41 Cooper Square

The Cooper Union is school for Art, Architecture and Engineering.  I have posted some pictures of the building before, but last night I was out at a perfect time for the building to be in dusk and lite beautifully.
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This building (41 Cooper Square) was designed by Thomas Mayne of Morphosis Architects.  He also did the Caltrans building in LA.  However, I met him when Morphosis was just a pipsqueak firm and they were working on the Gorilla enclosures at the LA Zoo.  He  taught at SciArc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) where I was putting Greg through school (we are going way back).
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A good shot because the trees are still in Winter mode.

Anyway, I thought the night shots of 41 Cooper Union were beautiful.
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The building below is the Original Cooper Union (which is still there).  Abraham Lincoln address an audience in its Great Hall in a speech opposing Stephen Douglas and federalism allowing the expansion of Slavery.  If you go to Wikipedia, you will see other Presidents and dignitaries have spoken there over the years.

You can't building them like this anymore, but it is also stunning in its own way.