Municipal Services Building is set in a broad plaza across John F Kennedy Boulevard from Philadelphia City Hall. Name: Philadelphia Municipal Services Building Location: 1401 John F Kennedy Boulevard Year Completed: 1963 Architect: Vincent Kling & Associates Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: Municipal Services Building Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken September […]
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1650 Market Street, aka One Liberty Place, is often called “Philadelphia’s Chrysler Building” for its graceful spire. The skyscraper was first to break the “gentlemen’s agreement” limiting heights to the height of City Hall’s statue of William Penn. Name: One Liberty Place Location: 1650 Market Street Year Completed: 1990 Architect: Helmut Jahn Style: Postmodern Wikipedia:
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1319 Market Street, the Art Deco landmark Market Street National Bank, faces Philadelphia City Hall. The former bank building has been converted to a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel. Name: Market Street National Bank Location: 1319 Market Street Year Completed: 1931 Architect: Ritter & Shay Style: Art Deco Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia: Market Street National
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Connecticut’s gold-domed capitol rises on a hill with a commanding view of Bushnell Park and Downtown Hartford. The state’s history is carved in the statuary and friezes all around the Victorian Gothic landmark. Name: Connecticut State Capitol Location: 210 Capitol Avenue Year Completed: 1878 Architect: Richard Michell Upjohn Style: High Victorian Gothic Wikipedia: Connecticut State
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Harvard’s Memorial Hall aka Annenberg Hall is located just across Cambridge Street from Harvard Yard, the original campus core. It was built as a memorial to the 136 Harvard men who died fighting for the Union during the Civil War. Name: Memorial Hall aka Annenberg Hall, aka Sanders Theater Location: 45 Quincy Street Year Completed:
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Buffalo Savings Bank is a Beaux Arts landmark on Fountain Plaza with a stunning gold dome and spectacular interior. Unlike many such landmarks, this building still serves its original purpose: banking. Name: Buffalo Savings Bank Location: 1 Fountain Square Year Completed: 1901 Architect: Green & Wicks Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Buffalo Savings Bank Google Map
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Boston Public Library, McKim Building, a landmark on Copley Square. Acclaimed as a “palace for the people” when it opened in 1895. Name: Boston Public Library, McKim Building Location: 230 Dartmouth Street Year Completed: 1895 Architect: McKim, Mead & White Style: Beaux Arts, Renaissance Revival Wikipedia: Boston Public Library, McKim Building Google Map
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Youth’s Companion Building aka Pledge of Allegiance Building, Boston. Name: Youth’s Companion Building Location: 209 Columbus Avenue Year Completed: 1892 Architect: Hartwell & Richardson Style: Richardsonian Romanesque Wikipedia: Youth’s Companion Building Google Map
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101 Arlington Street/130 Columbus Avenue, is Boston’s historic Armory of the First Corps of Cadets; now an events venue dubbed Castle at Park Plaza. Name: Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Location: 101 Arlington Street Year Completed: 1897 Architect: William Gibbons Preston Style: Romanesque Revival Wikipedia: Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Google
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200 Clarendon Street, aka John Hancock Tower, reflects the sky and everything around it in the famous blue glass panels. Name: 200 Clarendon Street aka John Hancock Tower Location: 200 Clarendon Street Year Completed: 1976 Architect: Henry N Cobb, I M Pei & Partners Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: John Hancock Tower Google Map
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