Tag: Fifth Avenue

  • Diamond Building

    The Diamond Building is by MacClure and Spahr, who skillfully met the challenge of a dauntingly irregular site by filling it with a building that looks as if it’s meant to be this shape. It was originally the headquarters of the Diamond Bank, whose logo can still be seen in metal grates at ground level.

    Many of the interior details are preserved inside the Diamond Building. Here we look down the stairwell with its ornate railings.

  • Lower Fifth Avenue

    Camera: Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS.

    In the distance, the Tower at PNC Plaza looms over the next block.

  • Turrets at Central Catholic

    Central Catholic High School in Oakland is a fantasy medieval castle out of a German fairy tale. This is a view from the east side of some of the odd turrets and projections.