Golden Eagle, City and County Building - Denver, CO
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The eagle atop Denver's City and County building was recently restored during a major cleaning of the building in 2011-2012.
Waymark Code: WMN6GN
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2015
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"Gold Eagle On City And County Building Getting A Makeover - September 3, 2011
The gold eagle that sits atop the City and County Building is getting a makeover. It’s part of a major renovation for the entire building.
The eagle is now covered in scaffolding and is being refurbished. The project includes work on the windows and grand steps into the front entrances.
There’s also cleaning of the exterior stone facade planned. (
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"Designed in a Beaux-Arts Neoclassical style, the facade features two curved wings with engaged Ionic columns, a rusticated base of Cotopaxi granite, and a carillon clock tower topped with a golden eagle. A monumental staircase leads up to a three-story portico with Corinthian columns.
The City and County Building is an unhappy exercise in classicism – its best aspect being the tower over the central portico. The City and County Building was conceived as part of the 1906 Robinson plan, but took 26 years and the combined efforts of 39 architects to realize. In effect it was designed by a committee known as the Allied Architectural Association. Best known for its Christmas lights, which decorate the building every winter. The tradition began in 1935 and has continued annually. " (from (
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