The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (just beside the White House) is an example of the French Second Empire style, which is my favorite.
Another (even more beautiful) example of French Second Empire is the City Hall in my own dearly beloved Philadelphia.
It might be the combination of granite and slate that appeals to me. Also, the fabulous Mansard roofs, which find a modern incarnation in, ironically, McDonald's:
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Why is that ironic?
An elegant roof style that is preserved in the cartoon-like red and yellow of a fast-food chain? Hopefully those buildings won't be around for much longer, and then we can romanticize them in our memory. You know I'm not crazy about the entrepreneurial finesse/"Come to mama" idea as some of our friends are...
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