Your Vote for Most Beautiful Building in America (Total Vanity!)

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[watsonfellow]

I will reserve judgement until I read some nominees.......This vanity is for those who responded to the previous one about the ugly, ugly, ugly Cathedral almost completed in LA.

[d14truth]

'SharkFRee' making sure there are no 'FReeploading mullet' here.

WHERE WOULD YOU GET YOUR NEWS FROM IF FREEREPUBLIC WASN'T HERE? Thread 4

[afraidfortherepublic]

The U. S. Capitol! And the White House is #2.

[Swede Girl]

The National Cathedral in DC is nice.

[NovemberCharlie]

That's easy.

The Chrysler Building, New York.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I hate to sound parochial but, Trinity Church in Boston is almost unbelievably beautiful, if little known. It is extremely ornate and meticulously maintained. Nothing I've seen in the U.S. or abroad compares.

The Library of Congress is a contender. Grand Central Station in New York is impressive.

[denydenydeny]

Me, I'm partial to the Flatiron Building.

[Andrew Byler]

A tie. Our late lamented World Trade Center Tower One and Tower Two.

[Non-Sequitur]

I'll agree with reply #4 - Washington National Cathedral

[Azzurri]

Where is the Flatiron Building located? San Francisco?

[Emmanual_Goldstein16]

Any building with Infobabe in it.

[Non-Sequitur]

The intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway, and 5th Avenue in New York City.

[July 4th]

I like this one. under construction...

[Centurion2000]

Statue of Liberty is my vote ... and by definition it is a building.

[MrChips]

Twelve Oaks . . . before Sherman burned it to the ground, y'all. Oh wait! That was just a movie! Never mind. O.K., I vote for St. Patrick's Cathedral.

[Joe 6-pack]

Independance Hall, Mount Vernon, and Monticello. Three way tie for number one, as true aesthetics include history and symbolism as well as form. Monticello would have been a runaway #1, were it not for all the unrecognizable busts...

[watsonfellow]

are you guys smoking crack?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Wouldn't want to live there, but I love the Gateway Arch

[Jim Pelosi]

It's gotta be the Empire State Building. Though a wee bit shorter than the WTC, I always thought it, and the Chrysler Building were the crown jewels of the Manhattan skyline. The interiors are also beautiful with all the marble and art deco design. JIM

[Joe 6-pack]

As a Catholic and dilletante medieval historian, and lover of gothic architecture it is quite beautiful; however, it is far too "European," to be considered an "American" building.

[Mark17]

The chapel at the Air Force Academy.

[Jorge]

The White House #1.

The Sedona Hilton #2.(our vacation playground this year :)

[Jorge]

The White House #1.

The Sedona Hilton #2.(our vacation playground this year :)

[ChemistCat]

I don't know if I like that one or not. I have seen a model built of it in one building at the University of Oklahoma campus. It's different!

I think the most beautiful building on earth is the San Diego, California temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I think I'd think that even if I weren't Mormon. I'm trying to put in a picture here--if I mess up, would someone who is more competent with HTML put it up for me? http://www.mind.net/dlmark/tsandiego.htm

[Ciexyz]

Monticello has the beauty of Thomas Jefferson's genius still visible as you walk the grounds. I'd also recommend a trip to the University of Virginia.

[ChemistCat]

Oh, that's discouraging--I thought I had it right.

[Soren]

Wow. I never would have guessed Milwaukee. Shows you what I know.

[leadpenny]

The Capitol is in a league of its own, but in DC there are two that run a respectable 2nd.

The Old Post Office on Pa. Ave., and,
The National Building Museum at about 4th and F St. NW.

[watsonfellow]

well De gustibus non es disputandum But it is ugly and horrid.

[piasa]

I like the way the stainless steel exterior reflects colors at night... and during the Freedom festival/VP Fair fireworks.

[Ceebass]

The Chrysler Building, New York.

You beat me to it!

[The Kitten]

World Trade Center. I want it back. Right now.

I am also partial to IM Pei's Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.

Both buildings photograph extremely well.

[watsonfellow]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO In America only!

[Tom D.]

My wife and I just got home from Europe, having had our stay involuntarily extended by 3 or 4 days. Right now, my vote for the most beautiful building in the world goes to my home.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Here you go, CC.

[LonePalm]

For Residences:
1. Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Waters near Pittsburgh
2. Monticello
3. The White House

For non-residential buildings
1. The Empire State Building
2. The Jefferson Memorial
3. The US Capitol

For Bridges:
1. The Golden Gate Bridge
2. The Brooklyn Bridge
3. The Sunshine Skyway near Tampa

The absolute worst: Drumthwacket (The NJ Governor's Mansion) Truely hideous.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic!)

[JoeSixPack1]

What is this? Are you trying to find Bin Laden's next target?? Wrong time line for this thread to exist.

[watsonfellow]

Are you joking, are you that paranoid to think that Bin Laden is here observing what a few freepers consider to be the most beautiful buildings in America.....come on now, I realize the enormity of what happened, but lets not have it totally take over our lives......

[FReethesheeples]

The Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress may well be the most beautiful building in America.

(Many very highly placed Washingtonians think it is just that: "The most beautiful building in America".)

It is the OLD bulding accross the Street from the Senate and immediately South of the US Supreme Court on Capitol Hill.

[AC86UT89]

please

[spectr17]

The Gatway Arch.

After a bad burrito,,,,,

[Leroy S. Mort]

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, Bear Run, PA.