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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 0:03:34 GMT
Well,I hope Miss Imec is continuing to pursue photography(maybe underwater ) because I am here again reminded of her fabulous photos.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 15:47:36 GMT
I think somebody on the street told me one of those was the oldest house in Paris but who knows? I would have asked him if it was holding up the larger buildings behind it then since it was built before them.
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Post by fumobici on Dec 2, 2009 18:35:30 GMT
Don't think the same thought hadn't occurred to me
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Post by curt on Feb 5, 2010 8:36:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2010 18:30:29 GMT
Eery time I come into the city, I look at that building with the two square holes in it and wonder who designed it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 5, 2010 19:53:25 GMT
The first building reminds me of a cartoon from Sesame Street, or maybe Monte Python -- as though it came crashing into position with a song and big puffs of dust. Since I live in an earthquake area, the tall skinny buildings make me nervous, as does the mirrored one, although that particular building is kind of goofily cool. The last one just makes me want to cover my eyes.
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Post by curt on Feb 6, 2010 0:57:29 GMT
Since I live in an earthquake area, the tall skinny buildings make me nervous, as does the mirrored one, although that particular building is kind of goofily cool. We always read about how Los Angeles' new buildings are "earthquake proof". Although the building may not collapse, I've always questioned the glass!
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Post by curt on Feb 7, 2010 3:22:57 GMT
Another interesting Bangkok architectural phenomenon is all the "ghost" buildings, left from the 1997 financial collapse!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2010 4:14:43 GMT
"Interesting" doesn't quite cover that picture! What an amazing thing to see rising from all the elaborately traditional buildings around it. Curt, is the building completely unfinished and never inhabited?
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Post by curt on Feb 7, 2010 4:35:57 GMT
The building is across Chareon Krung, from Wat Yannawa, one of Bangkok's more unique temples: It was never completed, and the only inhabitants have been occasional homeless squatters.
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Post by curt on Feb 10, 2010 23:50:41 GMT
Ever get the feeling you're being watched?
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2010 0:16:48 GMT
Aw, he can barely keep his eyes open!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2010 19:52:04 GMT
(Noting here that a number of the Bangkok photos above are not personal. This should be avoided in the future.)
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2010 20:00:47 GMT
It looks as though the prow part of the building was grafted onto an existing structure, doesn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 9:27:56 GMT
Wow,where is that? What is that? The rained on streets really enhance the image.Nice photo.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 17:16:57 GMT
It's just a low income apartment building in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 4, 2010 17:38:46 GMT
This looks like the modern version of the 'flat iron' buildings. It would be a challenge to furnish the corner rooms, I sense many kitty-corner placements. The wet streets with their palette of grays enhance your building.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 17:55:07 GMT
There are quite a few 'blade' buildings in Paris, due to the way the streets are laid out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 22:15:34 GMT
This looks like the modern version of the 'flat iron' buildings. It would be a challenge to furnish the corner rooms, I sense many kitty-corner placements. The wet streets with their palette of grays enhance your building. Exactly what I was thinking when I saw it this a.m.. So reminiscent of the Flat Iron in NYC.
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Post by mossie on Jul 7, 2013 19:44:11 GMT
I thought we had a thread for stairs or steps but I can't find it, so this one goes here The grand staircase in the Mairie of the 19e in Paris
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Post by htmb on Jul 8, 2013 7:47:14 GMT
Nice photo, Mossie!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 8, 2013 14:58:54 GMT
Ah, Mossie ~~ you are correct that there is a thread for steps and stairs, but after seeing your post I found that the stairs thread was not included in the Index of Image Bank photo topics. That has been remedied: step and stairsHere's a hint not only for use on the Image Bank, but all over the forum: If you know there is a thread on a topic but don't see it in the Index, use the Find feature (Ctrl + F). You'll have to do it on each page of a board, but Image Bank at least is only four pages.
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Post by mossie on Aug 3, 2014 19:34:59 GMT
Let me resurruct this thread with this rather pathetic attempt to create a flying buttress. I suppose the excuse was lack of space.
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Post by mossie on Aug 20, 2014 19:35:34 GMT
Some Art Deco
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 17:11:58 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Aug 29, 2014 21:43:35 GMT
"Het Potlood" (=The Pencil), Rotterdam "Kubuswoningen" (=Cube Houses), Rotterdam Ouch! My son's iglo
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Post by mossie on Sept 15, 2014 15:32:35 GMT
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Post by mossie on Mar 9, 2015 14:58:26 GMT
Here is a 16th Century building masquerading as a 19th C one. I guess from the pitch of the roof and the different flashing line on the chimney that this was originally thatched. There was a fashion for upgrading houses to look more modern. This was done by adding a false brick built front complete with Georgian style doors and windows, and it is easy to see that here
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 22, 2015 15:41:47 GMT
A tiny flatiron building -
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Post by amboseli on Mar 31, 2016 17:58:47 GMT
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