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Fresh Meadows (1946–49)
Architect: Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith
Landscape Architect: Alfred Geiffert Jr.
Fresh Meadows, Queens
In 1946, the New York Life Insurance Company bought the 175-acre Fresh Meadow Country Club (opened 1923) for development as housing. Designed with people in mind, it consists mostly of two-storey row houses, three- to four-storey walkups and two thirteen-storey apartment towers.
© Matthew X. Kiernan
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Our 2013 summer vacation consisted of taking the Amtrack California Zephyr train from San Francisco to Green River, Utah. Hike Arches National Park, Dead Horse Park, and Canyonlands State Park. Then hop back on the train and take it to Denver where we would tour the Rocky Mountain National Park. All in one week.
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24/08/2016 : Oñate (Guipúzcoa), Foruen Enparantza plaza: ayuntamiento (Martín Carrera, 1778)
084 N, Sujata presents food to the Bodhisattva in her Home Women Cooking on the Right (detail 2) at Borobudur
Deals Gateway (ONE SE8) Development by Burwell Deakins Architects Ltd. Photography by Joas Souza | Architectural and Aerial Photographer (www.joasphotographer.com)
“The Plaza Mayor or Plaza de Armas of Lima, is the birthplace of the city of Lima, as well as the core of the city. Located in the Historic Centre of Lima, it is surrounded by the Government Palace, Cathedral of Lima, Archbishop's Palace of Lima, theMunicipal Palace, and the Palace of the Union.”
“In 1523, King Charles I of Spain mandated the Procedures for the creation of cities in the New World. These procedures indicated that after outlining a city's plan, growth should follow a grid centered on the square shape of the plaza.
On the day of the foundation of the city, January 18, 1535, the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, conforming to established procedure, designated a location to build the plaza. Later, Pizarro and Nicolas de Rivera, the city's first mayor, toured the city's location and split parcels. Pizarro, taking advantage of his title of founder and governor, took a large parcel of land between the north side of the plaza and the Rimac river. The lot to the south of the plaza was designated to be a church, the western lot was to be the site of a city council, and the rest of the lots were divided among the rest of the conquistadors.” --Wiki
Woolloomooloo Hill was once a very exclusive suburb - houses had to cost at least 1000 pounds, face the city and be approved by the Governor. Tusculum, designed by John Verge, fit the criteria and is an example of the mansions that once dominated this area. Tusculum is now the headquarters of the NSW chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. In the new building at the rear is a architectural bookshop, Architext, open to the public.
Founded in 1491 The Sacro Monte (Holy Mountain) of Varallo was built on a rock outcrop on the slopes of the mountains called Tre Croci (Three Crosses).
It consist of a Basilica and 50 chapels which are either isolated or part of a larger monumental complex.
The chapels contains over 800 statues lifelike in wood or terracotta which describe the story of the life of Christ.
Tourists line up to get in to the Reichstag in Berlin. We decided to skip it. Places to go, things to see.
In Ione,California there is a beautiful old gothic looking building known as Preston Castle. If you love History the tour of the castle is fabulous
Title: Parsvanatha
Other title: Parashvanath
Date: circa 950-970
Current location: Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh , India
Description of work: Khajuraho is the site of numerous Jain and Hindu temples, separated into two sections (eastern and western). Today 25 temples remain. The Parsvanath temple is a Jain temple located in the eastern group.
Description of view: Close view of a sculpture detail on temple exterior with a window structure on the left side.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Asian: South Asian: Indian: Post-Gupta: Candella
Culture: Indian
Materials/Techniques: Stone
Source: Pisciotta, Henry (copyright Henry Pisciotta)
Date photographed: 10/30/2008
Resource type: Image
File format: JPEG
Image size: 3072H X 2304W pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2008-0524 Parsvanath.jpg
Record ID: WB2008-0524
Sub collection: religious buildings: temples
Copyight holder: Copyright Henry Pisciotta
Banteay Srei is a 10th century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva located near the hill of Phnom Dei, 25 km north-east of the main group of temples.
The temple was rediscovered only in 1914, and was the subject of a celebrated case of art theft when André Malraux stole four devatas in 1923 (he was soon arrested and the figures returned).