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Brooklyn’s oldest public building predates Brooklyn as part of New York City, was actually originally built as Brooklyn’s City Hall back from 1846 and completed in 1848. Brooklyn was actually incorporated as a city in 1834 as the population continued to expand. The Remsen and Pierrepont families donated the land this edifice stands on, as with many architectural endeavors an open competition for its design was held and won by New York architect Calvin Pollard, the cornerstone was laid in 1836, then the funding of the young city dried up. Almost a decade later, the funds became available, Gamaliel King an architect who was well know in the ecclesiastic circles for his designs of houses of worship and the runnerup in the competition now became the lead architect, that took Pollard’s original design, with strict restrictions that the structure had to fit into the foundation that was laid almost a decade earlier. Pollard had designed an elegant Greek Revival styled building, King maintained the styling but scaled down the grandeur. The building though was fitting of a public building with six fluted Ionic columns which can be seen in this image supporting the triangular pediment, the majestic stairs all in Tuckahoe marble.
After 50 years in service in 1898 it service was no longer needed, the city of Brooklyn was no more, Kings County voted by a slim margin to join the greater City of New York, city hall for the new large city would be the older city hall in lower Manhattan. This grand building would now become Brooklyn Borough Hall. It was repurposed as a county courthouse, a purpose it quickly outgrew. From 1933 well into the 1960’s there were many proposals to demolish the old building claiming it a monument to a very brief time in Brooklyn’s history, but in 1966 it was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. A great deal of restoration was done the decades prior to the millennium of this grand old edifice, and Brooklynites as they are sometimes referred to take great pride in the borough’s/city’s history, the Dodgers and Ebbett’s Field, Coney Island and so forth.
Taken with Olympus E-5 using an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Borough Hall, a three-story brick Italianate style building houses the Waynesboro Municipal Offices. Waynesboro is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on the southern border of the state. Print Size 13x19 inches. HWW.
When Allison was sufficiently revived, we pressed on through the night. Eight miles across the mountain, sat Mercersburg, where I dared not stop for a photo at 3:30am, so Molly and I rode back over the next day to get this shot.
The south or rear of Staten Island Borough Hall on a beautiful warm sunny summer day in 2015 taken late in the afternoon. Staten Island Borough Hall was designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings, begun in 1904 and finished in 1906. When Staten Island integrated with New York City in 1898, the decision was made to move the county seat from Richmondtown to St. George and the new borough hall was built there. Carrere and Hastings were archetitects at the firm of McKim, Mead and White before they ventured out their own, I’ve mentioned them before as the designers of the Steven A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library [ flic.kr/p/spAwrT ] and the Manhattan Bridge’s stunning entrance [ flic.kr/p/pqXEUq ]. It was their firm that was chosen to do this project.
John Carrere in particular had a special affinity for this project being a Staten Island resident and was deeply involved in the design, including selection of the location, on the dramatic hilltop directly opposite the St. George Ferry Terminal so when people arrived at the terminal, the borough hall would be the first thing they would see as they arrived on Staten Island. Both Carrere and Hasting were alumni of Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris France and the red brick borough hall is a French Renaissance building with a high clock tower which because of its high perch is visible from the harbor and throughout St. George and can clearly been seen in this image.
The atmosphere on Staten Island is quite different from Manhattan and the other boroughs, not as crowded and being from New Jersey, I’d say almost Jersey like and I had a wonderful encounter with sweet bartender who really went above and beyond when someone asked her for drink requiring apple juice. She actually ran next door to deli to get some leaving the bar unattended and gave the customer just what he and his date wanted, very sweet and diligent…a shoutout to the bar maid at Jimmie Steiny’s at Baker Square adjacent to Staten Island Borough Hall (I’m bad with names sorry). Don’t forget, the ferry ride over is free, and you get spectacular views of lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, the Central New Jersey Railroad Terminal, Ellis Island, Governors Island and the Statue of Liberty going and coming, definitely would recommend it to anyone visiting the city.
Taken with an Olympus E-5 with a 12-60mm F/2.8-4.0 Olympus Zuiko Digital Lens hand held, HDR of 5 images tone mapped using Photomatix, cleaned up in Adobe Lightroom.
Run Day, Labor Day Weekend 2019, Beach Haven, LBI, NJ.
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'Dominates the skyline like no other building in Stourbridge. It was built on the site of the former corn exchange to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee and was opened in 1887 by Lord Beauchamp (Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire). The town hall was paid for by the public and cost £5000 to build!' www.stourbridge.com/stourbridge_town_hall.htm
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The white building in the middle was completed in 1848 to be used as the City Hall of the former City of Brooklyn. In 1898 the City of Brooklyn merged with the City of New York, and the building became Brooklyn Borough Hall.
I'm making myself do driver's ed but what I'd really like to be doing is going through pictures. so.
Thanks to Noel Calingasan for the idea to shoot this fountain. The wide angle distortion of Borough Hall looks odd, but choices were limited to show both the building steeple and fountain. One little thing to note is a sparrow caught in mid flight approaching the fountain.
The Activist group #GetOrganizedBK held a rally and DIE-IN on March 11, 2017 at the Brooklyn Borough Hall steps and plaza in defense of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare after the GOP released their bill to gut the ACA, putting many Americans at serious health risks if the ACA is repealed or replaced with their plan. New York Elected Officials expressed their support and joined the DIE-IN.
The top of Brooklyn Borough Hall. Built: 1848 Architect: Calvin Pollard Gamaliel King Style: Greek Revival Exterior:Tuckahoe marble.Calvin Pollard won a commission to design Borough Hall in a contest held by the city.A foundation was dug and the cornerstone was laid in 1836.Unfortunately,financial hardship halted the construction entirely.Funds later became available and in 1845,the project resumed,this time by a design by Gamaliel King,the second place winner of the design contest held by the city of New York.King was given instruction that the new building must fit in the already laid foundation.King preserved many of the elements of Pollard's original design and intent including the Greek Revival style although the project was scaled down somewhat.Construction was completed in 1848.On February 26,1895a paper caught fire and destroyed the cupola and statute of Justice that stood atop it.Three years later a new Victorian cast iron cupola was built on which was placed a flag.In the 1930s proposals began to circulate about knocking down Borough Hall because it no longer performed government functions,but the building survived and in 1966 it was designated an historical landmark.In the 1980s the building underwent massive constructions.The original copper shingling on the cupola was restored and the flag was replaced by a new figure of Lady Justice. The renovation was completed in 1989-Wikipedia
The Activist group #GetOrganizedBK held a rally and DIE-IN on March 11, 2017 at the Brooklyn Borough Hall steps and plaza in defense of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare after the GOP released their bill to gut the ACA, putting many Americans at serious health risks if the ACA is repealed or replaced with their plan. New York Elected Officials expressed their support and joined the DIE-IN.
Borough Hall
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Ten second exposure.
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