Repost - Where Eagles Dare

[DowntownDave]

 

[ablarc]

A great collection of eagles!

There used to be more in Post Office Square before the Fed came down.

Here's one more for your collection (from New York):

from wirednewyork.

 

[ablarc]

Imperial Rome, Nazi Germany, the United States: what do they all have in common?

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Hubris?

 

[ablarc]

^ Probably.

Also a national symbol that represents it.

 

[Lurker]

The eagle was/is such a common symbol of government that Ben Franklin wanted the national bird to the the turkey. A species far more intertwined with colonial history. However, turkey's go into sandwiches and aren't major birds of prey, so understandably those settling on national iconography tilted towards eagles.

 

[tobyjug]

Imperial Rome, Nazi Germany, the United States: what do they all have in common?

Each began with a king, became a republic, and then...?

(PS: Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Come in please.)

 

[kz1000ps]

ablarc, what building in NYC is that eagle on?

 

[ablarc]

^ Federal Building, 90 Church Street, by Cross & Cross.

 

[kz1000ps]

You know, I've walked by that building countless times, and besides its massive size it's never really caught my eye. Guess I'll have to pay more attention next time I go by there.

 

[ablarc]

1.1 million square feet !

Aude on Wikipedia
February 18, 2007

 

[kz1000ps]

Extremely rare to have a building from that era contain so much space and yet be so squat.