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Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas is the first foreign photographer who traveled so much in the Greek area, in 1903, for about three decades later. Traveled from the Peloponnese to Crete and Olympus and from Ithaca to Mount Athos. He toured, photographed, wrote. His work, innovative and decisive for the evolution of Greek photography in the 20th century. Through photos and albums presents a panorama of Greece in the interwar period, contributing to the formation of European public opinion to Greece the same period. [...]

Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas is the first foreign photographer who traveled so much in the Greek area, in 1903, for about three decades later. Traveled from the Peloponnese to Crete and Olympus and from Ithaca to Mount Athos. He toured, photographed, wrote. His work, innovative and decisive for the evolution of Greek photography in the 20th century. Through photos and albums presents a panorama of Greece in the interwar period, contributing to the formation of European public opinion to Greece the same period. [...]

The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same [...]

The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same [...]

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Photos of ancient Egyptian monuments, taken in the late 19th - early 20th century. Read more »

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Nov. 29, 1971: In time for the holidays, the O of the famous “Love” sculpture, by Robert Indiana, was lowered into place — at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street — on a cold day that foreshadowed rain. Photo: Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times

Nov. 29, 1971: In time for the holidays, the O of the famous “Love” sculpture, by Robert Indiana, was lowered into place — at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street — on a cold day that foreshadowed rain. Photo: Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times

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Here's a look back at that bygone era long before Barclays Center took over the area around Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush. These photos from the early 1900s show the Brooklyn neighborhood as a hub of activity, with the subway lines being constructed and the area getting built from the ground up. Click through for a look at the Barclays intersection before Barclays existed, in the early 1900s. Atlantic Avenue, construction of Long Island Railroad Depot. ca. [...]

Here's a look back at that bygone era long before Barclays Center took over the area around Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush. These photos from the early 1900s show the Brooklyn neighborhood as a hub of activity, with the subway lines being constructed and the area getting built from the ground up. Click through for a look at the Barclays intersection before Barclays existed, in the early 1900s. Atlantic Avenue, construction of Long Island Railroad Depot. ca. [...]

Construction began on January 5, 1933. The project cost more than $35 million. The Golden Gate Bridge construction project was carried out by the McClintic-Marshall Construction Co., a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corporation founded by Howard H. McClintic and Charles D. Marshall, both of Lehigh University. Joseph Strauss remained head of the project, overseeing day-to-day construction and making some groundbreaking contributions. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, he placed a brick from his alma mater's demolished McMicken Hall in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured. He innovated the use of movable safety netting beneath [...]

Construction began on January 5, 1933. The project cost more than $35 million. The Golden Gate Bridge construction project was carried out by the McClintic-Marshall Construction Co., a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corporation founded by Howard H. McClintic and Charles D. Marshall, both of Lehigh University. Joseph Strauss remained head of the project, overseeing day-to-day construction and making some groundbreaking contributions. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, he placed a brick from his alma mater's demolished McMicken Hall in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured. He innovated the use of movable safety netting beneath [...]

Notre Dame de Paris is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris; that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois. The cathedral treasury is notable for its reliquary, which houses the purported crown of thorns, a [...]

Notre Dame de Paris is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris; that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois. The cathedral treasury is notable for its reliquary, which houses the purported crown of thorns, a [...]

Welcome behind the doors of the Maison Kitsuné Tokyo store and Café Kitsuné! As you can see on pictures below, the shipyard has disappeared to give way to a twisted architecture, where marble, bamboo, mosaic, fusumas, gilding and tatamis are matching tastefully. It's nearly as we could smell the cedar of the geometric parquet and Omotesando coffee! [...]

Opening this coming spring at the MGM, Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub will soon become the largest club in the United States, with more than 80,000 square feet of venue space. With some of the biggest DJs in the world already announcing their future residency at the Hakkasan, such as Tiesto, Calvin Harris, Aoki, and deadmau5, it is sure to bring best nightlife experience you can ask for. Check out the video below as it gives you access into the construction of the project and what you can expect to see once it opens up in the coming months.