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Albany / 80 State Street

Albany’s IBM Building, 80 State Street, is a gleaming black glass cube on the corner of State and Pearl Streets. The monolith mirrors all of the masonry landmarks around it with graph paper precision. Name: IBM Building Location: 80 State Street Year Completed: 1984 Architect: Style: Postmodern Emporis: IBM Building Google Map

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Philadelphia / City Hall

Philadelphia City Hall is at the geographic center of Philadelphia, and until 1986 was the city’s tallest structure by “gentlemen’s agreement.” The structure is pure masonry – held up by granite and brick walls up to 22 feet thick! Name: PhiladelphiaCity Hall Location: 1400 John F Kennedy Boulevard / 1 Penn Square Year Completed: 1901

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Albany / Empire State Plaza

Empire State Plaza, New York State’s vast gleaming white government office complex, was the vision of the late Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. Some 1,200 buildings were razed to make way for the modernist office towers and brutalist Cultural Education Center. Name: Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Location: 100 South Mall Arterial Year Completed:

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Cincinnati / City Hall

Cincinnati City Hall, seat of the municipal government, was built in 1894 and designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons in the Richardson Romanesque style. Name: Cincinnati City Hall Location: 801 Plum Street Year Completed: 1893 Architect: Samuel Hannaford Style: Richardsonian Romanesque Wikipedia: Cincinnati City Hall Google Map

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