Thatcher Glass Factory, Fowler Avenue Zylstra, Sape A., photographer University of South Florida -- Tampa Campus Library still image Color photographs Tampa, Fla. : University of South Florida, Tampa Library eng The Thatcher Glass Factory, now no longer operating, is perhaps Tampa's best example of fortuitous form in industrial building, the sort of thing early moderns were fond of. The north end is a Constructivist-like "composition" of geometric shapes and spaces with dome-, gable- leant-to-, and flat roofs; and bold as well as fine-lined sculpturesque extras. Together with its neighbor, the Museum of Science and industry can serve as a source of inspiration for the architectural students who are being schooled nearby. In fact, it should be renovated and house the new School of Architecture.; view from north. The Thatcher Glass Factory, now no longer operating, is perhaps Tampa's best example of fortuitous form in industrial building, the sort of thing early moderns were fond of. The north end is a Constructivist-like "composition" of geometric shapes and spaces with dome-, gable- leant-to-, and flat roofs; and bold as well as fine-lined sculpturesque extras. Together with its neighbor, the Museum of Science and industry can serve as a source of inspiration for the architectural students who are being schooled nearby. In fact, it should be renovated and house the new School of Architecture.; view from north. Thatcher Glass (Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Fla.) -- Photographs: Glass manufacture--Florida--Tampa--Photographs Manufacturing industries--Florida--Tampa--Photographs Sape A. Zylstra Architectural Slides Collection
Thatcher Glass Factory, Fowler Avenue
Zylstra, Sape A., photographer
University of South Florida -- Tampa Campus Library
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Color photographs
Tampa, Fla. : University of South Florida, Tampa Library
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The Thatcher Glass Factory, now no longer operating, is perhaps Tampa's best example of fortuitous form in industrial building, the sort of thing early moderns were fond of. The north end is a Constructivist-like "composition" of geometric shapes and spaces with dome-, gable- leant-to-, and flat roofs; and bold as well as fine-lined sculpturesque extras. Together with its neighbor, the Museum of Science and industry can serve as a source of inspiration for the architectural students who are being schooled nearby. In fact, it should be renovated and house the new School of Architecture.; view from north.
The Thatcher Glass Factory, now no longer operating, is perhaps Tampa's best example of fortuitous form in industrial building, the sort of thing early moderns were fond of. The north end is a Constructivist-like "composition" of geometric shapes and spaces with dome-, gable- leant-to-, and flat roofs; and bold as well as fine-lined sculpturesque extras. Together with its neighbor, the Museum of Science and industry can serve as a source of inspiration for the architectural students who are being schooled nearby. In fact, it should be renovated and house the new School of Architecture.; view from north.
Thatcher Glass (Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Fla.) -- Photographs: Glass manufacture--Florida--Tampa--Photographs
Manufacturing industries--Florida--Tampa--Photographs
Sape A. Zylstra Architectural Slides Collection