
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States The former Manufacturers Trust Company Building, erected in 1953-54 on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 43rd Street, was one of the first buildings in the United States to introduce International Style modernism to bank design. Planned by Skidmore, Owings …
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Hidden away behind other buildings is one of the gems of Edinburgh’s Old Town, the Kirk of the Greyfriars: also known as the Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirk, or just simply Greyfriars Kirk. Churches are usually amongst the easiest of buildings to find, announcing their presence with a tower or …
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Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States The Sunset Play Center is one of a group of eleven immense outdoor swimming pools opened in the summer of 1936 in a series of grand ceremonies presided over by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Park Commissioner Robert Moses. All of …
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A dove symbolizing The Holy Spirit is surrounded by heavenly rays in this transom window for the Portuguese Sociedade Flor Acoriana chapel in Chowchilla, CA. Oliver and Virginia Espinola are John’s late uncle and current aunt. Hung over the entrance doors, the window measures 30 in. (at peak) by 72 …
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Tabernacle of Prayer, Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States Located on Jamaica Avenue at Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, the major commercial center of the borough of Queens and once a major theater center for Queens and Long Island, the Loew’s Valencia is the borough’s largest …
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Crack around the Bedroom Window leading into the big crack on main outside wall.
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Photo by Lisa, thank you!! my parents showing off their matching jackets, in front of our new door! Richard and Judy both collaborated on this beautifully restored door, it’s dusty/bright orange on the outside and periwinkle blue/violet on the inside. This spot had clearly once been a doorway but had …
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