View of the Old Capitol - Tallahassee, Florida
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The Florida State Capitol is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The first capitol was originally built in 1826, but it was never completed. This building was built in 1845 and was at risk of being demolished in the late 1970s after the new Capitol building was built. It was saved thanks to citizens' actions. The "Old Capitol" building was kept and restored to house the Governor's suite, Supreme Court, House of Representatives and Senate chambers. It also houses the Florida Historic Capitol Museum that displays the political history of the state of Florida. After the addition of the new building, the building is considered the third largest Capitol building in the United States.<br /><br />For further exploration, please visit <a href="https://www.floridacapitol.myflorida.com/">https://www.floridacapitol.myflorida.com/</a>
Beatrice M. Queral
Wikimedia
Florida Capitol: My Florida
1845 originally; 2008 for new building
Beatrice M. Queral
Florida Capitol: My Florida
Florida Capitol: My Florida
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Tallahassee, 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
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
The White House, 1846
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This image represents the earliest known photograph of the White House. It was taken by entrepreneurial photographer and gallerist John Plumbe in 1846, during the administration of James K. Polk<br /><br />For further exploration, please see <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-white-house/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-white-house/</a>
John Plumbe
Wikimedia
The White House
1846
John Plumbe
The White House
Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_1846.jpg"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The White House, 1846 (via Wikipedia)</span></a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Washington D.C.
Stone of Hope - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument
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<strong>"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."</strong> - Martin Luther King, Jr., 1959 <br /><br />This sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was created by renowned artist Master Lei Yixin and it depicts Dr. King in a moment of reflexion.It serves as the main element in the Martin Luther King memorial, and it's been referred to as the Stone of Hope. The space between the Stone of Hope and the rest of the monument, referred to as the Mountain of Despair, allows for a perfect view of the Thomas Jefferson memorial emphasizing the principles of freedom and liberty.<br /><br />For further exploration, please see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Memorial">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Memorial</a>
Master Lei Yixin
Wikimedia
National Park Service
2011
Master Lei Yixin
National Park Service
Link: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/mlkm/index.htm"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">National Park Service</span></a>
Medium: Sculpture
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Washington D.C.
U.S. Post Office & Courthouse
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The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, is located on the southwest corner of Meeting and Broad Streets in an area known as the "Four Corners of Law." The building is a testament to the importance of the federal presence in the city. On the northwest corner, a 1792 courthouse represents the role of county government in Charleston. City Hall, built in 1802 on the northeast corner, symbolizes the presence of municipal government. Finally, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, built between 1752 and 1761, signifies divine law as a component in community life. The building was individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and is also within the boundaries of the National Register Charleston Historic District and the National Historic Landmark Charleston Historic District. Today, the building continues to function as a post office and courthouse.<br /><br />For further exploration, please see <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/us-post-office-and-courthouse-charleston-sc">https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/us-post-office-and-courthouse-charleston-sc</a>
National Archives
Wikimedia
U.S. Postal Service & Courthouse
1901
National Archives
U.S. Postal Service & Courthouse
Link: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_and_Courthouse_(Charleston,_South_Carolina)_1901.jpg">U.S. Postal Service & Courthouse </a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Charleston, South Carolina
U.S. Patent Office
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.<br /><br />For further exploration, please see <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/">https://www.uspto.gov/</a>
Edward Sachse & Co.
Wikimedia
U.S. Patent Office
1836
Edward Sachse & Co.
U.S. Patent Office
Link: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Patent_Office.jpg"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">U.S. Patent Office</span></a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Public Architecture
Architecture
Washington D.C.
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
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
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