The Colossal Elephant of Coney Island (1885), from Scientific American
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Source: New York Public Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cc3ee3de-0ad9-4201-b67f-aa22f40c73c3
#elephants #jumbo #technology #schematics #buildings #machines #design #architecture #art #publicdomain
The Colossal Elephant of Coney Island (1885), from Scientific American
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Source: New York Public Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cc3ee3de-0ad9-4201-b67f-aa22f40c73c3
#elephants #jumbo #technology #schematics #buildings #machines #design #architecture #art #publicdomain
Possibly the most beautiful building in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. Part 3 of 4.
Along with books, the Library is home to art exhibitions, as well as an impressive collection of paintings.
#buildings #building #architecture #Australia #Victoria #art
Possibly the most beautiful building in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. Part 3 of 4.
Along with books, the Library is home to art exhibitions, as well as an impressive collection of paintings.
#buildings #building #architecture #Australia #Victoria #art
Possibly the most beautiful building in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. Part 2 of 4.
This is the Ian Potter Queens Hall and Redmond Barry Reading Room.
#buildings #building #architecture #Australia #Victoria
Possibly the most beautiful building in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. Part 2 of 4.
This is the Ian Potter Queens Hall and Redmond Barry Reading Room.
#buildings #building #architecture #Australia #Victoria
Think all shopping centres are ugly?
Sydney's QVB begs to differ.
#qvb #Sydney #building #buildings #architecture #nsw #Australia
Map of All the Buildings in the World
https://gizmodo.com/literally-a-map-showing-all-the-buildings-in-the-world-2000694696
#HackerNews #Map #Buildings #World #Technology #Innovation #Architecture
Hey all! My name is Tyler. I want to share a little #introduction post. It's so nice to be here! My interests include #airQuality #buildings #community #construction #darkSkies #design #historicPreservation #history #placemaking #stainedGlass and more. Can you recommend accounts to follow? In any case I've heard good things about Mastodon and the fediverse so I'm looking forward to connecting with folks.
Think all shopping centres are ugly?
Sydney's QVB begs to differ.
#qvb #Sydney #building #buildings #architecture #nsw #Australia
Hey all! My name is Tyler. I want to share a little #introduction post. It's so nice to be here! My interests include #airQuality #buildings #community #construction #darkSkies #design #historicPreservation #history #placemaking #stainedGlass and more. Can you recommend accounts to follow? In any case I've heard good things about Mastodon and the fediverse so I'm looking forward to connecting with folks.
Tokyo Gas plans to sell a commercial building in Ginza, Tokyo to Mantomi Asset Management for over ¥30 billion, or $191 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/companies/tokyo-gas-ginza-building-sale-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyogas #ginza #tokyo #buildings #realestate
Liziba Monorail Station, where the #trains go through a residential building! 🚈 (Which do you think came first? The answer: Both the station and the #building were actually constructed together!) Chongqing, #China.
#Train #Transit #Transportation #PublicTransit #Rail #Railway #Architecture #Buildings #City #Cityscape #Urban #UrbanPlanning #UrbanPhotography #Landscape #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #Photography #MobilePhotography #ShotoniPhone
Dreaming of an apartment in Tokyo? Soaring prices, foreign investment and scarce supply are making that dream harder to reach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/society/rising-property-prices-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #property #tokyo #affordability #realestate #housing #buildings
There are many cafés in Australia. But few let you sip a flat white while staring at an archaeological site.
(Earlier post: https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/846329855424086558 )
UPDATE: The photos were taken at the Shed Café, on the ground floor of the Skye Suites building, at the corner of Macquarie & Marsden Streets, in Parramatta.
#Parramatta #cafe #coffee #Australia #NSW #history #archaeology #buildings #architecture
Day 15 of my #retirement #bikepacking tour on #Brompton folding #bike : Ancona -> Civitanova Marche (45 km, a short but special stage: enchanting #landscapes and #buildings ,and steep climbs [450 m elevation gain] sometimes even pushing my #bike — I'm really getting #old ).
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
#bikepacking #BikeTooter #cycling #CycleTravel #cyclotourisme #cyclotouring #fahrrad #vélo #radreise #radfahren #cyclisme #criticalmass #radtour #BikeItalia #Italia #Italy
Construction of wooden mid-rise and high-rise buildings is gradually increasing in the Tohoku region, pushed by legislation and the trend toward decarbonization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/wooden-buildings-increasing-in-tohoku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #wood #constructionindustry #tohoku #buildings
If anyone has good tools for figuring out when #buildings were built please lay them on me.
I’m very reactive to unknown something which especially is in 1970s buildings. Indoor diagnostics next week.
I’ve been trying to pull building #permits on gov websites but it’s very hit and miss.
Thank you!!
Cityscape
Harpa 3/3. Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2025.
#architecture #urban #buildings #iceland #reykjavik #photography
Cityscape
Harpa 3/3. Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2025.
#architecture #urban #buildings #iceland #reykjavik #photography
