Walking along the riverfront in Savannah, the Westin can be seen across the river. The 1999-built property sits on 299 acres on Hutchinson Island.
Savannah Westin Hotel
Savannah Westin Hotel
Category Archives: Buildings
Historic Building on River Street
Savannah’s riverfront has been at the center of its history since the city was founded in 1733. Now, River Street offers a pleasant promenade along the river, taking in the historic buildings and the view over the water and Hutchinson Island. Many aspects of Savannah’s history can still be seen in the buildings and monuments along River Street.
Old Building on River Street, Savannah Waterfront
Victorian Homes
Victorian-style homes surrounding Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia
Reddish Classic Home
Yellow Classic Home
Gray Classic Home
Transylvania County Courthouse
The Transylvania County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Brevard, North Carolina. It was built in 1873, and is a two-story, “T”-plan Italianate-style brick building with a hipped roof. It has a rear addition built in the early 20th century.
Transylvania County Courthouse
National Auditorium
Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional (National Auditorium) is the leading performance stage in the country. With 9,366 seats and a stage 23 meters high by 23 meters wide, it’s a huge venue.
Today, the auditorium hosts a wide variety of musical genres, dance and ballet events, cinema and opera performances. It still hosts exhibitions of photography, painting, sculpture, and popular art. About 30 million people have attended events here over the past 25 years.
National Auditorium
National Auditorium from the Window
Moving to “Modern” Mexico City
After exploring the historic center of Mexico City, we moved to the “modern” version. Here are images of the Western architecture buildings in the Polanco suburb of the city.
JW Marriott
Modern Architecture in Polanco
Protestors at an Upscale Store
Protestors at an upscale department store in a converted old building near the historic center of Mexico City
Protestors Outside Upscale Department Store
Shopping Mall in Historic Building
Even a modern shopping mall in a past building in the historic center of Mexico City
Shopping Mall in Historic Building
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts, known as Palacio de Bellas Artes in Spanish, is a significant cultural institution in Mexico. It is situated in the historic center of Mexico City. The palace is dedicated to various forms of art, including theater, dance, music, opera, visual arts, literature, and architecture.
Palace of Fine Arts
Old versus New Architecture
It is quite a contrast to see old architecture, modern buildings, and technology in Mexico City’s historic center
Old versus New
Old versus New Architecture
Traditional Home Front
While walking on the streets around the historic center in Mexico City, we saw many artistic, colorful, traditional building fronts
Traditional Home Front
Something Modern
With the historic homes in Northside, Lexington, it was interesting to see some new things—a skyway bridge between two buildings and a semi-modern-styled building for a tequila and bourbon hall.
Skyway Bridge
Modern Style Building
Old Morrison Building
Walking on the streets of Northside, Lexington, Kentucky, we saw buildings with pillars.
Built from 1830 to 1834, this Greek Revival-style building was designed by Gideon Shryock to serve as the main building of Transylvania University. It replaced the university’s former main building, which was destroyed by fire in 1829. Affectionately known as Old Morrison, the building has served many purposes on the Transylvania campus; it has been an administration building, academic building, and chapel.
Old Morrison
Another building with pillars and red doors.
Side View of Building with Pillars
Historic Homes in Lexington Northside
Walking on the Northside of Lexington, Kentucky, is a living architectural history. There are many striking, beautiful homes.
Greek Revival Home
Building with Orange Shingles
A Colorful Home
A Stylish Building
Jarret Cabin/Hart Square Jail
Initially a residential home circa 1860, this building at Hart Square now depicts what a frontier jail would have commonly looked like during the mid-19th Century
Hart Square Jail
Light Sources
Light is an important part of good images. Will be posting images of light sources for a few days. Here is natural lighting from a rustic window and from a lamp in a building in England.
Traditional Building
A traditional Spanish type building houses Embassy Hotel in Santa Monica, California.
Architecture from the Past
Chester, England features buildings with unique architecture with orange bricks, some combined with a Tudor style.
Black and White Buildings in Chester
Chester, England is famous for its black and white buildings including the Rows, medieval two-tier buildings above street level with covered walkways which today house many of Chester’s shopping galleries. The Black-and-White Revival was an architectural movement in the mid-19th century that re-used the vernacular elements of the past, such as painted black timber framing with panels in between painted white, referring to Tudor style.
Bolton Castle on a Hill
The 14th-century fortress Bolton Castle in Yorkshire, England is, incredibly, still owned by the barons Bolton, who built the castle. It has never been sold and has always been inherited by descendants of the Scrope family, who were powerful and enjoyed roles at the royal court over several generations. Sitting on top of a hill, it’s still a perfect storybook castle – with restored medieval gardens offering a spectacular view.
