I do not mean to boast but this is an extremely rare blueprint of the proposed Palace of Whitehall, after the original burnt down. It took me years to find these despite their actual existence. Which is something because if I had not believed they existed then I would never have found them.
The Palace was designed by Inigo Jones. This is the contents list of all the plates: (
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cg...?type=header&id=DLDecArts.InigoJones1&isize=M) It takes quite a while to go through all the plates because there is a lot. I read in a book that Charles II would have built it if he won the civil war, I also read in another book that he wanted to re-enter the thirty years war. These both cost money so who knows.
This one is Christopher Wren's plan for rebuilding London - (
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/large103694.html) Apparently it was too simple, rushed and not enough effort was put into it.
The two above I love but these architectural designs I have a certain taste and passion for. It centres around the design of Grand Central Station in New York City. Here is the link (
https://untappedcities.com/2013/02/...at-never-was-part-vii-grand-central-terminal/)
In all honesty I like McKim, Mead, and White structural design because the 60-story tower adds to the building architecturally, whereas Huckel and Reed and Stem designs just add a block on top, this lead to Warren and Wetmore to remove this in their design and was not built when they were building Grand Central Terminal with Reed and Stem. However, it is Warren and Wetmore Beaux-Arts detail that is astonishing, therefore McKim, Mead, and White and Warren and Wetmore collaboration would have been awesome, but I suspect Warren and Wetmore would still object to the overall structural design.
McKim, Mead, and White design
Huckel's design
Reed and Stem
Warren and Wetmore and Reed and Stem (What you see today)