Taken in October 2007.
I have a love of all architecture but especially art deco and mid-century modern.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Botanical Building - San Diego, California
Balboa Park - Built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Emile E. Watson-Benjamine Fine Administration Building - Lakeland, Florida Part Two
Esplanade leading to courtyard.
Interior
Courtyard
Interior
Courtyard
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Max Factor - Hollywood, California
1660 Highland Avenue - Remodeled to its current look in 1935 by S. Charles Lee, the Max Factor building's glamorous Regence Moderne Art Deco facade still enchants. The facade was replicated at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida as The Fashion Spot.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Seneca Hotel - Columbus, Ohio
361 East Broad Street - Designed by Frank L. Packard this Renaissance Revival hotel opened in 1917. It has recently been converted into apartments.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Baine Building - Hollywood, California
6601 Hollywood Boulevard - Circa 1925, this Spanish Colonial Revival building was designed by Gogerty and Weyl this is one of many Hollywood buildings recreated at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. See the replica, Mickey's of Hollywood, on my other blog.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Old Polk County Courthouse - Bartow, Florida
100 East Main Street - Built in 1909 and designed by EC Hosford. Some new pictures of courthouse. Polk County is celebrating its 150th birthday so during a visit to the museum last weekend I snapped a couple of pictures inside the building.
Imperial Polk County emblem.
Courtroom
Courtroom ceiling
Rotunda ceiling
Rotunda wall and ceiling
Second floor rotunda
Rotunda, second floor looking down to first
Beautiful mosaic tile rotunda floor.
Railing
Mosaic tile floor outside the front entrance.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Emile E. Watson-Benjamine Fine Administration Building - Lakeland, Florida Part One
Florida Southern College - Completed in 1948, these are my favorite buildings on the Florida Southern campus. Every step and every turn reveal new shapes and intriguing vistas. The transitions from confined to open spaces, the integration of the esplanades and the oasis of the secluded courtyard with pool and fountain offer a soothing respite from the hectic world (and the Water Dome is right next door).
View from down the steps from the Water Dome.
Similar shot but with the Water Dome on right.
Esplanade leading in from the Buckner Building (originally the E.T Roux Library).
