Second Floor Hallway, Detroit Public Main Library, Woodward Avenue, Cultural Center, Midtown, Detroit, MI : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Second Floor Hallway, Detroit Public Main Library, Woodward Avenue, Cultural Center, Midtown, Detroit, MI / w_lemay
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| 説明 | Built in 1921, the Renaissance Revival-style eastern wing of this building was designed by Cass Gilbert to serve as the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library, replacing an earlier structure on Library Square in Downtown Detroit, which had opened in 1872. The building was expanded with a significant western addition along Cass Avenue in 1963, designed by Cass Gilbert, Jr. and Francis Keally in the Modern New Formalist style. The original building is clad in white marble with a loggia featuring arched openings flanked by fluted ionic pilasters on the second floor, acroterions, a cornice with dentils, metal-frame windows, and bronze lampposts flanking the front steps. The addition is shorter, with marble-clad exterior, an entrance portico with red columns and a large mosaic, and recessed window bays. The original wing features interior spaces with decorative coffered ceilings featuring ornate carved wood and plaster that is painted, vaulted ceilings, marble staircases, decorative chandeliers, and stained glass windows. The addition, meanwhile, features a more restrained interior, with wooden paneling, travertine floors and columns, metal railings, and escalators. The building is a contributing structure in the Cultural Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Today, the building remains in use as the central main branch of the Detroit Public Library. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-09-07 16:20:41 |
| 撮影者 | w_lemay , Chicago, IL, United States |
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| 撮影地 | Detroit, Michigan, United States 地図 |