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19th century classical revival architecture in Charleston, S.C.: US Customs House

Posted by billlebovich on December 26, 2017

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Jules Henri de Sibour, Washington DC’s most important Beaux Arts architects and one of the best in early 20th century America

Posted by billlebovich on December 25, 2017

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Union Station (continued)

Posted by billlebovich on December 25, 2017

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Union Station, Washington,D.C., Roman classical revival architecture

Posted by billlebovich on December 25, 2017

Architect: Daniel Burnham, sculptor: Louis Saint-Gaudens,1908.

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(c)photographs, Bill Lebovich,2017

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The National Building Museum the week before Christmas.

Posted by billlebovich on December 24, 2017

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Standing in Farragut Square with his back to the White House, an apparent journalist is being filmed.

Posted by billlebovich on December 24, 2017

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Edgar Degas’s “L’Absinthe” (1876), 141 years later re-interpeted

Posted by billlebovich on December 23, 2017

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Palladian Revival in Charleston

Posted by billlebovich on December 22, 2017

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Early to mid 20th century Palladian Revival in Charleston, facing the water

Posted by billlebovich on December 22, 2017
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Correction, Brookgarden is in North Carolina. I confused the locations of two sites photographed in succession.

Posted by billlebovich on December 22, 2017
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