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Woolworth Building
Image by ~Sir Duke~
Woolworth Building
233 Broadway
Manhattan, NY
The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City. More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City. The building is a National Historic Landmark, having been listed in 1966.
The Woolworth Building was constructed in neo-Gothic style by architect Cass Gilbert, who was commissioned by Frank Woolworth in 1910 to design the new corporate headquarters on Broadway, between Park Place and Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan, opposite City Hall. Originally planned to be 625 feet (190.5 m) high, in accordance with the area’s zoning laws, the building was eventually elevated to 792 feet (241 m). The construction cost was ,500,000 and Woolworth paid in cash. On completion, the Woolworth building overtook the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower as the world’s tallest building; it opened on April 24, 1913.
With splendor and a resemblance to European Gothic cathedrals, the structure was labeled the Cathedral of Commerce by the Reverend S. Parkes Cadman during the opening ceremony. It remained the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building in 1930; an observation deck on the 58th floor attracted visitors until 1945.
Detail of the top portion
The building’s tower, flush with the main frontage on Broadway, is raised on a block base with a narrow interior court for light. The exterior decoration was cast in limestone-colored, glazed architectural terra-cotta panels. Strongly articulated piers, carried—without interrupting cornices—right to the pyramidal cap, give the building its upward thrust. The Gothic detailing concentrated at the highly visible top is massively scaled, able to be read from the street level several hundred feet below. The ornate, cruciform lobby has a vaulted ceiling, mosaics, and sculpted caricatures that include Gilbert and Woolworth. Woolworth’s private office, revetted in marble in French Empire style, is preserved.
Engineers Gunvald Aus and Kort Berle designed the steel frame, supported on massive caissons that penetrate to the bedrock. The high-speed elevators were innovative, and the building’s high office-to-elevator ratio made the structure profitable. Tenants included the Irving Trust bank and Columbia Records, which housed a recording studio in the building.
The building was owned by the Woolworth company for 85 years until 1998, when the Venator Group (formerly the F. W. Woolworth Company) sold it to the Witkoff Group for 5 million.
Prior to its 2001 destruction, the World Trade Center was often photographed in such a way that the Woolworth Building could be seen between 1 and 2 World Trade Center.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks a few blocks away, the building was without electricity, water and telephone service for a few weeks but suffered no major damage. Increased post-attack security restricted access to most of the ornate lobby, previously a tourist attraction.
The structure has a long association with higher education, housing a number of Fordham University schools in the early 20th century. Today, the building houses, among other tenants, Control Group Inc and the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies’ Center for Global Affairs.
The Woolworth Building has made some notable appearances in film. In the movie Enchanted, Narissa the dragon carries Robert up to the top of it. After killing the dragon, Robert and Giselle slide down. In the film Cloverfield, it collapses after the monster critically damages it. The building is also mentioned near the beginning of 12 Angry Men, and features as the headquarters of Mode Magazine in Ugly Betty.
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THE AQUARIUM in OLD BERMUDA
Image by Okinawa Soba
Whenever I take my Japanese family to an Aquarium, my wife’s mouth immediately goes on "auto pilot", and she starts drooling all over herself — mumbling incoherently while pointing out the fish she’d like to catch for dinner. It’s all I can do to prevent her from jumping into the display tanks with a net and a spear…….
The Bermuda Aquarium was built in 1926, and this real photo shows it as it looked a little over 5 or 6 years after opening. I have seen half-tone postcards of it from the 1940s, with the trellis between the windows fully grown, and the flower beds are in full bloom.
The modern Aquarium today (and I’ve only seen it in pictures) is a multi-million dollar expansion of the above, into the current BERMUDA AQUARIUM, MUSEUM & ZOO, with over 100,000 visitors a year.
Apparently, the original you see here was never demolished to make way for the new. Rather, the structure seems to have been preserved, and simply enlarged upon over the years. One of the easiest things to note is that the entryway (with only one window on each side of the door) has been widened out and fitted with two windows on each side of the door. Here’s a photo of how it looks today today : www.panoramio.com/photo/2807566
However, it is no longer the lonely structure you see. All around the modern-day refurbished original, the property has been filled with many other colorful and interesting attractions. Here’s a bit of "aerial artwork" to give you an idea. www.bamz.org/facility_map.aspx
After over 80 years, it’s still a great place to take yourself or your family. As the new name suggests, there’s a whole lot more than just a tank of fish waiting to greet you. In fact, if I ever get to Bermuda, I’ll head right over to this place myself ! www.bamz.org/
The original old photo above was taken by an unknown cameraman ca.1932-35, who was part of unknown group of tourists on what appears to be a cruise around the world. The slides are without caption or accompanying description, except for the T. ENAMI label appearing on all of them.
The images were processed, printed on glass, and hand-colored by the T. ENAMI STUDIO in Yokohama, Japan, under the direction of T. Enami’s son, TAMOTSU, and are part of a privately held T. ENAMI ARCHIVE.
Critical accuracy of color schemes not guaranteed to be 100 % accurate.
The large, fuzzy blob in the flower bed by the road is not something that escaped from the Aquarium, but rather a defect in the slide emulsion.
See other AQUARIUM RELATED PHOTOS from this old series here : www.flickr.com/search/?w=24443965@N08&q=Bermuda+Aquar…
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CREATIVE COMMONS RIGHTS GRANTED TO ALL for non-profit use.
ROYALTY FREE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS GRANTED DIRECTLY TO WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS (INCLUDING SELF-PUBLISHERS) WHO WANT TO USE ANY OF THESE PHOTOS IN BOOKS, OTHER PRINTED MATTER, OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DISPLAY RELATED TO BERMUDA — AS WELL AS USE ON BERMUDA RELATED WEBSITES THAT FEATURE PAID ADVERTISING. NO PROBLEM.
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THE GIBBET ISLAND in OLD BERMUDA — Where REBELLIOUS SLAVES Went to DIE
Image by Okinawa Soba
Radianman says in comment #1 below, "…..This looks like Gibbet Island which was a place of execution, primarily of rebellious slaves I believe….."
He went to check it out, and it turns out that he was right. See his modern day photo of the relatively small island below in the comments section. Thanks, Radian !
If I had been a slave on Bermuda, I would have certainly met my end on this Island as well…."Rebellion" being my middle name when it comes to issues of freedom and/or the lack of it. As the New Hampshire plates say, LIVE FREE OR DIE.
Shot by an unknown cameraman ca.1931-35, who was part of unknown group of tourists on what appears to be a cruise around the world. The slides are without caption or accompanying description, except for the T. ENAMI label appearing on all of them.
The images were processed, printed on glass, and hand-colored by the T. ENAMI STUDIO in Yokohama, Japan, under the direction of T. Enami’s son, TAMOTSU, and are part of a privately held T. ENAMI ARCHIVE.
Critical accuracy of color schemes not guaranteed to be 100 % accurate.
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CREATIVE COMMONS RIGHTS GRANTED TO ALL for non-profit use.
ROYALTY FREE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS GRANTED DIRECTLY TO WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS (INCLUDING SELF-PUBLISHERS) WHO WANT TO USE ANY OF THESE PHOTOS IN BOOKS, OTHER PRINTED MATTER, OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DISPLAY RELATED TO BERMUDA — AS WELL AS USE ON BERMUDA RELATED WEBSITES THAT FEATURE PAID ADVERTISING. NO PROBLEM.
Rights granted are restricted solely to the above uses, by permission of the webmaster at T. ENAMI ARCHIVES www.t-enami.org/
No rights extended to Middle-man eBay Pirates and CD Photo harvesters.
