... Indiana limestone and granite, trimmed with aluminum and chrome-nickel steel from the 6th floor to the top. Its interior lobby materials are ceiling high marble, imported from France, Italy, Belgium, and Germany. The foundation of the ESB is special that is strong enough to help holding this building ... nickel steels the color and texture of silver was used for the mullions that would run from the sixth to the eight-fifth stories. The marble walls inside the ESB lobby were devoid of ornamentation and carving except a subtle repetition of the convex grooving from the fazade. The designer...

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... my first time to go into the Washington Square Park. It is a peaceful and beautiful park that borders New York University (NYU) and is home to New York City's iconic white arch. Strolling and sitting in the park, were NYU students, couples cuddling together, street performers, musicians, artists sketching and painting on easels, protesters, small dogs running, cooling fountains, and playing ... . Washington Square Arch is a manifest landmark in the park. The arch itself is 77 feet high. It was originally made of wood and stucco but redone in marble in 1891. It was designed by Stanford Wh...

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... the country. For example he did interior design work in Mark Twain's home in Hartford, Connecticut in 1881. Also he was asked by President Chester Alan Arthur to redecorate the White House before he moved into it. The images he painted on to the stained glass were both realistic and abstract. When he did the divine stained glass work all the ... appears to be a male while the other one appears to be a female. The two figures appear to be sitting on thrones carved out of marble and seem to be of very high stature. They both have on white robes meaning they are peaceful and pure. The male...

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... born Margaret Louisa Higgins in Corning, New York, on September 14, 1879. She was the sixth of eleven children born to Michael and Anne Purcell Higgins. Her father had owned a marble and stone cutting business in Corning, but he did not have many time-management skills, and they never had much material success. He was very politically involved, as a member of ... animosity toward her father because of this.(Chesler 1992) Margaret Sanger moved out of her parent's house after her mother's death. She enrolled in a two year nursing program at the White Plains Hospital in Westchester County....

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