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Metropolitan Building (other)
Metropolitan Building may refer to: *Metropolitan Building (Detroit) *Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) * Metropolitan Buildings Office *Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis) The Metropolitan Building, originally known as the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building, is considered to be one of the most architecture, architecturally significant structures in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It stood from 1890 until ... * Metropolitan Building (Los Angeles) See also * Metropolitan Annex, Los Angeles * The Metropolitan (Rochester) * Metropolitan Theatre (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Building (Detroit)
The Element Detroit at the Metropolitan is a high-rise hotel, formerly the Metropolitan Building, a historic office building located on a triangular lot at 33 John R Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan, near Grand Circus Park. The building was built in 1924 and finished in 1925. It stands at 15 stories and was once occupied by shops, offices, and the facilities of jewelry manufacturers and wholesalers leading it to also be known as the "Jeweler's Building". The manufacture of luminous watch dials in the building left behind several toxic substances that have thwarted redevelopment plans. Architects Weston and Ellington designed it in a Neo-Gothic style. The exterior of the building is faced with brick, granite, and terra cotta Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta (; ; ), is a clay-based Vitrification#Ceramics, non-vitreous ceramicOED, "Terracotta""Terracotta" MFA Boston, "Cameo" database fired at relatively low temperatures. It is therefore a term used .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)
The Metropolitan Building is a commercial building on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata near Esplanade, Kolkata, Esplanade. It is located near the Shaheed Minar, Kolkata, Shaheed Minar and the Grand Hotel (Calcutta), Grand Hotel and is just opposite of the new Esplanade metro station, Esplanade Metro Station. Formerly known as the Whiteaway Laidlaw department store, it was a famous department store in Calcutta during the British Rule in India. It is one of the first departmental store in India. This neo-baroque emporium—with domes, a clock tower and arched recessed windows—exemplifies fashionable shopping during the British Raj in British India. The building was built in 1905. After Independence, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. assumed ownership against a borrower default and named the building, so people know it more commonly as the Metropolitan Building. In 1956, Metropolitan Insurance was nationalised under the Life Insurance Act of parliament and the LIC took over the compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Buildings Office
The Metropolitan Buildings Office was formed in 1845 to regulate the construction and use of buildings in the metropolitan area of London, England. Surveyors were empowered to enforce building regulations which sought to improve the standard of houses and business premises, and to regulate activities that might threaten public health. In 1855 the assets, powers and responsibilities of the office passed to the Metropolitan Board of Works. Formation The office was established by the Metropolitan Buildings Act 1844https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20379/page/3048/data.pdf ( 7 & 8 Vict. c. 84), with the following purposes: * Improvement of drainage * Securing sufficient width of streets to ensure adequate ventilation * Regulation of explosive works * Regulation of "deleterious" works * To appoint officers to superintend the Act Places under the Act The limits in which the Act were to operate were defined as: * On the north side of the River Thames the area within the exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis)
The Metropolitan Building, originally known as the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building, is considered to be one of the most architecture, architecturally significant structures in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It stood from 1890 until it was torn down starting in 1961 as part of major urban renewal efforts in the city that saw about 40% of the downtown district razed and replaced with new structures. At the time, the pending destruction of the Richardsonian Romanesque building provided a catalyst for historic preservation movements in the city and across the state.''Lost Twin Cities'' by Larry Millett, (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992) pp. 222–225. Early skyscraper The building is considered the city's first skyscraper, with 12 stories and standing tall. Small observation towers poked up above the corners, and the rooftop had a popular garden. It was built of green New Hampshire granite and red Lake Superior sandstone, with the interiors dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Building (Los Angeles)
The Metropolitan Building, in Los Angeles, California, was completed in 1913 and is one of a number of buildings built along Broadway in the early decades of the twentieth century for commercial and retail uses in what had then become the busiest and largest shopping district of the city. Located at the intersection of W. 5th Street and S. Broadway, the Metropolitan Building replaced a two-story, Romanesque Revival style building with storefronts on S. Broadway and W. 5th Street. This building was called the Mueller Building for its owner, Michail Mueller. The date of the building's construction is not known, nor has any additional information about it been located. Michail Mueller's will was probated in Los Angeles on July 7, 1894. In this document, Mueller left the subject property, with its existing building, to his daughter-in-law, Nettie Mueller, his granddaughter, Clara E. Mueller, and his two grandsons, Charles C. Mueller and Earl Mueller. According to the chain of title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Annex
Paramount Theatre, formerly Metropolitan Theater or Grauman's Metropolitan Theater, also known as Paramount Downtown, was a movie palace and office building located at 323 W. 6th Street and 536 S. Hill Street, across the street from Pershing Square, in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. It had an additional entrance connecting it to the Broadway Theater District and it was the largest movie theater in Los Angeles for many years. History Downtown Los Angeles's Paramount Theatre opened as Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre on January 26, 1923. The building was financed by the Hill Street Fireproof Building Company, designed by George Edwin Bergstrom with the theater and building interior designed by William Lee Woollett, all for impresario Sid Grauman, known at the time for the Million Dollar Theatre and best remembered today for his two Hollywood movie palaces: the Chinese and Egyptian theaters. The theater's first screening was the film premiere of Gloria Swanson's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Metropolitan (Rochester)
The Metropolitan, formerly known as Chase Tower (before 2015), and Lincoln First Bank (before 1996), is a skyscraper located in Rochester, New York, United States. It is the third tallest skyscraper in Rochester, standing at . It has 27 floors and was constructed in 1973. The architect responsible for designing the building was John Graham & Company. The building is unique for its outstanding white vertical fins and that it curves outward on the bottom. This building is also known for its fast elevators. Many people refer to them as "rockets". They were installed in the 1970s and travel at about 1000 feet per minute. The Metropolitan was renovated in 1987 and again in 2015. It has of gross area, with of leasable office space. Recent renovations The upper floors of the building were converted to apartments in 2016. A new entrance way was completed in 2017. Damage to fins The white fins were originally made with marble panel coverings. By the 1980s, however, these began to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
