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  • The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church located in Washington, D.C. The structure is of Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. Construction began on September 29, 1907, when the foundation stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt. The cathedral's master plan was designed by George Frederick Bodley (founder of Watts & Co.), a highly regarded British Gothic Revival architect of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and was influenced by Canterbury. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. contributed a landscaping plan for the cathedral close and Nellie B. Allen designed a knot garden for the Bishop's Garden. After Bodley died in 1907, his partner Henry Vaughan revised the original design, but work stopped during World War I and Vaughan died in 1917. When work resumed, the chapter hired New York architecture firm Frohman, Robb and Little to execute the building.This image of the tritorium arches was taken without a flash in order to preserve the designers goal to create a soaring vertical interior, including colorful windows, and an environment celebrating the mystery and sacred nature of light.
  • Posada Mariposa Hotel - Playa del Carmen, Mexico. I was having dinner with my wife when I noticed the lovely large potted plants outside, and warm glow coming from lamps inside a quaint building across the street. My curiosity got the best of me and I decided to take a look inside. This image is the view that greets guests as they check in at the front desk of the hotel. The desk attendant informed me that all the rooms face towards this charming interior courtyard of plants, trees and vines.
  • Calvary is an evangelical, non-denominational church with deep roots in the Charlotte, North Carolina community. The architectural design is 20th Century Modernism, with representative clean lines, pointed arches and focus on functionality; for example the use of large clear glass windows rather than ornate stained glass.
  • Dedicated in 1981, Golden Gate Park received the Chinese Pavilion as a gift from San Francisco’s sister city, Taipei, Taiwan. The Pavilion is located at Stow Lake, which comes complete with an island and waterfall. The semi-red structure is beautifully decorated with carvings and decorative roof, offering a peaceful setting amidst the water, trees, turtles, and blue herons.
  • This is an image of the Tiber River Walk, Rome, Italy. The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres (252 mi) through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino.[3] It drains a basin estimated at 17,375 square kilometres (6,709 sq mi). The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks.As the Tiber River winds through Rome, Italy, pedestrians can stroll along at the level of the river itself or on the streets above the walls that protect Rome from flooding. At each bridge, you will find stairs that lead down to the path. (This is best done on the Trastevere side of the river, where the bike path has been developed).From the north, one passes a number of bridges including the Umberto I Bridge (Ponte Umberto I) that leads to the Palace of Justice, the Sant’Angelo Bridge (ponte Sant’Angelo) leading to Castel Sant’Angelo, the Victor Emmanuel II Bridge (Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II) and the Prince Amedeo Bridge (Ponte Principe Amedeo) just below Castel Sant’Angelo, the Giuseppe Mazzini Bridge (Ponte Mazzini) with its fascinating lamps, and the Palatino Bridge (Ponto Palatino) and the ruins of the Rotto Bridge (Ponte Rotto), just below the rapids.
  • Ketchikan, Alaska - Located in front of the Ketchikan Public Library, the Raven Stealing the Sun Totem Pole is a Native legend/Story pole.According to legend, the story is about an old chief & his daughter. It is said that the chief kept the sun hidden away in a box. Raven wanted to have this sun and had tried to get it many times without success. He noticed that the daughter went to the well every day for water, so he transformed himself into a pine needle, dropped into her water and was swallowed. She became pregnant and in due time Raven was reborn as the chief's grandson.Raven became the old chief's favorite and let him have anything he asked for. One day he asked to play with the sun box, but he refused. Raven cried & cried and finally his grandfather let him play with it. Raven quickly took the box and rolled it outside. Then dashing the box to pieces, he took the sun in his beak and placed it in the sky, where it has been giving light to the world ever since.
  • This elevator lobby caught my eye as I was wandering around the decks of the HAL Noordam cruise ship. There was an interesting dichotomy at work in this space that was somewhat unsettling. The space seemed warm and inviting, yet almost garish. There is the juxtaposition of contemporary warm, light wood paneling and soft lighting, set against the aristocratic 18th century French Rococo-like leather upholstered sofa settee. Overall, this space is consistent with other public spaces on the ship, and is a good fit for the ship's traditional feel.
  • Charming courtyard at Villa Valentina , San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
  • Montego Bay, Jamaica. Taking a relaxing, after der walk around the luxurious Secrets Wild Orchids resort's withlush tropical gardens
  • The murals, which were produced in 1933 by famed art deco artist Winold Reiss, and were originally located in the train concourse at Cincinnati Union Terminal. The light-reflecting mosaic murals, which were made using small glass pieces and tinted mortar in some 8,000 colors, depict scenes from Cincinnati’s manufacturing heritage, including Procter & Gamble, American Laundry, Cincinnati Milling and US Playing aThe murals, which were produced in 1933 by famed art deco artist Winold Reiss, and were originally located in the train concourse at Cincinnati Union Terminal. The light-reflecting mosaic murals, which were made using small glass pieces and tinted mortar in some 8,000 colors, depict scenes from Cincinnati’s manufacturing heritage, including Procter & Gamble, American Laundry, Cincinnati Milling and US Playing Card, among others. The murals shown in this image (composite of 10 images) are replicas, located at the Cincinnati Museum Center rotunda. among others. The murals shown in this image (composite of 10 images) are replicas, located at the Cincinnati Musem Center rotunda,
  • Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's vast ribbed structure known as the Oculus soars over the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York. The structure sits at the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center towers. The Oculus is the aesthetic and retail centerpiece of the $3.9 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub. The building is designed to bring light down into the subterranean rail station and shopping center. Escalators take visitors from the street level subway train platforms, and concourses that connect the surrounding buildings, to the mall and retail spaces at the lower levels. Two rows of white steel ribs that curve around each side bring copious amounts of light into the space, which has an open floor plan.
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