Favorite Historic Buildings or Places

[Lucky Girl]

What's everyone's favorite architectural styles? Mine are Googie and Art Deco.

 

[Bushman]

What's everyone's favorite architectural styles? Mine are Googie and Art Deco.

The neoclassical resurgence that occurred in the 19th Century and early part of the 20th.

 

[2jakes]

What's everyone's favorite architectural styles? Mine are Googie and Art Deco.

I would say the same as Bushman based on the photos, films
and the few remaining structures that I have seen.

Although I have a warm spot for the Googie style that I grew up with.

 

[Lucky Girl]

The neoclassical resurgence that occurred in the 19th Century and early part of the 20th.

That's interesting that you mention that, since there are quite a few buildings in my city that are in that very style.

 

[Stearmen]

For houses, the Victorian, Queen Anne, with a Turret or tower, I own one, so I am biased! Also like Second Empire, probably goes back to the Addams Family house. For buildings, I like Art Deco.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

 

[EstherWeis]

Antwerp central station.

 

[1mach1]

Antwerp central station.

That's really pretty. Do you know the age?
Your city is on my destination list.

 

[EstherWeis]

That's really pretty. Do you know the age?
Your city is on my destination list.

It opened in 1905. Started construction in 1873.
The inside is breathtakingly beautiful.

Feel free to give me a call when you do.
I know the good beer places

 

[BobHufford]

The former City Hall in Mt. Grove, Missouri (1938). I love this stone work.

 

[BobHufford]

Found this image of my elementary school taken in 1921. Then a Google Street View image. I think that vintage chain link fence has been replaced. It was old when I was there in the mid-1960s. And we didn't have soccer fields ... our game was softball.

 

[2jakes]

Found this image of my elementary school taken in 1921. Then a Google Street View image. I think that vintage chain link fence has been replaced. It was old when I was there in the mid-1960s. And we didn't have soccer fields ... our game was softball.

That is so nice to have both images.
I only have a google view of my elementary school today which has remained the
same except for a new chain-link fence.
And thanks to face-book, I have made contact with the cute girl with the
blond pig-tails when I was ten years in elementary class and too shy to
say hello to her.
I'm not shy anymore.

 

[Fading Fast]

Walking by one of the 10,000 construction sites in Manhattan yesterday, over the hole of what I'm sure will be a massively tall (everyone builds high in this city) office or residential building, I spied this classic, pedestrian and (to my eye) beautiful old guy.

My guess (I don't remember as it's not a part of town I go to regularly) is this view was blocked, probably, for decades by whatever was torn down (based on the "marking" on the surrounding buildings it looks like it was pretty tall) and, once the new building is up, this view will be blocked again.

So this is our small window to see this old, stoic guy before he is hidden from view for decades or more again.

 

[Studebaker Driver]

I hope I'm not duplicating, but my really favorite place is the David Gamble House in Pasadena, ca 1908-1909. I would be lying if I denied its influence on color selection for my house.

 

[Fading Fast]

⇧ that is awesome. I love Arts and Crafts. In particular, I love the fully designed interiors with incredibly thoughtful and architecturally consistent built -ins and custom-designed, holistically consistent, furniture.

 

[Bushman]

Ireland. The place is rich in stories and architectural history, and I admire that so much of their buildings get renovated for further use, instead of tearing down their historically interesting buildings and replacing them with tacky and boring modern ones. I would definitely go back in a heartbeat. There were just so many sites I wasn't able to see because I wasn't budgeted for them, such as the Blarney Stone and the Giant's Causeway.

 

[basbol13]

For me I like simplicity of design. A design that speaks to the individualist in me, and yet it's designed for the masses. A design that speaks to the quiet solitary nature of man or woman. A design that instills contemplation and just by it's very being can allow one to become one with nature, I humbly submit :

 

[tonyb]

For me I like simplicity of design. A design that speaks to the individualist in me, and yet it's designed for the masses. A design that speaks to the quiet solitary nature of man or woman. A design that instills contemplation and just by it's very being can allow one to become one with nature, I humbly submit :

Elegant

 

[kaiser]

And functional.

 

[Studebaker Driver]

And functional.

Form follows function.