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Images tagged "civic-center"

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Color in the spandrels (decorative panels above/below each window) enhance the tower's vertical lines.
Majestic in the Gothic details.
A closeup shows that much of the terra cotta is repaired, replaced or missing. The roof was originally gilded.
One World Trade Center rises to the west.
It's getting crowded: Construction cranes on One World Trade Center intrude. By 2014, an 80-story hotel/residential tower is slated to open directly behind the Woolworth Building.
The three-story limestone base has rich gothic detailing.
Above the main entrance.
Above the main entrance.
Four heads repeat around the Barclay Street, Broadway and Park Place facades. (1)
Under the south wing, a vaulted arcade shelters an entrance to the subway.
The "Civic Fame" statue is gilded copper sheets over an iron frame - like the Statue of Liberty, minus the gilding.
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