Thanks, Frank! Frank Furness was a leading architect in Philadelphia in the late 1800s; he designed the first library on Penn's then-semi-rural campus. It is a gem. It now houses the Fine Arts Library; the main library moved to a nearby architectural dungheap in the 1960's.
When final exams approach the Furness Building =does= bear a certain resemblance to a Victorian workhouse, though... Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 2/24/10, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I took a photo walk last weekend to the Penn campus, > where there is a wonderful Victorian pile called the Furness > Building. I found this on the third floor: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10730845&size=lg > > > > The ironwork and its shadow were also intriguing on > their own, and I'm feeling indecisive: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10730843 > > > > (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 800, f/4 @ 1/60) > > Gotta go with the script. > > What was the Furness Building? My guess would be an > old workhouse or > factory of some sort. > > Wonderful photos, both. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
