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That's like a shot from a post-apocalypse movie. :(
Beirut: in happier times a tourist destination:- https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...0ZAFw&usqp=CAU.....https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...VMnIA&usqp=CAU Some cities are the scenes of human tragedy and (obviously of secondary importance) architectural disaster too. Berlin, Allepo...it'd make a long list. |
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I am going to visit Washington D.C one day and see more than the train station. |
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https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MUw5FT2kJ...s640/4-284.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWC4NxiNRdU https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iWaYVTMdM...-5Web-Copy.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uOHEiSknz...0000000000.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dheqDL2jc...0000000000.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mj_dvjYaO...0000000000.jpg This is my dream house in Davenport, Iowa. There are better houses in Davenport of course but this one just my favorite because of its location and how youre in the middle of town but still have privacy up there on the balcony. |
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I love the viewing deck on that Mountain Retreat house, and the old photo of the Overview residence.
Not residential, but famous are the following:- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/...y=logo-overlay....https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...eMXuQ&usqp=CAU Both designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who was clearly unfazed by the size of a project. His son was an architect too, and got the prestigious job of extending London's Guildhall, a kind of nerve-racking commision because the Guildhall, through various incarnations, dated back to Saxon times:- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...C_with_car.jpg See the strange black curve in the paving? That's a marker indicating the position of a Roman amphitheatre which was discovered while they were excavating for the new building. |
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Yes, Paul, it's the exact same building: a famous London landmark even before Pink Floyd gave it international stardom.
For nerds, here are some things of note about the building:- i) built in the 1930s, it was a design challenge to find a style that could make a power station attractive in some way. Sir GGS went for a kind of stripped-down eclesiastical style, with chimneys instead of spires. ii) it is still one of the largest brick buildings in the world. The scale of it is hard to appreciate, until you look carefully at the surrounding buildings. iii) it doesn't matter where you look at it from, you always get the feeling that the main entrance must be round the other side. This may be a consequence of the fact that it is actually two buildings, built about a decade apart. Here is a rare snapshot in time, when it was still only one building:- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...2C_1938%29.jpg |
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