Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms and an observation deck, and since 1919, the folly has also been the location of the official Central Park weather station. Belvedere Castle was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 19th century. An architectural hybrid of Gothic and Romanesque styles. Belvedere means "beautiful view" or "panoramic view" in Italian.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Seen in the 1794 Gilbert Farmstead. -- Storrowton Village Museum, an educational arm of Eastern States Exposition and located on its grounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. It presents hands-on school programs and guided tours of its historic buildings throughout the year as well as seasonal 19th century-themed events. It is the site of Storrowton Tavern/Carriage House and Storrowton Village Museum Gift Shop and is a picturesque, popular site for weddings held in its Meetinghouse and Gazebo. Created by Helen Osborne Sorrow starting in 1927 with the purchase of a farmstead for $200 and moving it from West Brookfield, Massachusetts. After that, additional antique buildings were purchased, dismantled, and reconstructed here to create Storrowton Village.— storrowtonvillage.com
