was used to fill up the shallower portion of the amphitheater and so provide a level approach to the building. The building is seven stories high with the main doorway at the fourth level. Entrance is by means of a bridge from the top of the great wall to this doorway. Below the bridge, at the third floor level is the service driveway and the lower entrance. By this driveway all mail, express and freight is received and dispatched.
The general idea in planning the building was that the undergraduate college student who comes to study for an hour between class periods will be served on the entrance floor. At the rear end of this floor are the Stephen Collins Foster Memorial Room, the George Elliston Poetry Room and ample rest rooms.
On the parapet of the central section are two inscriptions. At the north, one from Sir Francis Bacon’s Essay on Education:
READ NOT TO CONTRADICT AND CONFUTE NOR TO
BELIEVE AND TAKE FOR GRANTED NOR TO TALK
AND DISCOURSE BUT TO WEIGH AND CONSIDER
At the south, one from John Milton’s Areopagitica:
FOR BOOKS ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY DEAD THINGS
BUT DO CONTAIN A POTENCIE OF LIFE IN THEM
TO BE AS ACTIVE AS THOSE WHOSE PROGENY THEY ARE
from A DESCRIPTIVE REPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GENERAL LIBRARY BUILDING
Blegen Library, once the University's Main Library, was deemed too small in 1963 for the University's growing collection and enrollment. The Main Library's collection moved to Langsam Library in 1978. After this move, the building was renamed Blegen Library and was renovated and reopened in 1983, housing the Archives and Rare Books Library, the College-Conservatory of Music Library, the Classics Library, and the Curriculum Resources Center (now the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, or CECH library in Teacher’s College).
The year 2005 marked the 75th anniversary of the former Main Library, now Blegen, and the 110th anniversary of University Libraries. The renovation of the Main Library created a drastically different interior. Previously, there was a large, grand, open entrance hall to the library. Upon renovation, this space was divided into numerous floors to allow for multiple divisions of the building, not just one library. Fortunately, “the beautiful architectural details were preserved and cleaned.” There are statues, chandeliers, carvings, inscriptions, and decorations found inside and outside the building.
Carl Blegen, the building’s namesake, is known and respected for his groundbreaking archaeological findings in Troy and Pylos. Blegen is also known for developing modern scientific methods in archeology. UC earned a reputation around the world as a research institution, largely due to the archaeological excavations of Carl Blegen and others in the Classics department. Blegen had a “single-minded driving ambition…to uncover the ancient civilizations,” indicated by the fact that he listed the University of Cincinnati as his “office,” and “‘9 Plutarch Street, Athens 9, Greece’ as his ‘home.’” His tremendous findings include the palace of Nestor, a King who played a part in the Greek siege of Troy; and Linear B writing tablets, which were evidence that Greeks of that time could read and write. Blegen wrote multiple books relating to archaeology, and contributed much to the University of Cincinnati. After studying and receiving degrees at multiple notable institutions, including a Ph. D. from Yale, Blegen went on to work at the American School of Classical Studies, followed by 30 years at UC as a professor of classical archaeology from 1927 until 1957 and the head of the Department of Classics during 1950 to 1957. Carl Blegen died at the age of 84 in 1971 in a Greek hospital.
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In 1927 the university commissioned Harry Hake, a rising star in Cincinnati architecture, to designed a new library almost next door the the existing Van Wormer Library . . . The new building was also designed in the Greek Revival style, with a series of inscriptions and bas-reliefs carved into its facade that represent the pursuit of knowledge. Within the parapet above the door, the scene represents modern civilization as the product of Eastern and Western intellectual history, represented by the Hebrew and Latin words for light and various symbols of knowledge, such as an Assyrian winged lion . . . Below the fifth floor windows are two panels representing great thinkers and scholars. . . In the doorway of the library are two groups of bronzes, sculpted by George Marshall Marin, depicting Minerva and a series of bas-reliefs that tell the story of bookmaking.
Originally the interior was marked by a large open rotunda, surrounded by rooms. The stacks were constructed out of cast iron . . . In 1978 the general collection was removed to the new library across campus and the interior of the structure was redesigned to accomodate a variety of offices . . . At the time of its remodeling the library was renamed after archeology professor Carl Blegen.
June 1, 2016 Kalamazoo Public Library's Party in the Park, celebrating early childhood literacy. Photo by John Lacko. www.kpl.gov
The main building of the National Library contains some of the finest examples of Finnish architecture. It was built in 1845 by Carl Ludvig Engel in the Empire style after the university and library were moved from Turku to Helsinki. The exterior has a golden yellow color, Corinthian columns and a green dome. The interior is decorated with classical statues, paintings and marble..
The results of my first attempt at crossprossed film. Hence the green color (I used fuji sensia 200).
Projecting windows on T S Eliot House, by Haworth Tompkins architects, which forms the new extension to the London Library.
File name: 06_11_000023
Title: Dr. Gannett's Church
Alternative title: Boston and vicinity
Creator/Contributor:
Created/Published: Boston : Joseph L. Bates
Date issued: 1850 - 1879 (approximate)
Date created:
Physical description: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph
Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints
Subjects: Churches; Boston (Mass.)
Notes: Title from printed caption on verso.; Handwritten caption on verso indicates that the church is also known as Arlington Street Church.
Series:
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions