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Queens Park - Toronto
QUEENS PARK. Queen's Park's elegant lawns embody the Victorian-Romanesque Parliament Buildings. A dozen stately statues lend stoic dignity. In harmonious contrast to the modern glass-and-steel city, these buildings quietly cloak bustling Toronto with a mantle of age and serenity.
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Queens Park - Toronto
QUEENS PARK. Queen's Park's elegant lawns embody the Victorian-Romanesque Parliament Buildings. A dozen stately statues lend stoic dignity. In harmonious contrast to the modern glass-and-steel city, these buildings quietly cloak bustling Toronto with a mantle of age and serenity.
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Rookery Building - Chicago
Rookery Building. The powerful exterior of this building, which is softened by lively ornament detailed by architect John Root, typifies the lingering picturesque attitudes toward commercial architecture still prevalent in the 1880s. A transitional structure in the evolution of modern architecture, the Rookery Building employs both masonry wall-bearing and skeletal frame construction techniques. It takes its name from a temporary City Hall and water tank that stood on the site following the Fire of 1871. A favorite roost for pigeons, these structures were referred to as ""the rookery."" When Frank Lloyd Wright remodeled the Rookery's large skylit lobby in 1905, he introduced elements characteristic of his Prairie School designs.
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Sonoma House - Helsinki - Finland
Last year, a ""premium-class"" building was constructed in the heart of Finland's capital city. Situated next to the Finnish parliament, the Mannerheim National Monument and the new, controversial Museum of Modern Art, Sanoma House is certain to be one of the most impressive buildings in Europe's Cultural Capital 2000. The 100-year-old Sanoma Publishing House puts out the largest daily newspaper in all of Scandinavia, is one of the largest Finnish newspaper and book publishers, and holds shares, through the Helsinki Media Group, in one of the country's two nationwide commercial television stations.
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Stormont - Belfast
Stormont. The (former) Parliament buildings of Northern Ireland have an impressive hilltop location. A statue to Lord Carson stands at the bottom of the mile long avenue. Stormont is now home to the new Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Stormont - Belfast
Stormont. The (former) Parliament buildings of Northern Ireland have an impressive hilltop location. A statue to Lord Carson stands at the bottom of the mile long avenue. Stormont is now home to the new Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Supreme Court - Ottawa
SUPREME COURT. Just west of the Parliament Buildings on Wellington Street stands Canada's highest court. Completed in 1946, the structure is crowned with the copper roofing which has become a symbol of the nation's capital. The lobby and courtroom are open to the public weekdays from 9am to 5pm. Guided tours are available.
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US Capital - Washington DC
US CapitalWelcome to the United States Capital! The Capital is one of the most widely recognized buildings in the world. It is a symbol of the American people and their government, the meeting place of the nation's legislature, an art and history museum, and a tourist attraction visited by millions every year. The information here is presented by the Architect of the Capital for everyone who wants to learn more about the Capital and what it means.
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US Capital - Washington DC
US CapitalWelcome to the United States Capital! The Capital is one of the most widely recognized buildings in the world. It is a symbol of the American people and their government, the meeting place of the nation's legislature, an art and history museum, and a tourist attraction visited by millions every year. The information here is presented by the Architect of the Capital for everyone who wants to learn more about the Capital and what it means.
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