[solvegas]

A building I've never been too but that I've heard about for a long time, initially opened in 1968 and its company is responsible for opening the MSG Sphere here in Vegas, Madison Square Garden, perhaps the most famous multi-purpose building in the world. 

Trust me, you’re not missing anything. This piece of crap looks like an oversized air conditioner, and it, along with the ugly glass box office building next to it—seen at left in your image—replaced the original Pennsylvania Station.  The destruction of this icon was responsible for New York’s architectural preservation laws.  Too bad you didn’t post a picture of The Sphere instead of this eyesore that laughs at glorious architecture of the past.

Below, the late great Pennsylvania Station in its heyday—7th Avenue facade.  When I was a teenager I came across a book about the original station.  I was shocked.  I had had no idea that the dump of a train station I used to enter New York City each day had once looked so incredibly glorious.  I immediately bought the book and, as I looked through its pages, was aghast that something so magnificent could be discarded like that.  They ripped the beautiful statues and pillars apart and literally dumped them in the Meadowlands of New Jersey. 

I did post a photo of the MSG Sphere, it is reply #17 on this thread. I knew/heard about the Pennsylvania Station but wasn't aware it had been replaced by the Madison Square Garden. 

[MaxBigfoot]

Old Wellington Inn (16th century) and Sinclair's Oyster Rooms (18th century) in Shambles Square, Manchester, England.
The Old Wellington Inn dates back to the 16th century, making it one of the oldest buildings in Manchester. It started its life in 1552 and has served various purposes throughout its history, including being a dwelling before becoming a public house.
The building is a remarkable example of Tudor architecture and has been a central part of Manchester's social and cultural life for centuries.
Sinclair's Oyster Bar, originally known as Sinclair's Oyster Rooms, was established in the 18th century. It has a long history as a popular oyster bar and pub, attracting patrons for over two centuries. Sinclair's is notable for its longevity and has been a fixture in Manchester's dining and dr1nking scene.
In 1971, both buildings underwent significant renovations when they were underpinned and raised to align with the new street level. This was a complex engineering feat aimed at preserving these historic structures amidst urban development.
As part of the redevelopment of Manchester city center, particularly after the 1996 IRA bombing that caused widespread damage, both the Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's Oyster Rooms were physically relocated to their current location in Shambles Square in 1999. This move was part of a broader effort to preserve Manchester's historical heritage while modernizing the city.
The creation of Shambles Square was a key component of the city's regeneration plans, providing a new home for these historic pubs in a prominent and accessible location.   

[rtpoe]

Speaking of architecture, there's another monstrosity at McMansion Hell....

https://mcmansionhell.com/post/741171396971053056/weve-found-it-folks-mcmansion-heaven


It is rare to find a house that has everything. A house that wills itself into Postmodernism yet remains unable to let go of the kookiest moments of the prior zeitgeist, the Bruce Goffs and Earthships, the commune houses built from car windshields, the seventies moments of psychedelic hippie fracture. It is everything. It has everything. It is theme park, it is High Tech. It is Renaissance (in the San Antonio Riverwalk sense of the word.) It is medieval. It is maybe the greatest pastiche to sucker itself to the side of a mountain, perilously overlooking a large body of water. Look at it. Just look.

[solvegas]

Located at the South rim of the Grand Canyon, The Grand Canyon Lodge at the South rim is a place I've been inside but never been registered because it may take months to get a room there so if you wish to stay there, you have to plan several months ahead in order to get an available room and it ain't cheap.

[MaxBigfoot]

Speaking of architecture, there's another monstrosity at McMansion Hell....

https://mcmansionhell.com/post/741171396971053056/weve-found-it-folks-mcmansion-heaven


It is rare to find a house that has everything. A house that wills itself into Postmodernism yet remains unable to let go of the kookiest moments of the prior zeitgeist, the Bruce Goffs and Earthships, the commune houses built from car windshields, the seventies moments of psychedelic hippie fracture. It is everything. It has everything. It is theme park, it is High Tech. It is Renaissance (in the San Antonio Riverwalk sense of the word.) It is medieval. It is maybe the greatest pastiche to sucker itself to the side of a mountain, perilously overlooking a large body of water. Look at it. Just look.

Holy crap.  I've never seen such a perfect example of a house built using every feature of architecture through history.  Just number every feature, throw all those numbers in a random number generator, then slap them together in whatever order they come out.  The builders must have been alternating between sheer horror over having to put all these random styles together in any way that would hold together, and laughing madly at the nuttiness.   

[solvegas]

The Ahwahnee Lodge inside Yosemite National Park was built during the Franklin Roosevelt administration in the 1930's as a WPA (Work Progress Administration) project to not only supply construction jobs during the Great Depression, but also as a way to keep people inside a safe place and to prevent them from causing forest fires when they were trying to stay warm. I've been inside since it is facing Yosemite Falls, one of the highest falls in North America, and took a tour of their gift shop but if you want a room, you must wait months to get one since it only has 245 rooms. Having lived in Vegas for the last 28 years, where most properties have thousands of rooms, 245 is tiny. Anyways, it is at the bottom of the Yosemite Valley, and it has spectacular views.   

[MaxBigfoot]

The Ahwahnee Lodge inside Yosemite National Park was built during the Franklin Roosevelt administration in the 1930's as a WPA (Work Progress Administration) project to not only supply construction jobs during the Great Depression, but also as a way to keep people inside a safe place and to prevent them from causing forest fires when they were trying to stay warm. I've been inside since it is facing Yosemite Falls, one of the highest falls in North America, and took a tour of their gift shop but if you want a room, you must wait months to get one since it only has 245 rooms. Having lived in Vegas for the last 28 years, where most properties have thousands of rooms, 245 is tiny. Anyways, it is at the bottom of the Yosemite Valley, and it has spectacular views.

I like very much how they've used natural rock and stone in it's construction, and the architecture itself is appealing to me.   

[solvegas]

Fontainebleau Las Vegas, newest Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, it was originally started in 2005 but, in 2008, construction was stopped due to the financial crisis which stopped its construction when the original developer, Fontainebleau Miami, was unable to get money to finish it and it remained dormant for years. Finally, in 2021, construction resumed, and the property was opened this past December 13, 2023. It has 3600 rooms, and it is the single tallest hotel tower in Vegas. For years, people thought it would be demolished even though it was 75% complete when construction originally was done. Fortunately, it is fully finished. 

[Shadowmuse Blown]

Old Wellington Inn (16th century) and Sinclair's Oyster Rooms (18th century) in Shambles Square, Manchester, England.
The Old Wellington Inn dates back to the 16th century, making it one of the oldest buildings in Manchester. It started its life in 1552 and has served various purposes throughout its history, including being a dwelling before becoming a public house.
The building is a remarkable example of Tudor architecture and has been a central part of Manchester's social and cultural life for centuries.
Sinclair's Oyster Bar, originally known as Sinclair's Oyster Rooms, was established in the 18th century. It has a long history as a popular oyster bar and pub, attracting patrons for over two centuries. Sinclair's is notable for its longevity and has been a fixture in Manchester's dining and dr1nking scene.
In 1971, both buildings underwent significant renovations when they were underpinned and raised to align with the new street level. This was a complex engineering feat aimed at preserving these historic structures amidst urban development.
As part of the redevelopment of Manchester city center, particularly after the 1996 IRA bombing that caused widespread damage, both the Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's Oyster Rooms were physically relocated to their current location in Shambles Square in 1999. This move was part of a broader effort to preserve Manchester's historical heritage while modernizing the city.
The creation of Shambles Square was a key component of the city's regeneration plans, providing a new home for these historic pubs in a prominent and accessible location.   

Pretty cool, Max

[Shadowmuse Blown]

Below, the late great Pennsylvania Station in its heyday—7th Avenue facade.  When I was a teenager I came across a book about the original station.  I was shocked.  I had had no idea that the dump of a train station I used to enter New York City each day had once looked so incredibly glorious.  I immediately bought the book and, as I looked through its pages, was aghast that something so magnificent could be discarded like that.  They ripped the beautiful statues and pillars apart and literally dumped them in the Meadowlands of New Jersey.

The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.
In the center are the massive windows for the enormous waiting room.

[MaxBigfoot]

Below, the late great Pennsylvania Station in its heyday—7th Avenue facade.  When I was a teenager I came across a book about the original station.  I was shocked.  I had had no idea that the dump of a train station I used to enter New York City each day had once looked so incredibly glorious.  I immediately bought the book and, as I looked through its pages, was aghast that something so magnificent could be discarded like that.  They ripped the beautiful statues and pillars apart and literally dumped them in the Meadowlands of New Jersey.

The old Penn Station at night.  Illuminated at right are the glass vaulted ceilings for the train platforms.
In the center are the massive windows for the enormous waiting room.

Damn nice pic, Shadowmuse!  It looks both magnificent and ethereal.   

[solvegas]

About 40 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, is the ancient city ruins of Teotihuacan, City of the Gods, which has very impressive pyramids which like this one, the Pyramid of the Sun, is not as tall as the ones in Egypt at Giza but it is larger by volume. Built around 250 BCE, and the city had a population of 125,000 people making it the largest in Mesoamerica for its time, it collapsed around 550CE and it was sighted by the Aztecs around the 14th century as they were on their way to the area of present day Mexico City to build their own city of Tenochtitlan and Teotihuacan is the name they gave to the city they found in their mexica language. The Spaniards mostly left it alone and it became a tourist site in the mid 20th century. Anyways, I've been to it a few times. 

[MaxBigfoot]

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.   

[Robin_K2]

What a movie studio looked like in 1917:
Mack Sennett's Keystone, Glendale Boulevard in Los Angeles, near Echo Park. This is where Charlie Chaplin began, home of the Keystone Kops. Filming was done on open-air stages covered on all sides by canvas or muslin to even out the sunlight.

[solvegas]

Taos Pueblo is located in Taos County in the state of New Mexico and is the only inhabited Indian pueblo which is also a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark by the USA. It has been continuously inhabited for over one thousand years and today there are roughly two thousand people living in it. I've been there in 1997 when I was traveling to see family on my mother's side that live in Amarillo, Texas and I stopped at Alburquerque New Mexico to rest, and I decided to see the place since it wasn't too far of a detour. It is the oldest continuous inhabited place in the USA.