River Terrace Apartments
The River Terrace Apartments is an apartment building located at 7700 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1] River Terrace Apartments was one of the first two garden apartment complexes built in Michigan which used loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Administration, the other being Hillcrest Village in East Lansing.[2]
History
By the late 19th century, the corridor along East Jefferson Avenue had become a prestigious residential neighborhood. As the automobile age dawned in the twentieth century and Detroit's population boomed, large upscale apartment buildings were constructed along the Avenue. However, this boom in apartment construction collapsed at the start of the Great Depression. However, in 1939, Wesson Seyburn, along with Leonard P. Reaume, of the property management firm of Holden & Reaume, applied for a building permit to construct this apartment building. It was the first new apartment complex to be constructed along the river since the late 1920s.[2]
The owners engaged the architectural firm of Derrick & Gamber to design this apartment building, and it was competed in late 1939 at a cost of $1,250,000.[2] The River Terrace Apartments were first marketed toward primarily middle-class tenants.[3] They remain used as apartments until the present.[4]
Description
The River Terrace Apartments are a "garden court" type of apartment complex, consisting of four separate structures surrounding a large garden / lawn space. The garden space slopes down toward the Detroit River, and the apartment buildings are situated to provide river views and access to the shoreline. Each structure has a different footprint, although they all share Georgian Revival architectural details.[2] All buildings have limestone beltcourses between the second and third stories, and the comers of each building have raised brick quoining. The architectural style of the complex exemplifies the FHA standards at the time.[3]
All four buildings are 2-1/2 to four stories tall, and are constructed with steel framing, cinder block walls faced with red brick, and flat roofs. The complex contains 178 apartments, varying in size from 2-1/2 room studio apartments to 5 room full apartments.[2] Building number one is U-shaped, with the base of the U fronting on Jefferson. It is 3-1/2 stories tall, with a half-story basement level. The facade has a central section, containing the entrance and two flanking windows, which projects slightly from the main section of the building. The entrance is set in a pilaster with a segmental pediment wood frame. [2] Building two forms a long undulating line behind the southwest corner of building one, extending almost to the river. Building three and four are separated from building two by a long courtyard, and zigzag toward the river from the southeast corner of building one.[2]
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Montenotte, Cork
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Montenotte is an area in the north-east of Cork City , Ireland, which had an influx of wealthier merchants and a prosperous middle classes in the early to mid-19th century. Situated on a hill facing south over the River Lee, Montenotte acquired numerous substantial residences, some of them set in miniature estates graced with fine terraced gardens. Its favourable outlook was downgraded by the development of large-scale industry in the Marina area across the river in the early 20th century. Many of the larger houses now have institutional uses, or have been divided into apartments. Famous residents include Rugby player Ronan O'Gara and Financial guru Ken O'Mahony. The suburb comprises two electoral districts (Montenotte A and Montenotte B) within the Cork North–Central constituency of the Irish Dáil . As of 2002, the respective populations were 1,853 and 2,723. Bordering suburbs See also List of towns and villages in Ireland References History of Cork city - Cork in the Nineteenth Century "The City of Cork B
Harbor Town, Memphis
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Wolf River Harbor (2006) Harbor Town is an upscale, new urbanist -style neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee . Harbor Town sits atop 132 acres on a sandbar known as Mud Island. The neighborhood emphasizes the human, not the automobile, and interaction between neighbors is encouraged. It was the collaborative effort of Memphis native and downtown developer Henry Turley , RTKL of Baltimore, Looney, Ricks and Kiss architectural firm from Memphis and consultant, Tony Bologna . They made a simple book that plainly told "do this and don't do that"- development guidelines that would grow Harbor Town into the kind of community now known as New Urbanism . Today, Harbor Town is dense and walkable, offering traditional row houses, contemporary homes, apartments, shops, restaurants, schools, parks, and a marina. It is much studied by city planners from all over the world. Today the trees are mature, the cars are tucked away into alleys behind houses, the river beckons, and the downtown core is a stones throw away. Geograph
Silver Row
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Silver Row is a historic site located in Provo, Utah . It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Silver Row Apartments * 621-645 West 100 North * Provo, Utah Built in 1890, the Silver Row Apartments were very representative of the times in the state of Utah. Row houses, such as these, were prevalent in the larger cities of Utah and represent much of the lower-income residential architecture of the time period. Few of these examples remain today, making these apartments a valuable and significant asset to the state of Utah’s history. The Silver Row Apartments were designated to the Provo City Historic Landmarks Registry on April 26, 1996. Structure “Stylistically, the Row combines Greek Revival and Eastlake motifs into an overall symmetrical framework (Carter p. 1).” Silver Row Apartments consist of five single story brick apartment units set out in a line. The apartments share a gabled roof and common walls. The entire structure measures about 120 feet in length. The central door has a window
Trump Tower (Philadelphia)
topicTrump Tower was designed to be a 45-story skyscraper in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States . Its footprint is located at 709-717 North Penn Street on an existing peninsula extending 700 feet (210 m) into the Delaware River, at Columbus Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue, between Festival Pier and Waterfront Square. The $300 million tower was cancelled due to the crash of 2007-2008. It was designed by William Alesker (Alesker & Dundon) and was initially scheduled to be completed in 2009. Interior Floors 5 through 45, in the cancelled plans contain 225 residences ranging from 3 bedroom duplex homes to spacious studios. All apartments were to have large living rooms and master bedrooms opening onto room-sized balconies overlooking the river. The building's 30-foot (9.1 m)-high garden-like lobby entrance was the riverfront walkway. Over 60,000 square feet (5,600 m ) of planned amenity space included a screening room, cigar lounge, wine cellar, community room, business center, world-renowned spa and fitn
Riparian Plaza
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Riparian Plaza is a 53-storey skyscraper located in the central business district of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The building stands at 250 m (820 ft) in height to its communications spire and 200 m (660 ft) to its roof. It was Brisbane's tallest building until it was surpassed by Aurora in 2006 and is a particularly iconic building on the Brisbane skyline. It is a mixed use building, with 11 car park levels from the ground up, 25 commercial levels, and 12 residential levels originally housing 50 penthouse apartments. On top of the tower is a 50 m (160 ft) communications spire . A recreation centre including a swimming pool is located on 39th floor, between the commercial and residential sections. The carpark is accessed via a helical annexe. The tower has an open plaza and promenade space totaling 3,500 m (38,000 sq ft). The upper plaza level contains Madame Wu, an Asian Fusion restaurant. The building was developed by Bloomberg Incorporation Limited with a construction cost of A$130 million. Bloom
West Tower
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West Tower is a 40-storey tall skyscraper in Liverpool , England . The building was the second tower to be built by Carillion in Liverpool for property developers Beetham , who now use the building as their headquarters. Description With a spire height of 140 metres (459 ft) and 40 floors, West Tower is Liverpool’s tallest building , the joint 24th tallest in the United Kingdom (third tallest outside London ) and the joint 118th tallest in the European Union . The building commands views across the city, over the Mersey to the Wirral and as far as Blackpool on a clear day. The first five floors are the new headquarters for the Beetham Organization and the remaining floors, apart from the 34th, have been divided into luxury apartments and penthouses. However, unlike St. John's Beacon , West Tower has no antennas on the roof. Therefore, when considering height excluding antennas, West Tower is the highest building in Liverpool. The five floors of Beetham’s offices are set back between concrete columns and are f
Bayside, Queens
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Bayside is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens . The neighborhood is in the eastern section of Flushing and is part of Queens Community Board 11 . CNN Money ranked Bayside as one of the most expensive housing markets nationally when analyzing comparable detached homes throughout the United States. Despite its large housing stock of free-standing homes, it nationally ranks high to very high in population density. These homes give the neighborhood a similar feel to other wealthy Queens neighborhoods such as Douglaston , Whitestone and Little Neck . History Bayside Yacht Club on Little Neck Bay , 1917 Bayside's history dates back to 2000 B.C.E., when the Matinecock Native American tribe first settled there. In the late 17th century, the area was settled by English colonists. By the middle of the 18th century, early settlers left their homes in Flushing and developed a farming community, Bay Side. During the Revolutionary War , the Bayside-Little Neck area suffered from raids by whaleboatmen
Wolli Creek, New South Wales
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Wolli Creek is a suburb in southern Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . It sits beside the Wolli Creek and Cooks River waterways. Wolli Creek is situated between the suburbs of Arncliffe and Tempe , 10 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Wolli Creek is in the local government area of Bayside Council . History Wolli Creek was named after the waterway on its northern border. The suburb was previously part of Arncliffe . Reuben Hannam was granted land in 1825 on the banks of Cooks river. Alexander Brodie Spark purchased land in 1826 and built Tempe house in 1836. It was named after 'Vale of Tempe', a beautiful valley in ancient Greek legend set at the foot of Mount Olympus. Tempe House, designed by John Verge , has a Georgian feel and is regarded as one of the great houses of Sydney. Philanthropist Caroline Chisholm leased Tempe House as a boarding school for young women (1863–1865). The estate was known as Greenbank during this time and
John Smythson
topicJohn Smythson (died 1634) was the son of the great Robert Smythson , one of England's first true architects and responsible for the design of Bolsover Castle the crowning glory of his work, which began with the construction of the Keep, or Little Castle in 1612. John Smythson moved into a house and farm at Hill Top, Bolsover and became Bailiff to the Cavendish Estates. In 1618 Sir William Cavendish sent him to London to learn about the latest architectural fashions and upon his return he added the external balconies and was responsible for the design of the Terrace Range and Cavendish Apartments which stand along the ridge, overlooking the river valley to the west. John's other great architectural achievements are at Welbeck where he designed a riding school in 1622, new stables in 1625 and Swarkestone Hall Pavilion in 1632. He also designed the tomb of the first Countess of Devonshire in the parish Church of St.John the Baptist, Ault Hucknall . King Charles visited Bolsover Castle in 1634, the year John Smyt
Odessa Wharf
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Odessa Wharf is an early 19th-century warehouse located on the south bank of the River Thames at Rotherhithe , London . The warehouse has been converted into apartments and townhouses, some of which are operated as holiday lets by Odessa Club Management with the remainder as private residences. It is situated directly on the Thames Path national trail, north of Greenland Dock, with distinctive timber box 'lanterns' on its roof. History Seventeenth-century maps show that the site had been part of a shipyard from at least 1660 to the north of what is now Greenland Dock (formerly Howland Great Wet Dock). John Randall had taken a lease from the 4th Duke of Bedford in 1760, constructing Randall and Brent's yard alongside the Dock, where some of the largest East Indiamen and warships of the time were built in a private yard. By 1813, maps of the yard show a building in the present location of Odessa Wharf. One of the original lintels at Odessa Wharf has been inscribed with the date 1810, which would make it one of
The Ryde
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The Ryde is a bus service that provides transportation to the Brigham Young University (BYU) community (including the Provo Missionary Training Center ) in Provo , Utah , United States . The service is owned and operated by Student Movement, Inc. (SMI) and operates under the brand , "The Ryde". Although The Ryde began as a limited service paid shuttle bus , but the fall of 2015 it expanded to limited-service bus routes that are free to BYU students. Description Students waiting for the next bus on The Ryde at the Wilkinson Student Center stop (located in front of the Crabtree Technology Building) The purpose of The Ryde's shuttle service is to help transport "thousands" of BYU students between the main campus of BYU and their off-campus housing. While the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is the primary public transit service provider in Provo and along the Wasatch Front , the founders of The Ryde believed that UTA was not adequately addressing this transportation need. The growing success of The Ryde seems to
Teneriffe, Queensland
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Teneriffe is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . It is located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-east of the CBD , and borders Bowen Hills , Fortitude Valley , New Farm , and Newstead . Teneriffe was defined as a separate suburb in 2010, before which it was a locality of Newstead. The suburb was incorporated into Newstead in 1975, and had been a separate suburb prior to this. The suburb was once an important wool trading hub and was the location of Australia's largest submarine base during World War II . The 2011 Australian Census recorded 4,699 residents in Teneriffe. The Teneriffe ferry wharf connects the suburb to CityCat and CityFerry services. The studios of radio station Nova 106.9 are located in Commercial Road. Toponymy One of the first European landowners in the area was James Gibbon. He purchased 48 hectares of land between Newstead and New Farm and named the property Teneriffe because it reminded him of Mount Teide in Tenerife , Canary Islands . Gibbon built Ten
National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit" alt="image" />This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit, Michigan . This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Detroit, Michigan , United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in Google Maps . There are 342 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Wayne County , including 14 National Historic Landmarks . The city of Detroit is the location of 261 of these properties and districts, including 10 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the remaining 82 properties and districts, including 4 National Historic Landmarks, are listed separately . A single property straddles the city limits and thus appears on both lists. Geographical areas The properties on this list are within the city of Detroit but outside of the Downtown/Midtown area bounded by the Lodge Freeway (M-10) to the
Windsor Castle
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Windsor Castle" alt="image" />Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire . It is notable for its long association with the English and later British royal family and for its architecture. The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror . Since the time of Henry I , it has been used by the reigning monarch and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The castle's lavish early 19th-century State Apartments were described by the art historian Hugh Roberts as "a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". Inside the castle walls is the 15th-century St George's Chapel , considered by the historian John Martin Robinson to be "one of the supreme achievements of English Perpendicular Gothic" design. Originally designed to protect Norman dominance around the outskirts of London and oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames , Windsor Castle was buil
1951 in architecture
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The year 1951 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings Royal Festival Hall , London, as built January 2 - Federal Reserve Bank Building (Seattle) , designed by William J. Bain of NBBJ , opened. February 19 - Mount Sinai Hospital (Minneapolis) , designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan , opens. February 28 - Bronx River Houses completed in the Soundview section of The Bronx in New York City. May 3 - Festival of Britain opened in London : Royal Festival Hall , designed by Leslie Martin , Peter Moro and Robert Matthew . Dome of Discovery , designed by Ralph Tubbs . Skylon , designed by Philip Powell , Hidalgo Moya and Felix Samuely . Telecinema , designed by Wells Coates . Riverside Restaurant, New Schools building and Waterloo entrance tower, designed by Jane Drew with Maxwell Fry . The Land of Britain and The People of Britain pavilions, the Turntable Café and the "Concourse" promenade, designed by H. T. Cadbury-Brown . Fountain by Eduardo Paolozzi . '51 Bar by Leonard Manasseh and Ian Baker . The
Urban Renewal in Woolstore Precinct, Teneriffe
topicWoolstore Precinct, Teneriffe" alt="image" />Patricia Heights, Edmonton
topicPatricia Heights, Edmonton" alt="image" />Patricia Heights is a neighbourhood in west Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . It is bounded by the Patricia Ravine of the North Saskatchewan River valley and ravine system to the south and southwest, the Westridge neighbourhood to the west, the Elmwood and Lynnwood neighbourhoods across Whitemud Drive to the north, and the Rio Terrace neighbourhood across 149 Street to the east. History Approximately 59% of the homes in Patricia Heights were built during the 1960s with 28% being built in the 1970s. Demographics In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Patricia Heights had a population of 1,751 living in 731 dwellings, a -2.3% change from its 2009 population of 1,793. With a land area of 0.65 km (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,693.8 people/km in 2012. Transportation Vehicle access to Patricia Heights is limited to the 159 Street interchange along Whitemud Drive and the 156 Street overpass over Whitemud Drive. The Edmonton Transit System provides bus service to the neighbourhood via 159
Denton Holme
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Denton Holme is an inner city district in Carlisle, Cumbria , England. The population of this ward was 6,383 taken at the 2011 census . Denton Holme is usually regarded as a "village within the city" and is situated to the immediate south west of the city centre on the western bank of the River Caldew . A man made stream or mill race known as the Little Caldew flows through and underneath the area. Today it is a mostly residential area but in the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth century along with the neighbouring districts of Caldewgate and Wapping it was Carlisle's main industrial district with many textile mills , engineering works and other factories such as car seat manufacturers and confectioners. Today very few factories remain although the last mill, Ferguson Brothers owned by Coats Viyella at Holme Head only closed in the 1990s. The majority of the housing is red-brick terraced and in fact many of the side streets are still cobbled rather than tarmaced although some new housing has been
Lake Needwood
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Lake Needwood is a 75-acre (300,000 m ) reservoir in Derwood , Maryland , USA. It is just east of Rockville , in the eastern part of Montgomery County , and is situated on Rock Creek . The lake was created to provide flood control. It also protects the water quality of the creek by functioning as a retention basin to trap sediment from stormwater runoff . Ironically, there have been several evacuations of downstream residents during periods of heavy rain, due to concerns about the structural integrity of the earthen dam constructed in 1965. The lake is part of Rock Creek Regional Park . Visitors can rent pedal boats , rowboats , and canoes , and a flat-bottom pontoon boat , the Needwood Queen, is available for rides. With a license, fishing is permitted. Also, the picnic areas surrounding the lake are popular locations for various events. Other park features include a visitors center and snack bar, hiking and biking trails, playgrounds , an archery range and Needwood Golf Course. About one mile (1.6 km) south
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