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Funfact: Starting sometime in the 20th century, the whitish terracotta was covered by reflective panels for many years. Here, look.

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In downtown Columbia, South Carolina, on January 2nd, 2024, the Union National Bank Building (built 1912-1913; designed by William Augustus Edwards; 100003307 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of Gervais Street (U.S. routes 1 and 378) and Main Street, as viewed during a renovation project.

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Union List of Artist Names IDs:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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A few weeks ago I had an assignment to photograph from a different perspective than I would normally.

My first thought was, well I do that quite regularly, it's how I SEE.

Then I thought about how I could photograph architecture differently. I've wanted to try the Multiple Exposure technique on architecture for a long time and just never did.

So, I grabbed my camera and my @TamronAmericas 100-400mm lens on a dreary, misty morning and headed to downtown Elgin.

Here are the results - 9 images of Elgin architecture in a different way.

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Fmr. Union National Bank Building; Built 1926; Walker and Weeks, architects.

Fmr. Union National Bank Building; Built 1926; Walker and Weeks, architects.

Icon Hotel. Houston, Texas

This aged banktower looks kind of ridiculous (in a good way!) in its crown of telecommunications equipment. Twleve stories!

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In downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, on September 15th, 2020, the Community Bank building at the northeast corner of North Washington Avenue and Lackawanna Avenue, during hazy conditions caused by wildfire smoke from the western U.S.

The building (at 501 Lackawanna Ave.) was built in 1914-1915 as the Union National Bank, and was later known as the Scranton National Bank Building and Scranton National Bank Plaza. It is a "contributing property" to the Lackawanna Avenue Commercial Historic District, 83004215 on the National Register of Historic Places. According to Emporis it has also been known as the First Liberty Bank and Trust Building, Grange National Bank, and SNB Plaza.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Now Hotel Icon. Houston, Texas.

Union National Bank Building: Youngstown, Ohio. Back to a Shovel Bum Life : Adventure East - Chronicles of Sir Thomas Leaf and Prince Cian. Adventures in Ohio. Photos taken November 11, 2018. To read the adventures, visit www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=43403. To read reviews, visit: www.technogypsie.com/reviews. All photos and articles (c) 2018. Technogypsie.com - by Leaf McGowan and Thomas Baurley. All rights reserved. www.technogypsie.com/photography. This day's adventures will be published here: www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=43405. Youngstown, Ohio: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=39761