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Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October, 1970
Between 1901 and 1908, Philadelphia’s 548 foot City Hall was the tallest building in the world. William Penn’s 37 foot bronze statue atop the central tower seen here is included in the total height of the building.
Even today there are nearby building height restrictions that assure William Penn’s gaze to the north east is never obstructed from his perch atop this French neo-classical structure defined by its convex mansard roof over the lower floors of the building.
During my duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, I spent the weekends photographing classical architectural styles rarely seen in the west in this important Revolutionary War era city.
Next to Independence Hall built 170 years earlier, City Hall is arguably the most significant architectural landmark in the city. The two structures are just a few short blocks apart and represent completely different architectural styles.
A companion image to this photograph is a reflection of the main tower in the glass panes of the lower floors of city hall.
For this photograph I used my first medium format camera, the Koni Omega Rapid 6x7cm equipped with a 58mm f5.6 Hexanon wide angle lens on Kodak transparency film.
A high resolution scan of the original transparency produces extremely high quality prints.