Comments by "Kim Jong-un" (@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un) on "The Clever Design of Hawaii's Capitol Matters." video.

  1. When it comes to controversial capitols, Albany's Empire State Plaza around NY's state capitol comes to mind. Empire State Plaza was the idea of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who was inspired to create the complex after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands visited Albany for a celebration of the area's Dutch history. It's sadly another example of diverse neighborhoods being ripped apart for big 1960s projects by the state as an African and Italian neighborhood was destroyed to make way for it. It was inspired by Brasília and India's Chandigarh and designed by Wallace Harrison, who also worked on the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center (a Robert Moses project that destroyed the African/Puerto Rican neighborhood of San Juan Hill). The NY State Capitol itself on the other hand is pretty cool. As you briefly mentioned, it's unique for its architecture. It was built between 1867 and 1899. Three teams of architects worked on the design of the Capitol during the 32 years of its construction which were Thomas Fuller (from 1867 to 1875), Leopold Eidlitz and Henry Hobson Richardson (1875 to 1883), and Isaac G. Perry (1883 to 1899). Thomas Fuller was the same guy who designed the buildings of Parliament Hill in Ottawa! As the result of the different architects, the state capitol is in different styles throughout including Romanesque and French Renaissance. Inside are 25 murals created by William deLeftwich Dodge that depict everything from Samuel de Champlain to New York troops serving in World War I.
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