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McTavish Pumping Station

By Sheena Owen Jul 29th, 2014

Located above McGill University’s campus on the south slope of Mount Royal (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), the McTavish Pumping Station is the source of Montreal’s water distribution. Build between 1928-1932, it was designed by famous Montreal architect Jean-Omer Marchand and named after famous Montreal Businessman, Simon McTavish (1750-1804).

Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)

By Sheena Owen Jul 9th, 2014

Since it first opened its doors to the public in 1923, The Museum of the City of New York has embraced the past, present, and future of the Big Apple, celebrating the city’s cultural diversity. In 1932, the museum moved to its current location at 1220 Fifth Avenue, a building with stately columns and a towering slate roof.

The Church of Our Lady Immaculate Conception (Guelph’s greatest historical...

By Sheena Owen Jul 3rd, 2014

This Roman Catholic gothic style church was built between 1875 and 1883 using local limestone. Its 200 feet twin towers were completed in 1926. To this day it is one of Guelph’s longest construction projects as it took almost 50 years to complete.