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【火山光影】 曼哈顿建筑之美（九）
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2012年9月，拍摄于位于曼哈顿下城的印第安人博物馆(原美国海关大楼U.S. Custom House)。该大楼建成于1907年。
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附录: 关于美国海关大楼U.S. Custom House(网上资料)
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (originally U.S. Custom House) is a building in New York City, built 1902–1907 by the federal government to house the duty collection operations for the port of New York. It is located near the southern tip of Manhattan, next to Battery Park, at 1 Bowling Green. The building is now the home of the New York branch of the National Museum of the American Indian as well as the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The building was designed by Minnesotan Cass Gilbert, who later designed the Woolworth Building.
It is a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style, where public transactions were conducted under a noble Roman dome. It incorporates Beaux Arts and City Beautiful movement planning principles, combining architecture, engineering, and fine arts. Lavish sculptures, paintings, and decorations by well-known artists of the time, such as Daniel Chester French (the seated groups of the Four Continents on the front steps.Sculpture was so crucial to the scheme that the figure groups had independent contracts.
It is a designated National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark.
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