Carew Tower, a Cincinnati Art Deco landmark since 1930, is a mixed-use skyscraper containing offices, hotel, and restaurant and shops. Name: Carew Tower Location: 441 Vine Street Year Completed: 1930 Architect: Delano & Aldrich, W W Ahlschlager & Associates Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Carew Tower Google Map
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Great American Tower at Queen City Square dominates the Cincinnati skyline. Architect Gyo Obata based the glass-and-aluminum skyscraper’s crown on Princess Diana’s tiara. A fitting homage to the “Queen City.” Name: Great American Tower at Queen City Square Location: 301 East Fourth Street Year Completed: 2011 Architect: Gyo Obata – Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Style:
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Cincinnati landmark Dixie Terminal keeps reinventing itself. It has served as a streetcar terminal, bus terminal, stock exchange, railroad ticket office, and office building. The Fourth Street entrance is a grand two-story arch lined with colorful Faience tiles. The lobby is a two-story barrel-vaulted arcade. Name: Dixie Terminal Location: 49 East 4th Street Year Completed:
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Rhode Island’s imposing neoclassical capitol is sited prominently atop Smith Hill. The white marble structure, designed by McKim, Mead & White, was completed in 1901. Name: Rhode Island State House Location: 90 Smith Street Year Completed: 1901 Architect: McKim, Mead & White Style: Neoclassical Wikipedia: Rhode Island State House Google Map
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Built as a motion picture palace, the facade is a stunning display of cream white and polychrome terra cotta. The Washington Street landmark is now home of live theater via Trinity Repertory Company. Name: Emery’s Majestic Theatre Location: 201 Washington Street Year Completed: 1917 Architect: William R Walker & Son Style: Beaux Arts Guide to
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Built as a wedding gift, the Conrad Building is Venetian Gothic eye candy on Westminster Street in the Downtown Providence Historic District. Name: Conrad Building Location: 375 Westminster Street Year Completed: 1885 Architect: Stone, Carpenter & Wilson Style: Venetian Gothic / Romanesque Guide to Providence Architecture: Conrad Building Google Map
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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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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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Baltimore City Hall, a Renaissance Revival-style landmark, was completed in 1875 at 100 Holiday Street in the city’s Inner Harbor neighborhood. Name: Baltimore City Hall Location: 1oo Holiday Street Year Completed: 1875 Architect: George Aloysuis Frederick Style: Renaissance Revival Wikipedia: Baltimore City Hall Google Map
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Albany’s current City Hall stands on the 24 Eagle Street site of Albany’s second municipal capitol, which was destroyed by fire in 1830.
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