Bank of America Center was built in 1974 as the First & Merchants Bank Building. Name: Bank of America Center Location: 1111 East Main Street Year Completed: 1974 Architect: Welton Becket & Associates Style: International Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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The Shriners built Altria Theater in 1927 as the Acca Temple Shrine. The City of Richmond bought the building in 1940 and converted it for municipal use. The theater, renamed The Mosque or Mosque Theater, became Landmark Theater in 1995. Tobacco company Altria donated $10 million for renovations in 2014, at which time the venue
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Historic Main Street Station was built in 1901 by Seaboard Air Line Railroad* and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Seaboard shifted service to the Broad Street Station (now Science Museum), but C&O service continued until Amtrak took over. Main Street Station was closed after flooding by Hurricane Agnes in 1972, and fires in 1976 and 1983.
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Carpenter Theater opened in 1928 as the Richmond Loew’s Theater, a state-of-the-art movie palace. Inside and out, the architect designed a “Spanish plaza” atmosphere. The theater closed in 1979, and was then purchased by the Richmond Symphony. Name: Dominion Energy Center – Carpenter Theater, aka CenterStage Location: 600 East Grace Street Year Completed: 1928 Architect:
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Bronx County Hall of Justice reverses centuries of tradition: The aluminum and glass facades are designed for openness and transparency instead of monumental intimidation. According to the architects, “The image of the courthouse in society was of primary concern in the design of the building. The program is organized in a linear manner around an
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Bronx County Building (originally Bronx County Courthouse) is a monumental landmark of limestone and marble that blends modern and classical forms. It is made more prominent by its siting, raised on a granite podium between two parks – Joyce Kilmer Park to the north, Franz Sigel Park to the south. The podium, most visible on
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888 Grand Concourse has seen better days. But even in decline, the curvaceous Art Deco landmark is striking and memorable. The bold corner treatment, in particular, stands out for its concave gilt and mosaic entry. The Emery Roth-designed apartment building stands at E 161st Street, across the “Boulevard of Dreams” from the old Bronx County
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Fish Building is “one of the most astonishing apartment houses in the Bronx, indeed in New York City,” wrote Christopher Gray in his July 15, 2007 New York Times Streetscapes column. The six-story building, aka 1150 Grand Concourse, is an Art Deco delight designed by Horace Ginsbern and Marvin Fine. This Grand Concourse landmark gets
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