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The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries building in Lydiard Street, was first constructed in 1899 for the School of Mines. It is the third oldest tertiary institution in the country, after the universities of Sydney and Melbourne. It is a typical two storey red brick and stone educational building of the turn of the century. The street facades are divided into five bays with paired and tripled rectangular windows with segmental heads and hood moulds. In 1914, additions were done by Clegg, Miller and Morrow and in 1915 Clegg and Morrow designed the outbuildings. It is substantially intact, apart from the original paintwork, the entrance door and the removal of the roof finials.
The School of Mines has had a long history in Ballarat and has played an important part in the spread of mining expertise to elsewhere in Australia.
The School of Mines became especially famous for its science, engineering, metallurgy, chemistry and geology courses. It merged with the University of Ballarat in 1998 and is now known as the SMB campus.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
It takes a special kind of idiot to go whipping through the streets of the Hollywood Hills at sunset for the sole purpose of making a photo. Happily enough, I'm that kind of idiot. The inside of the passenger door of my car will forever bear the claw marks left by my wife as I went careening through streets that have the dual attractions of being barely wide enough to accommodate our Ford Focus and have 170-degree switchbacks built into them at roughly hundred foot intervals.
I can't wait to go back!
Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat, which was established between the 1860s and 1880s when the area was at the centre of a gold rush, does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
The former Ballarat Girls School, now part of Ballarat Secondary College, is a beautiful example of post war Art Deco architecture. Although built between 1954 and 1955, the school's main building of honey yellow clinker bricks is very Art Deco in its design. It features an emphatic vertical fin and a stepped facade and roofline. Minimalist in its decoration, it has Functionalist Steamline Moderne windows. Even its round porch lamp, is very modern in design. All these features give the building a very elegant and striking appearance in comparison to the 1860s architecture surrounding it.
Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat, which was established between the 1860s and 1880s when the area was at the centre of a gold rush, does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
The former Ballarat Girls School, now part of Ballarat Secondary College, is a beautiful example of post war Art Deco architecture. Although built between 1954 and 1955, the school's main building of honey yellow clinker bricks is very Art Deco in its design. It features an emphatic vertical fin and a stepped facade and roofline. Minimalist in its decoration, it has Functionalist Steamline Moderne windows. Even its round porch lamp, is very modern in design. All these features give the building a very elegant and striking appearance in comparison to the 1860s architecture surrounding it.
A.T. Stewart Company Store
280 Broadway was built in 1846 as A.T. Stewart's "Marble Palace," one of the key forerunners to the modern department store; Henry James remembered it as "the ladies' great shop, vast, marmorean, plate-glassy and notoriously fatal to the female nerve." After Stewart died and his business was driven into the ground, it later served as an office building. It housed the headquarters of F.W. Woolworth and Company before the construction of the Woolworth Building; the offices of the original New York Sun; and today, the New York City Department of Buildings.
Former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank was founded in 1850 by members Irish Emigrant Society to encourage recent arrivals to save money; seventy-five years later, it was the largest savings bank in the United States. This building was third the bank had on this location. Today it's home to the New York City Parking Violations Bureau.
Municipal Building
The Manhattan Municipal Building was the city's attempt to centralize government departments and agencies into one place after the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. Stalin was reportedly an admirer--the "Seven Sisters" skyscrapers in Moscow are supposedly modeled after it.
Tweed Courthouse
Thanks to the Civil War, the death of its original architect, and--most importantly--the machinations of the William "Boss" Tweed and his cronies, who marked-up and diverted construction funds, the New York County Courthouse took twenty years and the contemporary equivalent of $200 million to build. Today it houses offices for the Deparment of Education, and the city offers free tours--go go go!
I say more about the A.T. Stewart Company Store, the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank building, the Manhattan Municipal Building, and the Tweed Courthouse on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Numbers
A.T. Stewart Company Store: 78001885
Former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank: 82003375
Municipal Building: 72000879
Tweed Courthouse: 74001277
The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries building in Lydiard Street, was first constructed in 1899 for the School of Mines. It is the third oldest tertiary institution in the country, after the universities of Sydney and Melbourne. It is a typical two storey red brick and stone educational building of the turn of the century. The street facades are divided into five bays with paired and tripled rectangular windows with segmental heads and hood moulds. In 1914, additions were done by Clegg, Miller and Morrow and in 1915 Clegg and Morrow designed the outbuildings. It is substantially intact, apart from the original paintwork, the entrance door and the removal of the roof finials.
The School of Mines has had a long history in Ballarat and has played an important part in the spread of mining expertise to elsewhere in Australia.
The School of Mines became especially famous for its science, engineering, metallurgy, chemistry and geology courses. It merged with the University of Ballarat in 1998 and is now known as the SMB campus.
Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat, which was established between the 1860s and 1880s when the area was at the centre of a gold rush, does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
The former Ballarat Girls School, now part of Ballarat Secondary College, is a beautiful example of post war Art Deco architecture. Although built between 1954 and 1955, the school's main building of honey yellow clinker bricks is very Art Deco in its design. It features an emphatic vertical fin and a stepped facade and roofline. Minimalist in its decoration, it has Functionalist Steamline Moderne windows. Even its round porch lamp, is very modern in design. All these features give the building a very elegant and striking appearance in comparison to the 1860s architecture surrounding it.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
The former Rolfe Street Baths built in 1888 which reflects the Arts and Crafts movement of the period. It contained the manager’s living accommodation, two swimming pools, twenty-eight slipper baths, two showers and a municipal laundry. It was set to be demolished before in 1989 it was taken down brick by brick and reconstructed at the Black Country Living Museum where it now acts as the reception and houses exhibition galleries. Dudley, West Midlands.
The striking tower of the 1965 Market hall seen from the 16th century medieval market hall. The tower belongs to the mid-twentieth century building that replaced the Victorian market, a building that had itself survived a few more years may well still be there and being feted! That said the current hall, designed by architect David Aberdeen (probably best remembered for his TUC Building in London) has a lot going for it both in terms of its architecture and its place in civic life. The tower is a fine addition and echoes Shrewsbury's church and civic spires. It is 200 ft high and is surmounted by that fine 37ft high aluminium finial. Architecturally it provides a fine focal point to the view down Market Street.
Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat, which was established between the 1860s and 1880s when the area was at the centre of a gold rush, does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
The former Ballarat Girls School, now part of Ballarat Secondary College, is a beautiful example of post war Art Deco architecture. Although built between 1954 and 1955, the school's main building of honey yellow clinker bricks is very Art Deco in its design. It features an emphatic vertical fin and a stepped facade and roofline. Minimalist in its decoration, it has Functionalist Steamline Moderne windows. Even its round porch lamp, is very modern in design. All these features give the building a very elegant and striking appearance in comparison to the 1860s architecture surrounding it.
The Manhattan Municipal Building was the city's attempt to centralize government departments and agencies into one place after the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. Stalin was reportedly an admirer--the "Seven Sisters" skyscrapers in Moscow are supposedly modeled after it.
I say a little more about the Manhattan Municipal Building on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Number
Municipal Building: 72000879
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries building in Lydiard Street, was first constructed in 1899 for the School of Mines. It is the third oldest tertiary institution in the country, after the universities of Sydney and Melbourne. It is a typical two storey red brick and stone educational building of the turn of the century. The street facades are divided into five bays with paired and tripled rectangular windows with segmental heads and hood moulds. In 1914, additions were done by Clegg, Miller and Morrow and in 1915 Clegg and Morrow designed the outbuildings. It is substantially intact, apart from the original paintwork, the entrance door and the removal of the roof finials.
The School of Mines has had a long history in Ballarat and has played an important part in the spread of mining expertise to elsewhere in Australia.
The School of Mines became especially famous for its science, engineering, metallurgy, chemistry and geology courses. It merged with the University of Ballarat in 1998 and is now known as the SMB campus.
The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries building in Lydiard Street, was first constructed in 1899 for the School of Mines. It is the third oldest tertiary institution in the country, after the universities of Sydney and Melbourne. It is a typical two storey red brick and stone educational building of the turn of the century. The street facades are divided into five bays with paired and tripled rectangular windows with segmental heads and hood moulds. In 1914, additions were done by Clegg, Miller and Morrow and in 1915 Clegg and Morrow designed the outbuildings. It is substantially intact, apart from the original paintwork, the entrance door and the removal of the roof finials.
The School of Mines has had a long history in Ballarat and has played an important part in the spread of mining expertise to elsewhere in Australia.
The School of Mines became especially famous for its science, engineering, metallurgy, chemistry and geology courses. It merged with the University of Ballarat in 1998 and is now known as the SMB campus.
The 'Lantern' with the tiny bird and an intriguing 'twirl' on right will let you in a few facts and some sunny photos of this significant project by Buckinghamshire County Council.
See next photo for more details.
The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries building in Lydiard Street, was first constructed in 1899 for the School of Mines. It is the third oldest tertiary institution in the country, after the universities of Sydney and Melbourne. It is a typical two storey red brick and stone educational building of the turn of the century. The street facades are divided into five bays with paired and tripled rectangular windows with segmental heads and hood moulds. In 1914, additions were done by Clegg, Miller and Morrow and in 1915 Clegg and Morrow designed the outbuildings. It is substantially intact, apart from the original paintwork, the entrance door and the removal of the roof finials.
The School of Mines has had a long history in Ballarat and has played an important part in the spread of mining expertise to elsewhere in Australia.
The School of Mines became especially famous for its science, engineering, metallurgy, chemistry and geology courses. It merged with the University of Ballarat in 1998 and is now known as the SMB campus.
Parliament House Melbourne: the colonnades, arches and entrance gates to Parliament House in Spring Street Melbourne. The building was constructed between 1855 and 1929 and designed by the government architect Charles Pasley and later altered by Peter Kerr. During the years 1901 to 1927 the building was used for the newly formed Federal Parliament of Australia; while the Victorian Parliament was held in The Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.
The last work of Cass Gilbert, the architect behind the Woolworth Building, and one of the last Neoclassical Federal buildings constructed in Manhattan. It is composed of a base constructed like a Greek Temple and a tower topped with a gilded pyramid. Later, it was renamed to honor Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall.
I say a little more about the courthouse on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Number
US Courthouse: 87001596
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
Architects: Bucks County Council, Architects Department. Mid 80s.
Apart from Hampshire, Buckinghamshire County Council's Architects Department also produced work of some distinction. Some of their best work was done from 1960 to late 1990s under the leadership of Fred Pooley and Paul Markcrow until the department was closed at the end of the millennium.
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The long awaited Rosa Parks Transit Center finally opened to the public in downtown Detroit, Michigan on July 14, 2009. The 2.4 acre, $18.3 million project, designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff took 2 years to complete. The contractor is the DeMaria Building Company.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
© All rights reserved.
A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
© All rights reserved.
The long awaited Rosa Parks Transit Center finally opened to the public in downtown Detroit, Michigan on July 14, 2009. The 2.4 acre, $18.3 million project, designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff took 2 years to complete. The contractor is the DeMaria Building Company.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
US Courthouse
The last work of Cass Gilbert, the architect behind the Woolworth Building, and one of the last Neoclassical Federal buildings constructed in Manhattan. It is composed of a base constructed like a Greek Temple and a tower topped with a gilded pyramid. Later, it was renamed to honor Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall.
Municipal Building
The Manhattan Municipal Building was the city's attempt to centralize government departments and agencies into one place after the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. Stalin was reportedly an admirer--the "Seven Sisters" skyscrapers in Moscow are supposedly modeled after it.
I say a little more about the courthouse and the municipal building on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Number
US Courthouse: 87001596
Municipal Building: 72000879
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
This is The Egg, a performing arts center located at Agency Building 1, S Mall Arterial, Albany, NY located on/in Empire State Plaza.
The Egg was built between 1966 and 1978, and features some stunning Brutalist architecture. The venue itself is suspended in the egg shaped part of the building, and atendees are shutteled up by one of two completely round elevators.
These escalators go between The Egg and inside Empire State Plaza.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.