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Decor

Decor

The intricate brickwork of the facade can be seen here, and some hints of color remain, stained into the metal pediment. The turn of the century industrial design was bold and beautiful at the same time.
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check out the diffrent echelons of brick, awesome
RedDragon
Fri 03-25-2005
DECOR.....yeah, the title says it all. today this would be a "shoe box" configuration
paul.p.
Fri 08-19-2005
oooooooh, I like this one, love the stained glass above(is that stained glass?) ;-)
rtotten
Sun 03-05-2006
The windows in the end of the clestory (or whatever) seem to have been forced out from the inside. I wonder what caused that?
Ed Greeley
Fri 04-07-2006
amazing, the use of iron beams to
suggest tudor style half timbering
that is usually composed from wood and plaster,you are right paul p, today an element like this would be considered decorative, therefore unneccessary.
they surely don't build em like they used to !!!!!
pat ratchet
Wed 06-07-2006
still massive.
D.J
Sun 08-26-2007
Pretty gorgeous for a power plant!
Amazed
Sun 02-24-2008
Seems to me that people cared about what they built. They wanted function, but they also wanted it to be pleasing to the eye.

Now days its ..."how cheap can we build it"
Wranglersgirl
Mon 02-25-2008
almost alpine in its structure here
Tara
Thu 05-15-2008
i agree the brick work is amazing. i almost seems like it should be in chicago and not a powerplant
rico
Sun 08-16-2009
It looks like eyes and a big mouth , haha
Nurse <3
Mon 10-26-2009

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