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Related: About this forumChrysler Building Detail
The Chrysler Building - built back when buildings had style.
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Chrysler Building Detail (Original Post)
Johnny Noshoes
Aug 2013
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alfredo
(60,071 posts)1. Nice tones and detail. The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is a new definition of style
I am fond of Louis Sullivan's designs.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/National_Farmers_Bank.html
This is his most famous.
http://www.therookerybuilding.com/
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)2. The bank...
The bank looks like its straight out of Rome - beautiful. The Rookery is great. I love that old stuff.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)4. Sullivan was the mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. That bank was just one of
Sullivan's Jewel Box Banks.
http://tinyurl.com/kd2jqg8
I was wrong about the Rookery. It appears it isn't a Sullivan design.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)3. Cool gargoyle.
Celebration
(15,812 posts)5. Yep, my fave, and everyone's
Great angle and depiction!
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)6. Gee
Made the cool wall. Thanks friends
Squinch
(50,934 posts)7. GREAT photo. Thanks for posting.