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Philadelphia 20 images Created 23 Sep 2011

Fine art photography of my previous home city: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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  • 30th Street Station at night.tif
  • Center City skyscrapers in Philadelphia.
    Center City architecture.tif
  • Moon rising in Philly.tif
  • Broad St.tif
  • The Divine Lorraine Hotel, also known as the Lorraine Apartments, stands at the corner of Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Willis G. Hale and built between 1892 and 1894, the building originally functioned as apartments, housing some of Philadelphia's wealthy residents. Lorraine Apartments was one of the most luxurious and best preserved late 19th-century apartment houses in Philadelphia. In 1900 the building became the Lorraine Hotel when the Metropolitan Hotel Company purchased the apartments. Later it would become the first hotel in Philadelphia to be racially integrated under Father Divine.<br />
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The Lorraine, at ten stories tall, was one of the first high-rise apartment buildings in the city. The building's architect, Willis G. Hale, also designed an earlier high-rise apartment building at 22nd and Chestnut Streets, which stood from 1889 until its demolition in 1945. Hale designed many other buildings around the city, but quickly fell out of favor at the turn of the century when most patrons rejected his highly stylized Victorian designs for the sleeker style of modern skyscrapers, and most of his landmarks had been torn down after the Great Depression.<br />
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The building was closed in 1999 and sold in 2000 by the International Peace Mission. In May 2006 it was resold to Lorraine Hotel LP. to be converted into apartments. Development has stalled however, and the building remains in a dilapidated state, covered with graffiti, with windows boarded up or open to the weather.
    Derelict Divine.tif
  • Philly at night.tif
  • Center City, or Downtown Philadelphia includes the central business district, and central neighborhoods of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. <br />
Center City is home to most of Philadelphia's tallest buildings, including Philadelphia's City Hall, the second tallest masonry building in the world and until 1987 the tallest in Philadelphia, as well as the tallest building in the world for seven years. In March 1987, One Liberty Place broke the gentlemen's agreement not to exceed the height of the statue of William Penn atop City Hall.
    Center City night shine.tif
  • Center City Reflection.tif
  • The Board of Education building was finished in 1930, it was designed by Irwin Catharine. Its classic Moderne, Art Deco, and Neoclassical interiors was converted into a residential building.
    Board of Education Building, Philade...tif
  • Nature crawls.tif
  • The Divine Lorraine Hotel, also known as the Lorraine Apartments, stands at the corner of Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Willis G. Hale and built between 1892 and 1894, the building originally functioned as apartments, housing some of Philadelphia's wealthy residents. Lorraine Apartments was one of the most luxurious and best preserved late 19th-century apartment houses in Philadelphia. In 1900 the building became the Lorraine Hotel when the Metropolitan Hotel Company purchased the apartments. Later it would become the first hotel in Philadelphia to be racially integrated under Father Divine.<br />
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The Lorraine, at ten stories tall, was one of the first high-rise apartment buildings in the city. The building's architect, Willis G. Hale, also designed an earlier high-rise apartment building at 22nd and Chestnut Streets, which stood from 1889 until its demolition in 1945. Hale designed many other buildings around the city, but quickly fell out of favor at the turn of the century when most patrons rejected his highly stylized Victorian designs for the sleeker style of modern skyscrapers, and most of his landmarks had been torn down after the Great Depression.<br />
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The building was closed in 1999 and sold in 2000 by the International Peace Mission. In May 2006 it was resold to Lorraine Hotel LP. to be converted into apartments. Development has stalled however, and the building remains in a dilapidated state, covered with graffiti, with windows boarded up or open to the weather.
    Lorraine Apartments - Divine Lorrain...tif
  • Moon rising.tif
  • This is listed as one of the Peace Monuments dedicated in 1950-1954. It is a memorial to the aviators of Pennsylvania killed in World War I. Paul Manship (1885-1966) was the sculptor and Joseph Patterson Sims (1890-1953) was the architect. The sculpture is made of bronze and limestone it is shaped like a celestial sphere, the outer structure suggests an astronomical instrument, and the figures illustrate signs of the zodiac. First proposed during World War I by the Aero Club of Pennsylvania, the memorial was commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association. It was donated to the City of Philadelphia in 1950.
    Aero Memorial World War I .tif
  • Philly at Dawn.tif
  • North Philly's Indestructible At Bro...tif
  • Skyscrapers deconstruction.tif
  • Philly Towers.tif
  • City Hall is the largest municipal building in the United States, containing over 14.5 acres of floor space. It is an architectural treasure inside and out. The public rooms are among the most lavish in the City. The City Council Chamber, the Mayor’s Reception Room, Conversation Hall and the Supreme Court Room are the most ornate.<br />
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The exterior is covered with sculpture representing the seasons and continents, as well as allegorical figures, heads and masks. All of the sculpture was designed by Alexander Milne Calder, including the 27-ton statue of William Penn atop the tower. The tower was the tallest building in Philadelphia until 1987. Its observation deck, which is open to the public, provides a panoramic view of the city.<br />
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The present City Hall on Center Square was begun in 1871 and took over 30 years to complete. John McArthur Jr. was the architect and supervised construction with the assistance of Thomas U. Walter. The first floor is built of solid granite — 22 feet thick in some places — supporting a brick structure faced with marble. The 548-foot tower is the tallest masonry structure in the world without a steel frame.
    City Hall lights.tif
  • Philly 401 North BroadSt.tif
  • This is listed as one of the Peace Monuments dedicated in 1950-1954. It is a memorial to the aviators of Pennsylvania killed in World War I. Paul Manship (1885-1966) was the sculptor and Joseph Patterson Sims (1890-1953) was the architect. The sculpture is made of bronze and limestone it is shaped like a celestial sphere, the outer structure suggests an astronomical instrument, and the figures illustrate signs of the zodiac. First proposed during World War I by the Aero Club of Pennsylvania, the memorial was commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association. It was donated to the City of Philadelphia in 1950.
    Aero Memorial World War I.tif