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This is looking at north of Amsterdam Avenue.
A short walk in Morningside Heights starting at the Peace Fountain. The archangel Michael was snowed in so the fountain was closed, I just took pics outside the fence. Then it's on to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine but there was worship going on so I just took a couple of pics of the stained glass windows. After the church visit I continued on to Columbia University and to Riverside Church, which was also closed as it was already late afternoon. My last stop was General Grant's tomb. I'll prob come back this route in a month or two, and hopefully take more and better pics.
This old building sits across the street from the train station in downtown Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a neat old building, but it doesn't look like it's used anymore...
Die Monumentalität der Kuppel erlebt man besonders von der Spreeseite.
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Der 1894 bis 1905 nach Plänen von Julius Raschdorff in Anlehnung an die italienische Hochrenaissance und den Barock errichtete Dom.
Die Kuppelkonstruktion wurde 2007 für die Auszeichnung als Historisches Wahrzeichen der Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland nominiert.
The perfect setting for an Edwardian country retreat.
'This is a delicious house...' remarked Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on her honeymoon at Polesden Lacey. This country retreat, only four miles from Dorking and junction 9 of the M25, has glorious views across the rolling Surrey Hills and acres of countryside. It was home to famous Edwardian hostess Mrs Greville, who entertained royalty and the celebrities of her time.
Marvel at the glittering Gold Room, designed to impress kings and maharajahs, or Mrs Greville's extensive collection of art and ceramics ranging from world-famous Dutch old masters to sparkling Fabergé objects.
The gardens offer something for every season, including climbing roses at their best in June, a herbaceous border that we’re currently restoring to pre-war glories and a winter garden bursting with yellow aconites.
The wider estate provides plenty of space to let off steam on a walk through woodland or over rolling hills, with four waymarked trails to try.
Christopher Nolan 's Inception Billboard movie film wall sized poster of water gushing / flooding out the windows of a building above the corner of 23rd Street and Park Avenue in New York City near the Met Life Clock Tower 7/22/2010 NYC traffic taxi cab Leonardo DiCaprio cabs flagpole American Flag Waving in the Breeze Trompe L' Oeil
The Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the Co-Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, along with the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. One of the most distinctive cathedrals in the United States, it sits on Cathedral Hill overlooking downtown St. Paul and features a distinctive copper-clad dome. It is the third largest completed church in the United States, and the fourth tallest. It is dedicated to Paul the Apostle, who is also the namesake of the City of Saint Paul. The current building opened in 1915 as the fourth cathedral of the archdiocese to bear this name. On March 25, 2009, it was designated as the National Shrine of the Apostle Paul by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Vatican.
The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Constantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome. It was built in year 315. Arch of Constantine was erected by the Senate of Rome to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at Battle of Milvian Bridge (28th Oct - 312 AD).
The Arch is 21m height, 25.9m wide and 7.4m deep, it's located between Colosseum and the Palatine Hill.
This is one of a number of interesting Victorian era homes seen in and around Oberlin, Kansas. While siding has been added and some original details may be missing, it is typical of the historic homes seen in the area. The Colonial style porch, nice original entry, indicate a late 1800's to early 1900's date consistent with expanding prosperity in this agricultural community. Today, agriculture still is an economic backbone in the area with many large cattle feed lots and extensive grain growing operations making up the bulk of agricultural activity.
Cloudy, windy December day. More pronounced (false) autumn atop the trees at the Nasher nearest the former "Tending Blue" it seems.
State Capitol, SLC, UT
The first capitol building of Utah was built in Filmore, but it was only used for that purpose for one year. Later the Salt Lake City Council Hall served as meeting place for the legislature. The statehood was granted to Utah in 1896.
The Salt Lake City and County Building served as the capitol building until 1916, the year when the present building was finished.
The Capitol, which is 404 feet (123 m) long, 240 feet (73 m) wide was built between 1912 and 1916. The granite of the building and the copper of the dome are both from Utah. An extensive and expansive reconstruction took place between 2004 and 2008.
In the movie Legally Blonde 2 Utah State Capitol was used for exterior and interior shots of the U.S. Capitol.
The Mark Hotel (formerly The Mark Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
25 East 77th Street (at Madison Avenue)
New York, NY
Lobby sitting area - The Mark Hotel - designed by Jacques Grange
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Originally built as a hotel, The Mark was designed in a neo-Italian Renaissance-style by architects, Schwartz and Gross. The fifteen-story structure is faced with red bricks and sits in the shadow of the Carlyle Hotel. Schwartz and Gross also designed The Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel and the Surrey Hotel at 20 East 76th St.
The hotel for many years was known as The Mark Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
According to a Mandarin Oriental press release dated January 2, 2006 it sold its 100% leasehold interest in The Mark, New York, for a gross consideration of US$150 million to Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias (Alexico Group). The hotel was originally acquired in 2000 as part of the US$142.5 million acquisition of The Rafael Group.
The hotel closed in 2007 and reopened in August 2009 as a hotel/co-op following a $250+ million makeover with 118 hotel rooms, and 42 co-op apartments. Prices for the co-ops range from $2 million to $60 million.
The hotels penthouse at 9,800 feet contains 5 bedrooms and 4 woodburning fireplaces and is listed for $60 million. Its living room is topped by a copper cupola, part of the original 1926 structure.
The Mark Hotel does not own the land it sits on - the annual land lease payment is $4 million.
Developer of the Mark Hotel, the Alexico Group, brought in chef Jean-George Vongerichten to run the 1st floor restaurant and designer Jacques Grange to reimagine the lobby and create 42 residences. The Alexico Group also developed the Alex Hotel at 205 East 45th Street.
The Alexico Group also operate The Laurel Hotel at 400 East 67th Street and recently bought the Flatotel Hotel on E. 51st St. with plans to turn it into another luxury property
The Real Deal reported in April 2010 that the Alexico Group has scaled back the co-op offerings from 42 units to 10 units due to a lack of demand.
Alexico had borrowed $255 million from Anglo Irish Bank for the project.
In March 2011 Dune Real Estate Partners acquired Anglo Irish Bank's $255 million mortgage loan on the Mark Hotel for $190 million. In june 2011 Dune Real Estate Partners filed to foreclose on loans granted to the Alexico Group's Mark Hotel.
The Irish Times reported the developers Simon Elias and Izak Senbahar of the Alexico Group are suing Anglo Irish Bank for $1 billion in a funding dispute over $500 million of loans that the bank gave to the men to redevelop three Manhattan hotels, the Mark, the Alex and the Flatotel.
I couldn't for the life of me remember what this was, and it's not marked on my map. So I wasted like 20 minutes tracking it down on Google. It's St. Nicholas Church. You're welcome.
That is your esteemed photographer staring at some graffiti on the wall. Obviously I didn't take this picture.
Rex House (Robert Cromie, completed 1938), Lower Regent Street SW1, St James's, London. The Paris Cinema, also by Robert Cromie, was located in the basement of this building and accessed through an entrance on Carlton Street. After WWII, the cinema was converted into a radio studio, and, as the BBC Paris Studios, it was a venue for live music recordings for the next 50 years.
Albi Cathedral is one of the most unique, awe-inspiring churches ever concieved, quite simply one of the wonders of the medieval world.
Although contemporary with the great gothic cathedrals of Northern France, this largely 13th century structure is radically different, being constructed almost entirely of brick and built like a mighty fortress; mostly unadorned walls rise uninterrupted from the ground like sheer cliff-faces of brick. The simplicity of the design gives it an almost modern appearance, and the massive scale gives it a quite overpowering presence.
The cathedral's powerful fortified appearance is largely down to two factors, the shape of the building is consistent with local forms of gothic churches in southern France and northern Spain, whilst thr fortified solidity can be associated with the supression of the Cathars in this area during the Albigensian Crusades, the building serving a lesson in strength and permanence as a warning to any rebellious locals.
The plain exterior was relieved in the more stable climate of the 16th century by the huge flamboyant porch on the south side of the nave, more like an enormous spikey canopy open on three sides. It remains the main entrance to the cathedral, the base of the enormous tower being so massively constructed as to leave no room for a traditional west entrance.
On entering this vast edifice one's senses are overwhelmed yet again, this time by the profusion of decoration in the cavernous interior. The walls and ceilings are entirely covered by frescoes dating from the early 16th century (mostly in Renaissance style, much of it colourful geometric patterns. The most memorable sections are the earliest frescoes at the west end from an enormous Last Judgement; the central section was sadly removed in the 18th century but the extensive and graphic depiction of the torments of Hell remains.
In addition this cathedral is rare in preserving it's 'jube' or choir screen), a late medieval masterpiece of decoration an sculpture which extends into a lavishly sculpted choir enclosure adorned with a riot of angels and saints.
All in all this unforgettable cathedral is a monument that defies description alone and bombards the senses!
shelburne, nova scotia
1973
dock street
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The Hampden Branch (at 3641 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211) is located one block north of 36th St, a.k.a. "the Avenue", within a short walk of restaurants and shops, the Hampden Family Center, and Roosevelt Park. The historic building is small but inviting for all ages. www.prattlibrary.org/locations/hampden/