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Providence / Conrad Building

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 / D&H Building

Now known as SUNY Plaza, the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company Building is a castle-like landmark at the foot of Albany’s State Street. It’s a complex building, with a complex history to match. Name: D&H Building aka SUNY Plaza Location: 353 Broadway Year Completed: 1918 Architect: Marcus T Reynolds Style: Flemish Gothic Wikipedia: SUNY Plaza

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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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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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Buffalo / City Hall

Buffalo City Hall is an Art Deco landmark at 65 Niagara Square, built in 1932 to plans by Dietel, Wade & Jones. Name: Buffalo City Hall Location: 65 Niagara Square Year Completed: 1931 Architect: George J Dietel Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Buffalo City Hall Google Map

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