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The Cherry Blossoms Are Drowning. How Can We Save Them?

The Cherry Blossoms Are Drowning. How Can We Save Them?
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Beacon of Beauty - The Magazine Antiques

Beacon of Beauty
All photographs by Paul Seibert
When the idea of the Statue of Liberty was first raised around 1870, many Americans found the proposal, if not exactly insane, at least idiotic. Given that Lady Liberty has become the universal symbol of New York City and of America’s most cherished ideals, it is hard to imagine the hostility, perplexity, and indifference that it initially encountered. But perhaps it shouldn’t be so difficult. Suppose that a bevy of Frenchmen showed up and announced their desire to erect the world’s tallest statue a woman in classical attire in the middle of the world’s busiest harbor and then asked the locals to foot a good part of the bill for the project. Some Americans with classical training might remember the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the vanished wonders of the ancient world, together with the lofty statues of Nero and Constantine that once stood in Rome. Others might recall more recent statues such as those of Arminius in Ge ....

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Schiffer Publishing announces 'City Hall by Arthur Drooker'

Schiffer Publishing announces City Hall by Arthur Drooker
Los Angeles City Hall (1928). Photography copyright Arthur Drooker from the book City Hall published by Schiffer.
NEW YORK, NY
.-City Hall by Arthur Drooker is the first book to feature striking photographs of the most architecturally distinctive and historically significant city halls in the United States of America. Organized chronologically, this stunning volume presents fifteen remarkable city halls from across the nation, covering the evolution of American civic architecture from the early nineteenth century to the present day and representing a diversity of styles, such as Federalist, art deco, beaux-arts, and modern. Among the city halls documented in the book are New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist building in the US. ....

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