Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 08, 2024 -
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Category: Architecture, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Domestic, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 14, 2024 -
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Category: Architecture, Mass Transit, Books, Documentaries, Bus
Modern Mechanics - Feb 1930
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 12, 2024 -
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Category: Architecture, Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s
The original tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, which was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away. Due to structural concerns, the bottle was removed in 1936.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 05, 2024 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Regionalism, Advertising, Twentieth Century
Yonkers Herald Statesman - Sep 15, 1928
Blackfriars Bridge (source: wikipedia)
Toronto Daily Star - Mar 13, 1957
Clifton Suspension Bridge (source: wikipedia)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 03, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Suicide
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 08, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Domestic, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Regionalism, 1940s, Natural Wonders
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 21, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Military, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 13, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Advertising, 1950s
Calgary Herald - Mar 30, 1978
Central New Jersey Home News - Aug 6, 1976
New York Daily News - Aug 3, 1976
Central New Jersey Home News - Feb 16, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 02, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Divorce, 1970s
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 12, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough
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