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Favorite Historic Buildings or Places

Stearmen

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This is one of our new Fire Stations, they are trying to capture the essence of the old buildings. Certainly a step up from the 60s universal boxes!
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JonnyO

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This is one of our new Fire Stations, they are trying to capture the essence of the old buildings. Certainly a step up from the 60s universal boxes!
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Beautiful station Stearmen! I am happy seeing the shift in station styling that you have mentioned above. It's been a breath of fresh air, unfortunately we are stuck in a 1980 'big box' station with our old station built in 1923 sitting next door being used and abused by the Towns ambulance service.

Here is our old station from when it was in its prime
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And here is our current
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CONELRAD

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They're not too popular or well known, but I'm quite fond of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Warehouse, built in 1931:

and the Fort Worth Public Market, built in 1930:


Two beautiful pieces of Fort Worth's plentiful art deco architecture that have sadly been sitting derelict for decades. There's been talk of turning the T&P Warehouse into condominiums like the neighboring T&P Depot and reopening the public market in its original capacity, but so far, nothing has come of those plans to my knowledge.
 
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kyboots

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I have to admit JonnyO the firehouse looks 1980's or even 90's but at least it isn't just gray poured concrete from the 1970's. It has a little "colour". Question about the Troy Iron Works; Was it ever merged to be a part of Carnegie/USSteel network or was this too far North or too early?
 

Warden

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Always enjoyed travelling past the art deco Hoover factory whenever I go to London

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I love these old parking garages and NYC still has many of them. The Art Deco influences, the windows, the sign - just awesome. This one is on 76th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue:



And in black and white:



And a close up of the sign (note also the cool windows):

 

Stearmen

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Does the parking garage have a Man Lift? I remember one of ours still had one into the 70s. When I was a kid, I thought that would be right up their with Fireman as a job! Riding the lift, or hanging of the back of a Firetruck, life couldn't get any better for a 6 year old! [video=youtube;7KzEAs3Yclg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KzEAs3Yclg[/video]
 
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Does the parking garage have a Man Lift? I remember one of ours still had one into the 70s. When I was a kid, I thought that would be right up their with Fireman as a job! Riding the lift, or hanging of the back of a Firetruck, life couldn't get any better for a 6 year old!

I don't know, but if I can walk in and see, I will check.
 

KILO NOVEMBER

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Here are two wonders from Pittsburgh:

Dollar Savings Bank, 340 Fourth Avenue. Founded in the middle of the 19th Century to cater to workingmen and their families, this building was erected in 1871. It looks like it was carved from a single block of sandstone. It stands in the middle of the block, surrounded by higher, uglier, newer buildings, but it still stands.

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This is Temple Rodef Shalom, on Fifth Avenue in the Oakland section, near the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University. The architecture is Beaux Arts, and was completed in 1906.

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hatguy1

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A place that I would like to visit is Washington DC.

Ah, yes; Washington D.C...the US "Work free drug zone." True enough, maybe but seriously still a great place to visit and learn about our nation's founding, system of government and its history.



One of my favorite things to do is see historic places around town (or when I am traveling). As I was eating lunch today, I got to thinking that maybe I should ask this question on the Fedora Lounge and here I am! :D

1) What is your favorite historic place and/ or what historic place would you like to visit?

2) What historic place would you love to visit that no longer exists?

I'll second that! In fact, one of my favorite activities is to wander old military installations - particularly air bases that are now abandoned - and imagine all the history that took place there, what aircraft long retired, but hopefully in museums (sadly many no longer dont' exist at all) were there, what famous people were there or passed thru etc.

But more to the questions;

1A) Probably one of my favorite historic places is Italy (Florence, Rome and Venice or, as the Italians would say Florenzia, Roma and Venizia, if I remember correctly.) So much history particularly displayed in the art and architecture of that country and of course seat of the Roman Empire. 1B) As for what historical place I would like to visit (oh, man! So many options!), well MOST like to visit would probably be Normandy Beach in France. I'd like to visit during a big re-enactment weekend and/or a big anniversary of the allied invasion to save Europe.

2) As for what historic place would you love to visit that no longer exists, that's a VERY tough call. Can you tell I'm a huge history buff? As such, I'd love to visit any historical period during the time in which that history is being made. Through that first person analysis but with today's knowledge in mind, would be most insightful and exciting - especially if I could actually meet the figures that are now so prominent in that history. OK, ok.... Enough rambling. I've got to name something so I'll say (again I'm a student of history not an endorser here) but I'd like to visit East Germany back when the Wall/Iron Curtain was up. That way I could analyze that situation - what caused it, how it really was, how the people really felt, etc from a first person perspective.

Sorry if I told ya how to "build the watch" when all you asked for was what time it is.
 

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