Albany State Education Building
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Photo shows the New York State Department of Education Building in Albany, which was dedicated on October 17, 1912. Architect of the building was Henry Hornbostel.
State Education Dept. Building in Albany, N. Y. has 36 Corinthian columns forming the longest colonnade in the United States and one of the longest in the world. The 520' long load bearing colonnade is stunning. The building was opened in 1912 as library/museum.
Bain News Service
http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/11600/11628r.jpg
Library of Congress
1910
Library of Congress
Source: New York State Education Department Building. (2012, January 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:06, October 12, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/R48hxO">http://bit.ly/R48hxO</a>
Link: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ggbain.11628/">Library of Congress</a>
Medium: Photograph.
English
Architecture
Albany State Education Building, Albany, NY, Architecture, Public Architecture
New York
Completing a Great Work - The Brooklyn Bridge
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"There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilization. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people’s progress." [bold] - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Brooklyn Bridge was completed [in] thirteen years…and was opened for use on May 24, 1883... On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed what was then the only land passage between Manhattan and Brooklyn... The bridge's main span over the East River is 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m). The bridge cost $15.5 million to build and approximately 27 people died during its construction... Bridges were not tested in wind tunnels until the 1950s—well after the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) in 1940. It is therefore fortunate that the open truss structure supporting the deck is by its nature less subject to aerodynamic problems. [John] Roebling designed a bridge and truss system that was six times as strong as he thought it needed to be. Because of this, the Brooklyn Bridge is still standing when many of the bridges built around the same time have vanished into history and been replaced.
Jet Lowe: East Photograph;
Staff Artist, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
View Looking East Toward Brooklyn <br /><br />Source Brooklyn Bridge. (2012, September 18). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/R0B6Kc">http://bit.ly/R0B6Kc</a>
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Library of Congress
1982: East; 1883: In Progress
Jet Lowe: East Photograph;
Staff Artist, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Library of Congress
Link: <a href="https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny1200/ny1234/color/570575cr.jpg">View Looking East Towards Brooklyn (via Library of Congress)</a>
Link: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90715548/">Completing a Great Work (via Library of Congress)</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Brooklyn, NY
First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service
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This is the first memorial to be placed in the nation's capital in honor of the military service of women. It is on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It depicts three women, one caring for a soldier. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2011631447/"></a>
Glenna Goodacre
US Library of Congress
US Library of Congress
November 11, 1993
Glenna Goodacre
US Library of Congress
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2011631447/">Source: United States Library of Congress</a>
Medium: Sculpture
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Washington D.C.
Florida East Coast Railway Advert
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The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Morrison Flagler. Flagler originally visited Florida to aid with the health issues faced by his first wife, Mary. A key strategist who worked closely with John D. Rockefeller building the Standard Oil Trust, Henry Flagler noted both a lack of services and great potential during his stay at St Augustine. He subsequently began what amounted to his second career developing resorts, industries, and communities all along Florida's shores abutting the Atlantic Ocean. <br /><br />The FEC is possibly best known for building the railroad to Key West, completed in 1912. When the FEC's line from the mainland to Key West was heavily damaged by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, the State of Florida purchased the remaining right-of-way and bridges south of Dade County, and they were rebuilt into road bridges for vehicle traffic and became known as the Overseas Highway. However, a greater and lasting Flagler legacy was the developments along Florida's eastern coast.
Henry Morrison Flagler
Wikimedia
Lee Standiford
1913
Henry Morrison Flagler
Lee Standiford
Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1913_Florida_East_Coast_Railway_advert.jpg">Florida East Coast Railway (via Wikipedia)</a>
Medium: Poster
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Florida
Hoover Dam
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<strong>"Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a creative activity, involving imagination, intuition and deliberate choice." </strong> - Ove Arup, structural engineer<br /><br />Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam... was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935... Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives….Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project... Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques were unproven. The torrid summer weather and the lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, [the contractor] Six Companies turned over the dam to the federal government…more than two years ahead of schedule... The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction; nearly a million people tour the dam each year.<br /><br />For further exploration, please see <a href="https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/">https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/</a>
Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);
US Bureau of Reclamation: Photograph (In Progress)
Wikimedia & Library of Congress
Library of Congress
1941: Completed (Photograph)
ca. 1936-1946: In Progress (Photograph)
National Archives & Bureau of Reclamation
Library of Congress
<strong>Link</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AAB-01.jpg"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Hoover Dam (via Wikipedia)</strong></span></a>
<strong>Link</strong>: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008676666/"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Three Construction Workers Putting a Coat of Paint... on the Hoover Dam Spillway (via Library of Congress) </strong></span></a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Nevada
James Hoban, Public Architect and Developer. Architect of the White House.
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<strong>"Do nothing- Or, take history into our own hands and like few generations are given the chance, bend it, bend it in the service of a better day." </strong> - Joseph R. Biden Jr., Former Vice President of the United States <br /><br />The rich sandstone walls of the White House were built in the last decade of the eighteenth century and except for major repair in 1814-1817 remain largely as they were built. James Hoban is celebrated for contributions to the early growth and development of Washington, D.C., as architect, builder, and mason, captain of a militia company, city councilman and civic leader. Hoban was also a successful real estate developer and initiated a private fund to employ schoolteachers, raise a volunteer fire brigade, and assist Irish construction workers in need. <br /><br />President Washington sought out Hoban, conferred with him, and quickly selected the architect’s proposed design for the President’s House in July 1792. Although time, and occupants with different needs, have altered the White House in many ways, the White House image famous throughout the world is Hoban's entirely.
James Womer: Poster;
John Christian Rauschner: Portrait
White House History & Wikimedia
The White House
1981: Poster
c. 1800: Portrait
James Womer & John Christian Rauschner
The White House
Link: <a href="http://www.whitehousehistory.org/presentations/james-hoban-architect-white-house/james-hoban-architect-white-house-01.html">Imaging James Hoban</a>
Medium: Poster & Mixed Media
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Washington D.C.
Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
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Located at 300 NE 1st Avenue in downtown Miami, FL. this U.S. Post Office and Courthouse three-story building was given a Mediterranean revival by architects Paist and Steward, architects. Featuring a two-story east facade with Corinthian columns, it represents the largest structure built out of local limestone in South Florida.<br /><br />For further exploration, please see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Dyer_Federal_Building_and_United_States_Courthouse">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Dyer_Federal_Building_and_United_States_Courthouse</a>
Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources
Wikimedia
Florida Department of State
1933
Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources
Florida Department of State
Link: <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/david-w-dyer-federal-building-and-us-courthouse-miami-fl">Florida Department of State</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Miami, Florida
Miami Beach Venetian Causeway
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The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on abarrier island in south Florida. The man-made Venetian Islands and non-bridge portions of the causeway were created by materials which came from the dredging of the bay.
Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources
Wikimedia
Florida Department of State
1926
Division of Historical Resources
Florida Department of State
Link: <a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/parks/venetian.asp">Florida Department of State</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Miami, Florida
Miami Freedom Tower
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The Freedom Towers were designed by Schultze and Weaver. It hosted The Miami News newspaper headquarters and printing facility from 1925 to 1957. The building was used from the early 60s to 1972 as a facility to provide services to recently arrived refugees who fled to the United States from the Cuba's communist regime. The building was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.<br /><br />For further exploration, please visit <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/Freedom_Tower.html">https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/Freedom_Tower.html</a>
Tom Shaefer
Wikimedia
National Parks Service
2010
Tom Shaefer
National Parks Service
Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_(Miami)"><strong>Miami Freedom Tower (via Wikipedia)</strong></a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Miami, Florida
Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning
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Note the Gallery Media section to the left for the following two articles. <br /><br />- Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and Social Anchor in the Post Modern Age (1997). By Charles T. Goodsell. <br /><br />Public architecture is presented as a potential source of shared meaning. <br /><br />-Public Voices Volume III No. 3. Social Meaning of Public Architecture: A Victorian Elucidation. A theoretical framework for social interpretation of public buildings is proposed (1999). By James P. Armstrong, Jeffrey M. Coleman: Charles T. Goodsell, Danielle S. Hollar, and Keith A Hutcheson.<br /><br />The authors draw from Victorian Art Critic John Ruskin’s theoretical framework for social interpretation of public architecture to identify forms of social meaning embedded in government building. The building is the Alfred B. Mullet State War & Navy Building, now known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC.<br /><br />Armstrong et al (1998) use a framework derived from “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” by Victorian art critic John Ruskin, to examine and interpret the social meaning derived from a public building. The Mullet building is considered to be a Victorian Masterpiece of public Architecture - Alfred B. Mullet State War and Navy Building, Washington D.C. <br /><br />Ruskin’s lamps are sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience, which were the titles of chapters in his book. Based on the content of each chapter, Armstrong et al interpret Ruskin’s titles as referring to interpretations of public buildings as: controversies, metaphors, markers, museums, influences, histories and intimidation. See diagram pp. 8.<br /><br /><a href="https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uwm.edu/dist/9/86/files/2017/12/PV-14-2-BOB-lib-2l488xf.pdf">Public Voices Journal can be accessed through this link (dead link)</a><br /><br />Public Voices is a unique journal that focuses on historical, artistic and reflective expression concerning public administrators and the public service. It is is published by National Center for Public Performance (NCPP) at the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers University–Newark.
Architect - Alfred B. Mullet
Humanities & Social Sciences Online and Wikimedia
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
1888
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Gallery media: <br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dhj76sYjAivYTP4JBFyB5jUZ3n4aJy-M">Public Architecture - Goodsell </a><br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dhj76sYjAivYTP4JBFyB5jUZ3n4aJy-M">Social Meaning of Public Architecture</a>
Public Voices Journal
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Buildings
Architecture
Washington D.C.