Originally built as the new Post Office between 1931-1935;
I'll stand by my comment - even a bigger waste of our tax dollars back in
1931. Its not a castle - why couldn't it just be built in a quite, classic
style like other bldgs in D.C.
I'm not against ornate-ness in our gubment building, but those lamps, and I
suspect other features, are just over the top IMO.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <sesso...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Golden Lamps
Used to be the headquarters for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms.
Originally built as the new Post Office between 1931-1935; depression
era public works to provide all the departments of the Federal
Government with office space - authorized by Congress in 1926. It's part
of the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc42.htm
They gotta' have office space somewhere, and reusing the historic
buildings costs less than building new ones. Plus they aren't as ugly as
post-war brutalist architecture or sterile glass towers of the
International style.
On 6/8/2015 12:01 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
Talk about a waste of our tax dollars !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
<danmaty...@gmail.com>
Subject: PESO: Golden Lamps
Quite ornate for a bureaucratic facility. Architectural detail of the
National Headquarters of the US Department of Environmental
Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18034691
K-5 II S, D 18-135 ZOOM
Comments invited.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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