Tag: architecture & construction

• After 14 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opened in 1883, linking the cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time. May 24, 1883.

  May 24, 2024

  1800s, architecture & construction, Brooklyn Bridge

  1800s, architecture & construction, Brooklyn Bridge, East River, History Daily, John Roebling

• 55 Rare and Amazing Vintage Photographs of Paris During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)

  The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire (later the Third French Republic) and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from July 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by…

  September 3, 2023

  1800s, event & history, France, Franco-Prussian War, Paris, photography, war

  1800s, architecture & construction, event & history, France, Franco-Prussian War, Paris, photography, war

• Famed Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mistress, her two children, and a Group of Workmen Were Killed After an Employee Set his Home on Fire. August 15, 1914.

  On this day in history, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright was away attending to the construction of Midway Gardens in Chicago when he received a terrible message: “Taliesin destroyed by fire,” it read, and that was all. For the time being, at least, Wright knew little: Their servant, Julian Carlton, had attacked Mamah, Wright’s mistress,…

  August 15, 2023

  1910s, American History, architecture & construction, Frank Lloyd Wright, History Daily

  1910s, American History, architecture & construction, Frank Lloyd Wright, History Daily