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Continuously inhabited to this day. 

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Continuously inhabited to this day.

What a great house!

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Tiffany Mansion
898 Madison Avenue, New York
Here is a colorized photograph of the Tiffany Mansion which was located at Madison Avenue and 72nd Street.
Charles Tiffany, founder and principal owner of Tiffany & Co. jewelers, decided to build a gigantic, multi-family home for the entire family. Although Charles apparently contacted the young architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, it was his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who quickly took over the project.
Tiffany presented White with a preliminary sketch – a mammoth Romanesque structure with turrets and arches, balconies and gables. The house was to be, actually, three separate homes in one. Charles and Harriet were to have the first and second floors, the unmarried Louise would take up the third floor, and Louis would have the fourth and fifth floors.
Charles Tiffany had nearly unlimited funds to make his son’s vision become reality. In no other commission would McKim, Mead & White so nearly completely relinquish the design of a building – at least in its basic size and appearance – to its client.
After nearly a half century in the house, Louis Comfort Tiffany died here in 1933. Three years later the family sold the house to a developer and the unique mansion was demolished to make way for a modern apartment building; certainly one of the most lamentable losses in the city’s history.   

Yeah, that’s cool

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The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.

The main concourse inside this time.  This is the area right above the train platforms.

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Located 80 kilometers northwest of Cusco, the capital of Peru, an Inca lost city was found by archeologist from the USA, Hiram Bingham in 1911, who then told the Peruvian government of the time about it. It was built sometime in the 15th century before the Spaniards, led by Francisco Pizarro, came along and conquered the Inca Empire, which had abandoned it and the Spaniards never knew about it because of its geographic location. The city is Machu Picchu. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

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The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.

The main concourse inside this time.  This is the area right above the train platforms.

Absolutely beautiful, but I doubt you'd see it vacant of people like that very often!   

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The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.

The main concourse inside this time.  This is the area right above the train platforms.

Absolutely beautiful, but I doubt you'd see it vacant of people like that very often!   

Yeah, I wonder if that was taken back in the day before it first opened.

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The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.

The main concourse inside this time.  This is the area right above the train platforms.

Another view of the main concourse, this time with a view of the staircases going down to the tracks.  I recently discovered that many of these staircases still exist and are in active use today.  I’ve had no idea all these years that the staircases I use to get from the train level up to the Long Island Rail Road concourse were the original iron and brass staircases and railings.  It’s funny, seeing them in the picture like this when I’m used to seeing them in the sad dark enclosed current structure, like this…

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Initially started from 771BCE through 221BCE in several sections and the different sections were connected during the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (where the name China comes from) during 221 to 215 BCE. The wall as we know it now though, was redone during the Ming Dynasty (1369 - 1644 CE) and expanded and it remain the single largest manmade structure in history built to keep Eurasian nomadic people out of China, but it failed miserably when Genghis Khan from Mongolia conquered China in the 13th century even though the largest project in world history is the Interstate Highway system in the USA. 

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The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.

The main concourse inside this time.  This is the area right above the train platforms.

Another view of the main concourse, this time with a view of the staircases going down to the tracks.  I recently discovered that many of these staircases still exist and are in active use today.  I’ve had no idea all these years that the staircases I use to get from the train level up to the Long Island Rail Road concourse were the original iron and brass staircases and railings.  It’s funny, seeing them in the picture like this when I’m used to seeing them in the sad dark enclosed current structure, like this…

That's kinda sad, like seeing zombie versions of their former selves.   

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The Temple of Kukulcan (El Castillo in Spanish or The Castle in English) located in the Maya city of Chichen Itza in the Mexican state of Yucatan and was settled from 600AD to 1200AD and it is one of the most visited archeological sites in the Americas. I intend to visit it within the next two years. 

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Built and opened in 1966, Caesars Palace here in Las Vegas was at one time THE most luxurious and opulent casino in town, I remember how back in the 70's and 80's, Vegas was actually a cheap place to come visit. Many of the places had 3-day, 2-night specials which was quite economical way to stay in town and they gave you a free buffet as a bonus. Of course, they expected you to gamble in the casino since you were saving money while staying in the hotel.  Caesars Palace never had such a deal since they were a luxury place. In those days, most of the profits came from the casino since there were very few places in the USA where gambling was legal at that time. Now, especially due to the Indian Reservations, casino gambling is all over the country. Most of the profits now come from the hotel, entertainment, nightclubs and food and beverage. At that time, the properties were called Casino and Hotel but now it is Hotel and Casino. Anyways, the first time I saw it was in October of 1966, when my family saw the Grand Canyon and afterwards, we were going to Burbank to visit my Aunt, my mom's sister that lived there, and my Dad decided to go to Vegas to stay for a night and as we were on the strip, he saw Caesars Palace and we parked there. As we were going through the entranc3, A Security Guard with a New York accent stopped us and told my dad, "You can't bring those here!" and my dad said, excuse me, and the guard said, "Yer Kids, they can't be here!" and he rudely turned us around and ever since, I've never stayed there as a tourist. 

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Tiffany Mansion
898 Madison Avenue, New York
Here is a colorized photograph of the Tiffany Mansion which was located at Madison Avenue and 72nd Street.
Charles Tiffany, founder and principal owner of Tiffany & Co. jewelers, decided to build a gigantic, multi-family home for the entire family. Although Charles apparently contacted the young architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, it was his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who quickly took over the project.
Tiffany presented White with a preliminary sketch – a mammoth Romanesque structure with turrets and arches, balconies and gables. The house was to be, actually, three separate homes in one. Charles and Harriet were to have the first and second floors, the unmarried Louise would take up the third floor, and Louis would have the fourth and fifth floors.
Charles Tiffany had nearly unlimited funds to make his son’s vision become reality. In no other commission would McKim, Mead & White so nearly completely relinquish the design of a building – at least in its basic size and appearance – to its client.
After nearly a half century in the house, Louis Comfort Tiffany died here in 1933. Three years later the family sold the house to a developer and the unique mansion was demolished to make way for a modern apartment building; certainly one of the most lamentable losses in the city’s history.   

wow!

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The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.

The main concourse inside this time.  This is the area right above the train platforms.

Another view of the main concourse, this time with a view of the staircases going down to the tracks.  I recently discovered that many of these staircases still exist and are in active use today.  I’ve had no idea all these years that the staircases I use to get from the train level up to the Long Island Rail Road concourse were the original iron and brass staircases and railings.  It’s funny, seeing them in the picture like this when I’m used to seeing them in the sad dark enclosed current structure, like this…

That's kinda sad, like seeing zombie versions of their former selves.   

Yes, but also kinda cool knowing that you’re actually walking on one of those original staircases in it’s original location.

Below: one more view of those staircases and how they appeared in the Main Concourse.  Incredible

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A Red Barn in Montana. Barns were introduced to the USA and Canada by German immigrants back in the 19th century as they were able to keep their animals safer from the environment than the open spaces that the English/British used to do. It is now a very traditional sight as you travel through country roads in USA and Canada.