Richmond Dairy Apartments is the adaptive re-use of a quirky dairy-cum-ice cream factory that closed its doors in 1970. The three giant milk bottles at corners of the eastern wing were conceived as a marketing tool, to promote the use of sterilized glass bottles for milk. Artists and musicians populated the building until 1990, when […]
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Connecticut Financial Center, towering over City Hall on the east side of New Haven Green, was built in 1990, designed by Crang and Boake. Name: Connecticut Financial Center Location: 157 Church Street, Year Completed: 1990 Architect: Crang and Boake Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: Connecticut Financial Center Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant /
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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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