Building the Building Museum
28 04 2008Built in 1887 to house the Pension Bureau and transformed into a museum by an act of congress, the National Building Museum is truly DCMetrocentric’s museum mecca!
The reason should be obvious considering the museum celebrates architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning. This cool shot is of the buildings distinctive columns being built over one hundred year ago!
The National Building Museum’s huge Corinthian Columns (some of the largest in the world) really provide a stunning setting for the interior of the building and often serves as a great backdrop for many of our towns grand charity galas. The photo really shows the scale of the columns!
Speaking of museums, Penn Quarter Living reported on a new one going in on the corner of 14th & G St NW. The historic building is being fully restored for the Armenian Genocide Museum of America. The current Hahn shoe store facade will be completely removed and the building will be restored based on period photos of the original look. [Flickr Photo: iandavid]
that is a fantastic construction shot of the NBM! I wonder how much it would cost in 2008 dollars to build…that don’t make ‘em like that anymore!
This is an amazing picture. Can we by prints of them from anywhere?
yeah that shot is amazing, but do you think they used those flimsy looking platforms to build the columns to their full height? It looks like they are just made of tree branches!!!