Although the building is not in good repair, the interior, including pulpit and balcony seating area ( back & sides ), is in good order.

Although opinions differ as to his character there is no dispute over his great achievements: he helped to save the Habsburg Empire from French conquest ; he broke the westward thrust of the Ottomans, liberating central Europe after a century and a half of Turkish occupation ; and he was one of the great patrons of the arts whose building legacy can still be seen in Vienna today.

Although succeeding pyramids were smaller, pyramid building continued until the end of the Middle Kingdom.

Although the step pyramid for King Zoser of the 3rd Dynasty was important for the reason that it had exemplified unbelievable skill and the introduction of building with stone, it was also very symbolic.

Although now acclaimed and widely influential as an urban design feature, Mies had to convince Bronfman's bankers that a taller tower with significant " unused " open space at ground level would enhance the presence and prestige of the building.

Although some proponents of mobile warfare — such as J. F. C. Fuller — advocated building " tank fleets ", others — such as Heinz Guderian in Germany, Adna R. Chaffee Jr. in the United States, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Soviet Union — recognized that tank units required close support from infantry and other arms, and that these supporting arms needed to maintain the same pace as the tanks.

Although only 16 metres long the apex of the roof arch extends to a height of 10 metres in order to allow the natural airflow of a building of this shape to aid in the all important ventilation required for the type of plants to be housed.

Although Sears ' naming rights expired in 2003, the building continued to be called the Sears Tower for several years.

Although his position on patronage kept peace in his party, it prevented him from building a strong political base.

Although a lot across Sixth Street from Independence Hall was offered without cost by James Logan, its owner, the Trustees realized that the building erected in 1740, which was still vacant, would be an even better site.

Although Gropius and Meyer only designed the facade, the glass curtain walls of this building demonstrated both the modernist principle that form reflects function and Gropius's concern with providing healthful conditions for the working class.

Although the Kingdom's funds were largely pushed towards the war, building projects among the more wealthy continued, with, for example, the completion of Pembroke College in this year.

Although it is described as a modest building, the chapel is considered to " complete the ensemble " of the castle.

Although many wanted to rebuild the hall on a different site, Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley elected to rebuild on the foundations of the burned building.

" Although there is no blueprint for realizing this goal, ecovillages may integrate various aspects of ecological design: ecological building, alternative energy, environmentally benign manufacturing or production, permaculture ( landscaping designed to mimic nature and to provide the community with food, fibre and fuel ), and community building practices.

Although the law is evolving, as it stands now, product packaging ( including packaging in very general terms, such as a building ’ s décor ) may be inherently distinctive.

Although he never finished this work completely, the building was built a few years later in Magdeburg, a town in eastern Germany, and opened on October 3, 2005.

Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo.

Although the catacombs offered space to bury the dead, they presented disadvantages to building structures ; because the catacombs are right under the Paris streets, large foundations cannot be built.

Although the industrial base has been in decline in recent years, Brașov is still a site for manufacturing agricultural tractors and machinery, hydraulic transmissions, auto parts, ball-bearings, helicopters ( at the nearby IAR site in Ghimbav ), building materials, tools, furniture, textiles, shoes and cosmetics.

Although a ZEB uses multiple passive solar building design concepts, a ZEB is usually not purely passive, having active mechanical renewable energy generation systems such as: wind turbine, photovoltaics, micro hydro, geothermal, and other emerging alternative energy sources.

Although most technologies implemented in modern workstations are also available at lower cost for the consumer market, finding good components and making sure they work compatibly with each other is a great challenge in workstation building.

Although the GM-AvtoVAZ considered building a new engine plant for the local production of Ecotecs, in July 2005 it was announced that the project was cancelled, along with plans for the long-anticipated " export " Niva.

Although the stories of Blaine's favors to the railroads had made the rounds eight years earlier, this time Blaine's correspondence was discovered, making his earlier denials less plausible.

Although Europe is crisscrossed by railways, the railroads within Europe are usually not considered transcontinental, with the possible exception of the historic Orient Express.

Although model railways were also built to different gauges, " standard gauge " in 1: 1 scale railroads is

Although the four railroads shared common ownership ( including the headquarters building in Saint Paul, Minnesota ) from the days of the James J. Hill era, the four railroads previously have unsuccessfully attempted four mergers to unify the Hill Lines: 1896, 1901, 1927 and 1955.

Although the caboose has largely fallen out of use, some are still retained by railroads in a reserve capacity.

Although much had been accomplished to streamline NYC operations, in those tough economic times, mergers with other railroads were seen as the only possible road to financial stability.

Although the parallel steam railroads were often annoyed by the competition, the interurbans could be valuable to them as connections.

Although the PRR urgently needed new and modern freight power, the War Production Board prohibited working on a new design, and since there was not enough time to trial a prototype in any event, the PRR cast around for other railroads ' designs that it might modify for PRR use.

Although French bankers did have financial interests in Russia ( especially railroads ), France had no territorial ambitions in Manchuria, since its sphere of influence was in southern China ( see Sino-French War ).

Although most railroads adopted the new system as scheduled, some did so early on October 7 and others late on December 2.

Although the 1864 acquisition of the Beaver Meadow RR had included a few hundred acres of coal land, by 1868 the LVRR was feeling pressure from the Delaware and Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in the northern Wyoming Valley coal field, where the railroads mined and transported their own coal at a much reduced cost.

Although BNSF Railway owns and controls the bridge, the company is required to allow access to other railroads, under a law already in force by 1906 allowing common use of railway bridges across navigable waterways.

Although railroads were just beginning to see the advantages that autoracks delivered in the 1960s, most North American railroads were reluctant to invest in such specially built equipment.

Although it lasted less than a year and never shipped any oil, the South Improvement Company scheme caused widespread attention to be focused on the relationships between big railroads and big businesses which wanted and demanded favorable treatment.

Although Congress granted Lindenthal's company a charter in 1890 for construction of a bridge, the huge $ 27 million project cost would have to be shared by several railroads.

Although some railroads still rely on older, simpler electronic lighted displays and manual controls, in modern implementations, dispatchers rely on computerized systems similar to supervisory control and data acquisition ( SCADA ) systems to view the location of trains and the aspect, or display, of absolute signals.

Although the other 3 railroads connect to each other, they don't have any connections to this railroad at all, making this one completely 100 % isolated from any other railroads.

Although railroads emerged as a new transport technology in the 1830s, and a line of the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad reached nearby Portsmouth in 1835, Norfolk was to wait 20 more years for a railroad line.

Although he brought energy and resourcefulness to the position, he was unable to solve the problem of material shortages and poorly-regulated railroads.

Although the action around Cumberland was tactically inconclusive, Kelley's stand likely saved the town from being burned and greater damage being inflicted on the railroads.

Although the Civil War saw heavy damage to railroads such as the Georgia Railroad, management used their considerable resources to restore operation as quickly as possible.