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The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, colloquially known as the Moraga Steps, is a stairway in the Golden Gate Heights neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Fodor's calls it "possibly the world's largest mosaic staircase", [3] and it leads up to Grandview Park.
Guastavino tile vaulting in the City Hall station of the New York City Subway Guastavino ceiling tiles on the south arcade of the Manhattan Municipal Building. The Guastavino tile arch system is a version of Catalan vault introduced to the United States in 1885 by Spanish architect and builder Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908). [1]
Storey pole used in masonry. A storey pole (or story pole, storey rod, [1] story stick, [2] jury stick, [3] scantling, [4] scantillon [5]) is a length of narrow board usually cut to the height of one storey. [6]
A timber framed cottage that has been largely refaced in brick, with sandstone at the northwest end, and an extension in the 19th century. It has a tile roof and dentil eaves. There is one storey and an attic, three bays, and a rear brick wing. On the front is a modern porch, the windows are casements, and there are two gabled dormers. [7] II
[2] [4] By extension, the dado becomes the lower part of a wall when the pedestal is treated as being continuous along the wall, with the cornice becoming the dado rail. [ 3 ] Gallery
A contract for the platform extensions at 145th Street and eight other stations on the line was awarded to Spencer, White & Prentis Inc. in October 1946, [24] with an estimated cost of $3.891 million. [25] The platform extensions at these stations were opened in stages. On April 6, 1948, the platform extension at 145th Street opened.
In 1990, Selarón began renovating dilapidated steps that ran along the front of his house. At first, neighbours mocked him for his choice of colours as he covered the steps in fragments of blue, green and yellow tiles – the colours of the Brazilian flag. It started out as a side-project to his main passion, painting, but soon became an ...
The outer walls of the platform level consist of tiled alcoves, slightly recessed within concrete arches. The station's tiles are colored maroon. [5]: 4 This was part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND. [57] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan.