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Less formal than the dining room, this dining area just off the kitchen and family room, offers plenty of light to entertain informally or have space to spread out the latest projects or Sunday paper.
Contractor of the Year Award for Additions 2005
Chrysalis Award for Additon 2006
Featured in Simply Perfect Additions - Better Homes & Gardens Mag Spring 2007
Settled in the late 18th Century by the Clay family, White Hall was built as a simple Georgian-style two-story brick farmhouse in 1798 by General Green Clay, with a kitchen wing being added in the early 19th Century to the side of the house. The house’s character changed radically with a major addition being undertaken to the side and rear of the original structure between 1861 and 1865, under the direction of architect Thomas Lewinski, which massively expanded the size of the house into a grand three-story mansion, and remodeled it in the then-popular Italianate style, with some Romanesque and Gothic details. The property around the house also includes multiple outbuildings, the oldest of which is the stone Georgian-style summer kitchen, built in 1790, with most of the other outbuildings being built between 1798 and 1865 of logs, rough-cut heavy timber, and locally quarried stone.
The main wing of the mansion features a red running bond brick exterior, hipped low-slope roof with multiple gables, Gothic brackets at the wide overhanging eaves, corbeling below the roofline, a central tower with a front gable roof, troifoil window, and paired arched one-over-one double-hung windows, a third floor balcony with brackets and a cast iron railing, a cast iron railing at the second floor, and a first floor entrance porch with decorative Gothic trim, brackets, paired square columns, stone floor and double entry door, and painted walls, a rusticated stone base, pilasters between the window bays and at the corners, arched windows at the third floor gables and second floor window openings, stone lintels and sills, and casement windows on the third floor of the rear facade. The house also has a rear ell, built in 1798 of flemish bond brick, which was the original Georgian-style farmhouse. The rear ell features a five-bay facade with two bays integrated into the main wing, a side gable roof with a steeper pitch than the main wing of the house, six-over-nine, four-over-four, two-over-two, and nine-over-six, decorative brackets at the eaves and decorative chimney stacks, added when the house was renovated and expanded in the 1860s, a stone block base, stone lintels and sills, and stone belt coursing between the first and second floors. The original front entrance porch/portico was replaced during a later renovation with an enclosed sun porch with massive four-over-four and two-over-two double-hung windows, a cornice with modillions and dentils, a low-slope hipped roof, and corner fluted corinthian pilasters. The rear-most ell of the house, which is two stories tall but has a much lower roofline, was built as a kitchen and service wing onto the house in the early 19th Century, and features a more rustic flemish bond brick exterior, a rear porch with an arched opening at the end wall, four-over-four and nine-over-six windows, belt coursing between the first and second floors, a stone block base, a decorative chimney added during the 1860s renovations, and stone lintels and sills on the principal facade. The house has an asymmetrical exterior, but appears picturesque, and has various layers of history very easily visible.
The house was home to General Green Clay (1757-1828) from the 1790s until his passing. Clay, a native of Virginia and early resident of Kentucky, surveyed much of the eastern and central parts of the state, and owned massive tracts of land in what is now the Kentucky Bluegrass, and was one of the wealthiest men in Kentucky during his lifetime. Green Clay owned slaves and ran a plantation out of White Hall. Upon Green Clay’s death, the estate was divided among his heirs, with his son, Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), inheriting the lands that included White Hall. Cassius Marcellus Clay, an abolitionist, freed all the slaves he inherited upon his father’s death, and helped found the town of Berea, Kentucky, donating ten acres of his lands in Madison County to abolitionist John G. Fee, whom founded Berea College in 1855. Clay was a supporter of the Republican Party in the 1850s and 1860s, being appointed as an ambassador to Russia by President Abraham Lincoln, during which time Clay’s wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay, oversaw the renovations and expansion of the house. Clay ended up staying in Washington, DC during the outbreak of the Civil War, rallying 300 volunteers to guard the White House and US Naval Yard from potential confederate attack, as no federal troops were stationed in the city when the war broke out. Following the deployment of federal troops to guard the city, Clay departed for Russia, where he served as ambassador, securing Russia’s alliance with the union government of the United States, and was instrumental in having Russia issue an edict to the United Kingdom and France declaring Russia’s support for the union and opposition to any potential aid that the other countries would give to the Confederacy. Cassius Marcellus Clay returned to the United States in 1862, where he heavily influenced President Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Clay then returned to Russia in 1863, where he remained until 1869, assisting in William H. Seward’s endeavor to purchase Alaska.
Cassius Marcellus Clay was the father of two prominent women’s rights activists, Mary Barr Clay (1839-1924) and Laura Clay (1849-1941), both of whom pushed for women’s rights to vote and act as free agents in society. Both women were prominent supporters of women’s suffrage in the state of Kentucky and the south as a whole.
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was the birth name of world heavyweight championship boxer Muhammad Ali, whose father had been named in tribute to Clay. However, Muhammad Ali later rejected his birth name name as being a “slaveholder’s name” of someone who “held onto white supremacy” that he felt he did not identify with, heavily influenced by his involvement with the Nation of Islam, a controversial Black Nationalist organization.
The house became part of the Kentucky State Park System in 1968, and was restored with assistance from the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation and Beula C. Nunn, wife of then-governor Louie B. Nunn. The house opened to the public in 1971 as a house museum. Unfortunately, despite the house’s historic significance, due to declining attendance and a decline in heritage tourism in general, the house was handed over to Eastern Kentucky University in 2019 as a cost-saving measure. However, the house remains open for tours and events.
This is a remodeling project under construction by Brock Builders. We are general contractors in Asheville.
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Made with (codename) Flint, a C++ framework being developed by Barbarian Group.
Working on a new sample project. Basically, Andrew is suggesting things for me to try in C++ that are just out of my comfort zone. It is like an evolving quiz.
What you see are 20,000 particles being pulled by a combination of gravitational forces and orbital forces.
All of the fields are placed manually with mouse clicks. Runs in realtime.
One of the roughest looking commercial additions in Sac with an actual tenant business still operating (quite ironically as a place for all of your technological needs!).
Wan's Digital Center
1914 16th Street
Sacramento, California
On the 1900 block of 16th Street alone, there are four commercial additions including a new sharp and snappy tailor and alterations shop and a humdrum-looking Subway with a faded vinyl banner facing the northbound one-way traffic. The other one is vacant with boarded windows, but still looks better than this.
In addition to our experiments with combining L.A.S.E.R. Tag with Light Painting we also made a lot of separate light paintings that night. One of the blokes had made a pair of "light-swords" with cheap china LED strings and was equipped with dozens of sparklers.
The setting really did set the mood. Being one of the oldest industrial districts in Aalborg it offered a wealth of inspiring opportunities to incorporate the surroundings into the artworks.
A really creative night it was.
Photo by Kristoffer Munk - Lightpainting by Mark and Kristoffer Munk
This green background image can be copied, full frame, onto the Atlantic Master image. Although not explicitly a perfect overlay, it is a remarkable addition where I believe the Athenians, the Romans, and the Egyptians would disguise their navigation maps into their mythologies, and this is a vivid example. The "disk portion" overlays a massive circular habitat, the arms and legs follows the contours of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and many, many other geographic features. In fact, circular cities, roads, rivers, and convergences become highlighted as you move the image above and below the Atlantic Master in Photoshop.
I suggest making this image "Layer 3", evacuating the green with the wand tool, then toggling above and below the Atlantic Master image "Layer 1".
Now, for the deep historians and researchers, let me add my amateur, non-academic theories.
The discus thrower, along with the "Dying Celt" to be shown later, was a historical insult of the highest magnitude, by the Greeks.
He is throwing the Aten sun disk symbol, which represented the most sacred Sun Symbol of certain elements of the Egyptian religious cults. In fact, Aken-aten, aka Imhotep 4, aka "Joseph the 4th", aka Kar-nek-kah-teh-quot-shu-ti, aka Connecticut, was considered the "Heretic King" for which he was overthrown, and his folowers ostracized. The Greeks made a point of throwing his singular "Sun disk" God theory out of the picture, and besides, the Gods destroyed the entire Aten kingdom in rising waters. What kind of powerless, ridiculous God is it that Mother Earth and Father Sky destroy your whole kingdom? The same thing happened to the ancient Godhead called Osiris, who could have been another form of Aten. The Greeks, like the Egyptian priests of Amun, tossed out the whole concept of a single God, hence the Discus Thrower insult.
And note: there is a vageuly similar, indirect relationship between the "single God Aten Disk religion", Imhotep4/Joseph 4, and Semitic/Judaic tribes which were evolving in parallel theologies of a singular God.
The position of the Aten disk in this image perfectly overlays a massive, circular human habitat, spoked location just south of Greenland, and is most definitly the home of "Aten", now at 10,000 feet down.
If you look carefully in the Bermuda area of the Atlantic Master map, you will see many laser-beam roads, some geometric figures such as a perfect 30-60-90 triangle laid out in roads/highways, now at up to 17,000 feet deep. Bermuda, aka Pera Maata, aka Temple of Maat/Truth, aka Pyramid, was a magnificent island tower, covered in sparkling white limestone, and I believe this is the mythical "Sparkling White Mountain" of ancient legends.
Yes, human built roads, structures, habitats are saturated throughout these images, which can only mean the viewer is looking back on 50,000 to 100,000 years of human habitat construction. The other side of that theory is that places like Manhattan, New York, would be 10 to 17,000 feet high in altitude, where no vegetation could grow, where few humans could survive, where 1 mile of ice was set to be, in what we call, "the ice age".
You can believe or disbelieve all that I say, I am a non-academic, amateur, tourist, who loves research and historical evidence of our ancestors.
This Venice beach bungalow was never updated since first built in the 50's. We gutted the entire interior, increase the home's size by about 50% and finished it in warm, sun washed colors. The maple kitchen cabinets and hardwood match the stainless steel appliances, the doors and windows are all stain grade and the master bathroom has his/hers shower and a large whirlpool tub. This project was featured in a national magazine in a 6-page story!
From The Spectrum, 2014, Department of Political Science Magazine:
"The Perkins Project began renovations on the original 1928 and 1948 addition of the
Perkins Library after receiving a $13.6 million pledge from alumni David M. Rubenstein. After almost 80 years of residence in the Perkins Library theses renovations forced the department of Political Science to relocate to the Gross Chemistry building; best known by its former name “Gross Chem”. The Gross Chemistry building opened its doors in 1968 and was dedicated to Paul Gross who served as the Chemistry department chair from 1921-1948.
Renovations, to what is now called the Gross Hall for Innovative, began almost three years earlier and opened its second floor to the department in July 2013. It is also home to several Arts & Sciences classrooms, the Energy Initiative, Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), the Pratt School of Engineering Jennifer West Lab, and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI).
The forty-five year old building received a face-lift from Lambert Architecture & Interiors. Architect Sam Binkley explains that the building is an example of mid-century "Brutalist" architecture. In spite of its stark forms and materials true to its style and period, the facade still carried some mid-century conceptualization of Gothic design with the stone clad vertical stair towers that resemble "spires." The scope of the exterior renovations included recoating the entire exterior to clean and brighten the building as well as modifications to the exterior skin of the South facade of the second and third floors. The North and South facades were originally clad with concrete panels with a pebble texture. The objective was to replace these panels with glass panels in the same rhythm to respect the original design. This would allow the newly renovated interior spaces access to light and offer views to the exterior. A specialty coating of white pin dots, called "frit" was applied to the glass to reduce the light glare from the exterior and to more closely mimic the light color of the concrete panels that the glass units replaced. At night, there is a dramatic reversal with interior light creating a glowing effect showing the vibrancy of the new interior and use of the building. Binkley further explains that Lambert was also tasked with enhancing the approach to the building. A pedestrian bridge was constructed along the path from the center of campus (the Bryan Center) to the main entry of Gross Hall. The bridge was designed to avoid descending, then having to ascend the steep slope on approach from Science Drive. Duke stone (see page 30) and painted metal railing, as well as the Duke standard lamp posts pull the beauty of campus into the walk to Gross Hall.
This work was completed concurrently with interior renovations designed by Loard Aeck Sargent-Chapel Hill (LAS) with LeChase Construction as general contractor. LeChase Project Manager Zack Gibson tells us that the fate of the Gross Chemistry building was very questionable during the early stages of discussion. Determining what best served and represented Duke University included discussion of demolishing the existing structure and starting over. Because the building is located in a prime location for visual exposure and the structure of the building was solid, it was determined that reusing the building structure for interior development while enhancing the visual aesthetics and accessibility to the building would be the focus of attention. LeChase’s services associated with Gross Hall began with the renovations of the first floor to become the Energy HUB. Once completed, all parties were convinced that this building could certainly provide aesthetic and functional space with modern technology and flexibility required for today’s research, learning, and teaching environments. Gibson stated that the building’s 2nd and 3rd floors were in dire need of modification since the existing space was outdated and provided little flexibility for the changing educational and research environments. All existing walls, roof, and MEP systems (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) were completely demolished to the existing structure in preparation for a new floor plan with modern enhancements. Along with all new plumbing, mechanical, and electrical services and equipment, the newly installed layout provides contemporary spaces for research, teaching, conference and office space. In addition, a new 20’ x 60’ skylight was installed to support daylight into the center core of the building. This is quite a magnificent architectural addition to the building as well as a structure marvel requiring expertise and great precision for installation."
Photo by Shaun King, Duke Political Science Multimedia Specialist
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out for one of my walks in Ladd's Addition and enjoying the last fall of the leaves.
camera: Hasselblad 500 CM
film: kodak portra 400
The Chennakeshava Temple, (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ) originally called Vijayanarayana Temple (Kannada: ವಿಜಯನಾರಾಯಣ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ), was built on the banks of the Yagachi River in Belur, by the Hoysala Empire King Vishnuvardhana. Belur, which was an early Hoysala capital is in the Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. It is 40 km from Hassan city and 220 km from Bangalore. Chennakesava (lit, "handsome Kesava") is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Belur is well known for its marvelous temples built during the rule of the Hoysala dynasty, making it and nearby Halebidu favored tourist destinations in Karnataka state. These temple complexes have been proposed to be listed under UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
HISTORY
The temple was commissioned by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 AD. Scholars are divided about the reasons for the construction of the temple. The military successes of Vishnuvardhana is considered a probable reason. Some scholars believe Vishnuvardhana commissioned the temple to surpass his overlord, King Vikramaditya VI of the Western Chalukya Empire (who ruled from Basavakalyan), after his initial military victories against the Chalukyas. According to another theory, Vishnuvardhana was celebrating his famous victory against the Chola dynasty of Tamil country in the battle of Talakad (1116 AD), which resulted in the annexation of Gangavadi (modern southern Karnataka) by the Hoysalas. Another theory points to Vishnuvardhana's conversion from Jainism to Vaishnavism (a sect of Hinduism) after coming under the influence of saint Ramanujacharya, considering this is a predominantly Vaishnava temple in sculptural iconography. The Hoysalas employed many noted architects and artisans who developed a new architectural tradition, which art critic Adam Hardy called the Karnata Dravida tradition. In all 118 inscriptions have been recovered from the temple complex, covering the period 1117 AD to the 18th century, giving historians details of the artists employed, grants made to the temple and renovations committed during later times.
TEMPLE COMPLEX
The main entrance to the complex is crowned by a Rayagopura (superstructure over entrance) built during the days of the Vijayanagar empire. Within the complex, the Chennakesava temple is at the centre, facing east, and is flanked by the Kappe Channigraya temple on its right, and a small Sowmyanayaki (form of the goddess Lakshmi) temple set slightly back. On its left, also set slightly back is the Ranganayaki (Andal) temple. Two main sthambha (pillar) exist here. The pillar facing the main temple, the Garuda (eagle) sthambha was erected in the Vijayanagar period while the pillar on the right, the Deepa sthambha (pillar with lamp) dates from the Hoysala period. This is the first great Hoysala temple, though according to the art critic and historian Settar, the artistic idiom and signature is still Western Chalukyan. Hence, the over-decoration which is seen in later Hoysala temples (including the Hoysaleswara temple at Halebidu and the Keshava temple at Somanathapura) is not visible here. According to Settar, during later years, the Hoysala art took an inclination towards craftsmanship, with a weakness for minutia. The Chennakesava temple has three entrances and their doorways have decorated sculptures called dvarapalaka (doorkeepers) on either side. While the Kappe Channigraya temple is smaller than the Chennakesava temple, it is architecturally significant, though it lacks any sculptural features. The Kappe Chennigraya temple became a dvikuta (two shrined temple) with the later addition of a shrine to its original plan. The original shrine has a star-shaped plan while the additional shrine is a simple square. The image inside is also that of Kesava ( a form of the god Krishna) and was commissioned by Shantala Devi, the noted queen of King Vishnuvardhana.
TEMPLE PLAN
The building material used in the Chennakesava temple is chloritic schist, more commonly known as (soapstone) or potstone, and is essentially a simple Hoysala plan built with extraordinary detail. What differentiates this temple from other Hoysala temples of the same plan is the unusually large size of the basic parts of the temple. The temple is a ekakuta vimana design (single shrine) of 10.5 m by 10.5 m size. A large vestibule connects the shrine to the mandapa (hall) which is one of the main attractions of the temple. The mandapa has 60 "bays" (compartments). The superstructure (tower or Sikhara) on top of the vimana has been lost over time. The temple is built on a jagati (platform for circumabulation). There is one flight of steps leading to the jagati and another flight of steps to the mantapa. The jagati provides the devotee the opportunity to do a pradakshina (circumambulation) around the temple before entering it. The jagati carefully follows the staggered square design of the mantapa and the star shape of the shrine. The mantapa here was originally an open one. A visitor would have been able to see the ornate pillars of the open mantapa from the platform. According to art critic Gerard Foekema, the mantapa is perhaps the most magnificent one in all of medieval India. The open mantapa was converted into a closed one after about fifty years, during the Hoysala rule. This was done by erecting walls with pierced window screens. The window screens are on top of 2 m high walls. There are twenty eight such windows, with star-shaped perforations and bands of foliage, figures and mythological subjects. On one such screen, King Vishnuvardhana and his queen Shanatala Devi are depicted. Another icon depicts the king in a standing posture.
SHRINE
The vimana (shrine) is at the back of the mantapa. Each side of the vimana measures 10.5 m and has five vertical sections. Each vertical section comprises a large double storeyed niche in the centre and two heavy pillar-like sections on either side. The two pillar-like sections adjoining the niche are rotated about their vertical axis to produce a star-shaped plan for the shrine. The pillar-like section and the niche bear many ornate sculptures, belonging to an earlier style. There are some sixty large sculptures of deities from both Vaishnava and Shaiva faiths. From the shape of the vimana it has been inferred that the tower above it would have been of the Bhumija style when it existed and not the regular star shaped tower that followed the shape of the vimana. The Bhumija towers, which are intact on the miniature shrines at the entrance of the hall are actually a type of nagara (North Indian) tower, being curvilinear in shape. This shape of tower is quite uncommon in pure dravidian architecture. The shrine has a life size (about 6 ft) image of Keshava (a form of Vishnu) with four hands. Each hand holds an attribute; the discus (chakra), the mace (gadha), the lotus-flower (padma) and the conch (Shanka), in clockwise direction. The entrance to the shrine is flanked by life size sculptures of door guardians (dvarapalaka).
PILLARS & SCULPTURES
The pillars inside the hall are an attraction and the most popular one is the Narasimha pillar which at one time could have revolved on its ball bearings. According to the historian Kamath, there is a rich diversity about the pillar styles here. While all the forty eight pillars are unique and the many ceiling sections are well decorated, nothing surpasses the finish of the four central pillars and the ceiling they support. These pillars may have been hand chiseled while the others were lathe turned. All of these four pillars bear madanikas (Salabhanjika–celestial damsels). There are 42 of them in the temple complex, one each on the four central pillars inside the hall and the remaining 38 are outside, between the eaves on the outer walls of the hall. They are also called shilabalika and represent the ideal female form. They are depicted in various forms, such as dancers, musicians and drummers, and are rarely erotic in nature. Some madanikas that usually are popular with tourists are the Darpana Sundari (lit,"beauty with mirror"), "The lady with the parrot", "The huntress" and Bhasma mohini. Other interesting sculptures inside the mantapa are Sthamba buttalika (pillar with an image in frieze) which is more in the Chola style indicating that the Hoysalas may have employed Chola craftsman along with locals. These images have less decor than regular Hoysala sculptures, the mohini pillar being an example.
At the base of the outer walls are friezes of charging elephants (six hundred and fifty of them) which symbolize stability and strength, above which are lions which symbolize courage, and further up are horses which symbolize speed. Above the horses are panels with floral designs signifying beauty above which are sculptures with depictions from the Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. According to Kamath, this style of articulation is called horizontal treatment with friezes. Hoysala artisans preferred to be discreet about eroticism, mingling miniature erotic sculptures in not so conspicuous places such as recesses and niches. Sculptures depict daily life in a broad sense.
The doorways to the mantapa have on both sides an image of "Sala" slaying a lion. Historian Kamath claims this is a tiger. Though Sala is known to be the founder of the Hoysala empire in popular legend, there is no support for this theory from scholars such as D.M. Durrett, B.R. Joshi and Hayavadhana Rao. Normally this image is placed on the sukanasi (tower over the vestibule) adjoining the main tower. Legend has it that Sala killed the lion (or tiger) which was about to pounce on a meditating saint who sought Sala's help. Some historians speculate that the legend may have gained importance after King Vishnuvardhana's victory over the Chola dynasty in the battle of Talakad, the tiger being the royal emblem of the Cholas.
Other important sculptures here are the Narasimha (a form of Vishnu) image in the south western corner, Gajasurasamhara (Hindu god Shiva slaying demon in form of elephant) on the western side, the winged Garuda, a consort of the god Vishnu standing facing the temple, dancing Kali (a form of Durga), a seated Ganesha (son of Shiva), a boy with an umbrella and a king (the Vamana Avatar or incarnation of Vishnu), Ravana shaking Mount Kailash, Durga slaying demon Mahishasura, standing Brahma, Varaha (avatar of Vishnu), Shiva dancing on demon (Andhakasura), Bhairava (avatar of Shiva), Pandava prince Arjuna shooting a fish seeing its reflection, and the Sun god Surya. The sculptural style of the wall images bear similarities with wall sculptures in contemporary temples of northern Karnataka and adjacent Maharashtra.
ARTISTS
The Hoysala artists, unlike other medieval artists, preferred to sign their work in the form of inscriptions. In doing so, they sometimes revealed details about themselves, their families, guilds and place of origin. Stone inscriptions and copper plate inscriptions provide more information about them. Ruvari Mallitamma was a prolific artist to whom more than 40 sculptures are attributed. Dasoja and his son Chavana who were from Balligavi in modern Shimoga district made important contributions. Chavana is credited with the work on five madanikas and Dasoja accomplished four of them. Malliyanna and Nagoja created birds and animals in their sculptures. Artists such as Chikkahampa and Malloja are credited with some of the sculptures in the mantapa.
WIKIPEDIA
These two are very loving and playful. They enjoy the attention from everyone.
And quite smart. They've overcome every temporary barrier erected for them.
:-D
The latest addition to the Iron Maiden franchise.
Commercial description.
"The limited edition beer, designed once again by Iron Maiden vocalist and ale aficionado Bruce Dickinson together with Robinsons’ Head Brewer Martyn Weeks, is a modern take on a recipe that dates back to the 1850’s; a time when porter style beer was becoming increasingly popular in Britain."
And it's not at all bad. Plenty of toasted flavours. It may be better drank not too chilled in front of a roaring log fire.
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Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI
Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-w
Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.
Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.
Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.
Alfa Romeo is expanding its model range with the addition of its MITO, the Italian alternative to the successful MINI. Design, style, character, performance, agility and fun to drive should grant the new, small, Alfa Romeo sales of some 80,000 units per year world-wide. The MITO has been designed under the direction of Austrian designer Wolfgang Egger, now head of Audi design.
A new addition for the Ghost Bus Tours for 2017 is RML 2624, Park Royal bodied AEC long wheelbase 1967 AEC Routemaster NML 624E, having only been converted and re-trimmed in the early summer. As per other ghost buses, seating capacity has been reduced as the seats are arranged into facing clusters, whilst large screens front and back in the saloons show information relating to the tour - which in York combines travel on the bus to locations around the city followed by a ghost walk around the area of interest before returning to the bus. Although this did operate briefly in London immediately after conversion it has since moved up to York in time for Haloween, I would assume that the city's reputation for being haunted makes the tour quite profitable so that a slightly larger bus is required - in fact since this bus has moved here, each time I go past the stop just before the tour arrives, there is usually a queue of 30-50 people waiting. Seen at the Leeman Road layby
Canon EOS 55
From Wikipedia with additions from me:
The Canon EOS 50 (also known as the ELAN II in the USA and the EOS 55 in Japan) is an autofocus, autoexposure 35mm SLR camera. It was aimed at the advanced amateur market, and featured a rear command dial, support for custom functions, and an optional BP-50 battery grip, with a dedicated portrait shutter release. The BP-50 could take two standard 2CR5 batteries or 8x standard AA batteries in a removable tray. The body was constructed of structural plastic, with the lens mount and top deck enclosed in an aluminium cover.
Three variants of the camera were produced, each of which was available with a quartz date imprint back. The basic model was the EOS 50. The EOS 50E variant introduced an enhanced version of the 3-zone eye-controlled autofocus system that was first seen on the EOS 5 camera. The Japan-only EOS 55 was available in an all-black version – rather than the standard black and silver colour scheme – and included a panorama option. Sliding the button at the bottom of the rear of the camera causes panels to mask off all of the negative except for a 13 x 36mm strip in the middle.
The EOS 50 was also the first camera to implement Canon's E-TTL flash system. Canon's previous TTL system metered light reflected from the film onto a sensor during the actual exposure. E-TTL on the other hand fires a low-intensity pre-flash before exposure, and meters the reflected light through the camera's normal metering system.
Sales of the EOS 50 began in September 1995, and ended after the introduction of the replacement model, the EOS 30 in October 2000.
The EOS 55 pictured was made available in the UK via Jessops and in very limited numbers. I bought it as I liked to play with the optional crop panorama feature which was switchable mid-roll. In my humble opinions, it remains a very beautiful camera for the era and was probably my favourite SLR film camera.
Photographed with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V, available window light.
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After the Flaglers death, Whitehall (The Flagler Museum) was sold to investors and an addition was built to the house. The building was opened in 1925 as the Whitehall Hotel.
A pretty church, not large, but with some interesting features. The oldest part
is the norman south doorway and there are three major memorials and a good C15
screen.
However Pevsner makes no mention of the wall paintings, surviving mainly in the
north aisle and presumably a recent find?
Listing Information (Grade II*)
Mid-C12 with major additions of circa 1300 and of the late C15; further additions of the C18/early C19; restored 1876. C12 coursed sandstone rubble and late C15 ashlar; plain tile roof over the north aisle; the other roofs are hidden behind the parapet. West tower with diagonal buttresses, 4-bay nave with north aisle incorporating a western vestry, 2-bay chancel with diagonal buttresses.
West tower: late C15. 4 stages: plinth with moulded coping, moulded third stage and parapet strings and a crenellated parapet with continuous coping around the merlons and embrasures. West door with 4-centred arch, 2 hollow-moulded orders, and a heavily crocketed hood mould. Pointed 3-light window above with cinquefoil cusping and panel tracery. Trefoil-headed loops to the third stage and pointed 2-light belfry openings with cinquefoil cusping and panel tracery. All windows have heavily crocketed hood moulds including the staircase loops at the south-west corner. On the south side of the tower is a niche with crocketed nodding ogee arch flanked by finials.
Nave and north aisle: C12 south door with half-roll and chevron moulded arch within a C18 brick (Flemish bond) porch with stone coped gable. The entrance to the porch has a semi-circular arch springing from imposts, with a raised keystone. To the left is a C19 tall 3-light mullioned window and to the right 3 C15 clerestory windows each with 3 trefoil-headed lights and hollow-moulded surrounds. The north aisle is of circa 1300. It has a nail-studded door with semi-circular head, and 2 C19 rectangular windows. Early C19 single-bay vestry extension to the west in a Gothick style: large pointed north window of 4 lights with intersecting tracery incorporating an ogee arch, and ogee moulded surround. 3-light west window with intersecting tracery and pointed west door with raised surround.
Chancel: blocked C12 loop with semi-circular head, roughly in the centre of the north side. The south side retains the head of a similar loop towards the west end above the existing priest's door. This latter is a C14 or C15 insertion and has a pointed head. Like the nave the chancel was given a clerestory in the late C15. The windows have 3 trefoil-headed lights beneath a 4-centred arch and a hollow-moulded surround. C15 east window of 4 trefoil-headed lights beneath a 4-centred arch. Both nave and chancel have a continuous parapet with moulded string and coping.
Interior: north arcade of circa 1300 with pointed arches of 2 chamfered orders on octagonal columns with moulded capitals. Tall C15 pointed tower arch with outer sunk-chamfered order and inner wide ogee-moulded order, both interrupted by moulded imposts. Late C15 chancel arch of 2 orders with similar imposts to those of the tower arch. Squint between north aisle and chancel (restored). Both nave and chancel have plastered ceilings with exposed tie beams.
Fittings: C18 baluster font. C19 octagonal font with panelled basin on a squat pedestal, and a conical Gothick style font cover. C19 pine benches with traceried ends. Late C17 pulpit, square with canted corners. The sides have fielded panels; the narrow ones contain twisted baluster-shafts and the principal sides cherubs' heads. C15 chancel screen of 2:1:2 bays. The solid lower panels have trefoiled arches with rendant cusps. 4-centred open arches over the panel tracery; colonette shafts between the bays; the middle rail is decorated with paterae. C19 stalls with elaborate poppyheads. C19 altar rail with trefoil headed arcading on shafts.
Monuments: chancel: Sir Richard Bingham, died 1476, and his wife Margeret; floor slab with brass effigies of a man and woman. Dorothy Fitzherbert, died 1507; brass plate and heraldic shield within an arched recess. Lord Edward Ridgway, second son of Thomas Earl of Londonderry, died 1638; kneeling effigy dressed in armour within a round-headed recess flanked by Corinthian columns on brackets; surmounted by a central achievement
of arms and other heraldic devices to left and right. Francis Willoughby, died 1665, and his wife Cassandra, died 1675; very tall and elaborate wall monument. Outer semi-circular arched recess containing an aedicule with segmental pediment surmounted by an achievement of arms; pilasters decorated with trailing leaves, cartouches at the feet and skulls in the capitals; centrepiece of 3 putti with a garlanded urn above. North aisle: Samuel and Benjamin White, died 1688 and 1685; 2 busts within a recess with curtains to the sides and segmental pediment above. Anne Budd, died 1718; oval tablet with urn on top.
Stained glass: south window by Kempe.
Another view of this great Victorian house. Built - 1871. It sits directly behind the old Trinity Episcopal Church and as it turns out it was the Trinity Parish House. The structure was moved to this site to make room for the church building. The picturesquely massed frame house was built by Reuben Porter for local newspaperman Carroll Earll Smith. The multicolored tile roof with an elaborate ornate cornice, pointed-arch openings and Eastlake detailing distinguish the building. When the church was built Trinity Episcopal Church bought the building for use as a parish house. It looks as if additions were added on behind the house. The site is now owned by the Faith By Love Church. Located at 523 West Onondaga Street in Syracuse, NY. (behind the church building). (271)
The Red Fort was the residence of the Mughal emperor of India for nearly 200 years, until 1857. It is located in the centre of Delhi and houses a number of museums. In addition to accommodating the emperors and their households, it was the ceremonial and political centre of Mughal government and the setting for events critically impacting the region.
The Red Fort was built as the fortified palace of Shahjahanabad, capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, in 1648. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to the older Salimgarh Fort, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546. The imperial apartments consist of a row of pavilions, connected by a water channel known as the Stream of Paradise (Nahr-i-Behisht). The Red Fort is considered to represent the zenith of Mughal creativity under Shah Jahan. Although the palace was planned according to Islamic prototypes, each pavilion contains architectural elements typical of Mughal buildings, reflecting a fusion of Timurid, Persian and Hindu traditions. The Red Fort’s innovative architectural style, including its garden design, influenced later buildings and gardens in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kashmir, Braj, Rohilkhand and elsewhere. With the Salimgarh Fort, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of the Red Fort Complex.
The Red Fort is an iconic symbol of India. On Independence Day, the prime minister hoists the national flag at the main gate of the fort and delivers a nationally-broadcast speech from its ramparts.
NAME
Its English name, "Red Fort", is a translation of the Hindustani Lal Quila (لال قلعہ, लाल क़िला) deriving from its red-sandstone walls. As the residence of the imperial family, the fort was originally known as the "Blessed Fort" (Quila-i-Mubarak). Agra Fort is also called Lal Quila.
HISTORY
Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort in 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi. Its design is credited to architect Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The fort lies along the Yamuna River, which fed the moats surrounding most of the walls. Construction began in the sacred month of Muharram, on 13 May 1638. Supervised by Shah Jahan, it was completed in 1648. Unlike other Mughal forts, the Red Fort's boundary walls are asymmetrical to contain the older Salimgarh Fort. The fortress-palace was a focal point of the medieval city of Shahjahanabad, which is present-day Old Delhi. Its planning and aesthetics represent the zenith of Mughal creativity prevailing during Shah Jahan's reign. His successor Aurangzeb added the Pearl Mosque to the emperor's private quarters, constructing barbicans in front of the two main gates to make the entrance to the palace more circuitous.
The administrative and fiscal structure of the Mughals declined after Aurangzeb, and the 18th century saw a degeneration of the palace. When Jahandar Shah took over the Red Fort in 1712, it had been without an emperor for 30 years. Within a year of beginning his rule, Shah was murdered and replaced by Farukhsiyar. To raise money, the silver ceiling of the Rang Mahal was replaced by copper during this period. Muhammad Shah, known as 'Rangila' (the Colourful) for his interest in art, took over the Red Fort in 1719. In 1739, Persian emperor Nadir Shah easily defeated the Mughal army, plundering the Red Fort including the Peacock Throne. Nadir Shah returned to Persia after three months, leaving a destroyed city and a weakened Mughal empire to Muhammad Shah. The internal weakness of the Mughal empire made the Mughals titular heads of Delhi, and a 1752 treaty made the Marathas protectors of the throne at Delhi. The 1758 Maratha conquest of Lahore and Peshawar placed them in conflict with Ahmad Shah Durrani. In 1760, the Marathas removed and melted the silver ceiling of the Diwan-i-Khas to raise funds for the defence of Delhi from the armies of Ahmed Shah Durrani. In 1761, after the Marathas lost the third battle of Panipat, Delhi was raided by Ahmed Shah Durrani. Ten years later, Shah Alam ascended the throne in Delhi with Maratha support. In 1783 the Sikh Misl Karorisinghia, led by Baghel Singh Dhaliwal, conquered Delhi and the Red Fort. The Sikhs agreed to restore Shah Alam as emperor and retreat from the fort if the Mughals would build and protect seven Gurudwaras in Delhi for the Sikh gurus.
During the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, forces of British East India Company defeated Maratha forces in the Battle of Delhi; this ended Maratha rule of the city and their control of the Red Fort. After the battle, the British took over the administration of Mughal territories and installed a Resident at the Red Fort. The last Mughal emperor to occupy the fort, Bahadur Shah II, became a symbol of the 1857 rebellion against the British in which the residents of Shahjahanbad participated.
Despite its position as the seat of Mughal power and its defensive capabilities, the Red Fort was not defended during the 1857 uprising against the British. After the rebellion failed, Bahadur Shah II left the fort on 17 September and was apprehended by British forces. He returned to Red Fort as a prisoner of the British, was tried in 1858 and exiled to Rangoon on 7 October of that year. With the end of Mughal reign, the British sanctioned the systematic plunder of valuables from the fort's palaces. All furniture was removed or destroyed; the harem apartments, servants' quarters and gardens were destroyed, and a line of stone barracks built. Only the marble buildings on the east side at the imperial enclosure escaped complete destruction, but were looted and damaged. While the defensive walls and towers were relatively unharmed, more than two-thirds of the inner structures were destroyed by the British; steps were later taken by Lord Curzon to repair some damage.
1911 saw the visit of the British king and queen for the Delhi Durbar. In preparation of the visit, some buildings were restored. The Red Fort Archaeological Museum was also moved from the drum house to the Mumtaz Mahal.
The INA trials, also known as the Red Fort Trials, refer to the courts-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army. The first was held between November and December 1945 at the Red Fort.
On 15 August 1947, the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian national flag above the Lahore Gate. On each subsequent Independence Day, the prime minister has raised the flag and given a speech that is broadcast nationally.
After Indian Independence the site experienced few changes, and the Red Fort continued to be used as a military cantonment. A significant part of the fort remained under Indian Army control until 22 December 2003, when it was given to the Archaeological Survey of India for restoration. In 2009 the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP), prepared by the Archaeological Survey of India under Supreme Court directions to revitalise the fort, was announced.
As the largest monument in Delhi, is one of its most popular tourist destinations and attracts thousands of visitors every year.
THE FORT TODAY
Every year on 15 August (the day India achieved independence from the British), the Prime Minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally-broadcast speech from its ramparts. The Red Fort, the largest monument in Delhi, is one of its most popular tourist destinations and attracts thousands of visitors every year.
A sound and light show describing Mughal history is a tourist attraction in the evenings. The major architectural features are in mixed condition; the extensive water features are dry. Some buildings are in fairly-good condition, with their decorative elements undisturbed; in others, the marble inlaid flowers have been removed by looters. The tea house, although not in its historical state, is a working restaurant. The mosque and hamam are closed to the public, although visitors can peer through their glass windows or marble latticework. Walkways are crumbling, and public toilets are available at the entrance and inside the park.
The Lahore Gate entrance leads to a mall with jewellery and craft stores. There are a museum of "blood paintings", depicting young 20th-century Indian martyrs and their stories, an archaeological museum and an Indian war-memorial museum. Although, Red Fort is still one of the most beautiful and well designed forts in the world.
ARCHITECTURE
The Red Fort has an area of 103.06 ha enclosed by 2.41 kilometres of defensive walls, punctuated by turrets and bastions and varying in height from 18 metres on the river side to 33 metres on the city side. The fort is octagonal, with the north-south axis longer than the east-west axis. The marble, floral decorations and double domes in the fort's buildings exemplify later Mughal architecture.
It showcases a high level of ornamentation, and the Kohinoor diamond was reportedly part of the furnishings. The fort's artwork synthesises Persian, European and Indian art, resulting in a unique Shahjahani style rich in form, expression and colour. Red Fort is one of the building complexes of India encapsulating a long period of history and its arts. Even before its 1913 commemoration as a monument of national importance, efforts were made to preserve it for posterity.
The Lahori and Delhi Gates were used by the public, and the Khizrabad Gate was for the emperor. The Lahore Gate is the main entrance, leading to a domed shopping area known as the Chatta Chowk (covered bazaar).
MAJOR STRUCTURES
The most-important surviving structures are the walls and ramparts, the main gates, the audience halls and the imperial apartments on the eastern riverbank.
LAHORI GATE
The Lahori Gate is the main gate to the Red Fort, named for its orientation towards the city of Lahore. During Aurangzeb's reign, the beauty of the gate was spoiled by the addition of bastions (Like a veil drawn across the face of a beautiful woman). Every Indian Independence Day since 1947, the national flag has flown and the Prime Minister has made a speech from its ramparts.
DELHI GATE
The Delhi Gate is the southern public gate, in layout and appearance similar to the Lahori Gate. Two life-size stone elephants, on either side of the gate, face each other.
WATER GATE
A minor gate, the Water Gate is at the southeastern end of the walls. It was formerly on the riverbank; although the river has changed course since the fort's construction, the name has remained.
CHHATTA CHOWK
Adjacent to the Lahori Gate is the Chhatta Chowk, where silk, jewellery and other items for the imperial household were sold during the Mughal period. The bazaar leads to an open outer court, where it crosses the large north-south street which originally divided the fort's military functions (to the west) from the palaces (to the east). The southern end of the street is the Delhi Gate.
NAUBAT KHANA
The vaulted arcade of the Chhatta Chowk ends in the centre of the outer court, which measured 160 m × 110 m. The side arcades and central tank were destroyed after the 1857 rebellion.
In the east wall of the court stands the now-isolated Naubat Khana (also known as Nakkar Khana), the drum house. Music was played at scheduled times daily next to a large gate, where everyone except royalty was required to dismount.
DIWAN-I-AAM
The inner main court to which the Nakkar Khana led was 160 m wide and 130 m deep, surrounded by guarded galleries. On the far side is the Diwan-i-Aam, the Public Audience Hall.
The hall's columns and engrailed arches exhibit fine craftsmanship, and the hall was originally decorated with white chunam stucco. In the back in the raised recess the emperor gave his audience in the marble balcony (jharokha).
The Diwan-i-Aam was also used for state functions. The courtyard (mardana) behind it leads to the imperial apartments.
NAHR-I-BEHISHT
The imperial apartments consist of a row of pavilions on a raised platform along the eastern edge of the fort, overlooking the Yamuna. The pavilions are connected by a canal, known as the Nahr-i-Behisht ("Stream of Paradise"), running through the centre of each pavilion. Water is drawn from the Yamuna via a tower, the Shahi Burj, at the northeast corner of the fort. The palace is designed to emulate paradise as described in the Quran. In the riverbed below the imperial apartments and connected buildings was a space known as zer-jharokha ("beneath the latticework").
MUMTAZ MAHAL
The two southernmost pavilions of the palace are zenanas (women's quarters), consisting of the Mumtaz Mahal and the larger Rang Mahal. The Mumtaz Mahal houses the Red Fort Archaeological Museum.
RANG MAHAL
The Rang Mahal housed the emperor's wives and mistresses. Its name means "Palace of Colours", since it was brightly painted and decorated with a mosaic of mirrors. The central marble pool is fed by the Nahr-i-Behisht.
KHAS MAHAL
The Khas Mahal was the emperor's apartment. Connected to it is the Muthamman Burj, an octagonal tower where he appeared before the people waiting on the riverbank.
DIWAN-I-KHAS
A gate on the north side of the Diwan-i-Aam leads to the innermost court of the palace (Jalau Khana) and the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audience). It is constructed of white marble, inlaid with precious stones. The once-silver ceiling has been restored in wood. François Bernier described seeing the jewelled Peacock Throne here during the 17th century. At either end of the hall, over the two outer arches, is an inscription by Persian poet Amir Khusrow:
If heaven can be on the face of the earth,
It is this, it is this, it is this.
HAMMAM
The hammam were the imperial baths, consisting of three domed rooms floored with white marble.
MOTI MASJID
West of the hammam is the Moti Masjid, the Pearl Mosque. A later addition, it was built in 1659 as a private mosque for Aurangzeb. It is a small, three-domed mosque carved in white marble, with a three-arched screen leading down to the courtyard.
HIRA MAHAL
The Hira Mahal is a pavilion on the southern edge of the fort, built under Bahadur Shah II and at the end of the Hayat Baksh garden. The Moti Mahal on the northern edge, a twin building, was destroyed during (or after) the 1857 rebellion.
SHAHI BURJ
The Shahi Burj was the emperor's main study of the; its name means "Emperor's Tower", and it originally had a chhatri on top. Heavily damaged, the tower is undergoing reconstruction. In front of it is a marble pavilion added by Aurangzeb.
HAYAT BAKHSH BAGH
The Hayat Bakhsh Bagh is the "Life-Bestowing Garden" in the northeast part of the complex. It features a reservoir (now dry) and channels, and at each end is a white marble pavilion (Savon and Bhadon). In the centre of the reservoir is the red-sandstone Zafar Mahal, added about 1842 under Bahadur Shah II.
Smaller gardens (such as the Mehtab Bagh or Moonlight Garden) existed west of it, but were destroyed when the British barracks were built. There are plans to restore the gardens. Beyond these, the road to the north leads to an arched bridge and the Salimgarh Fort.
PRINCES´ QUARTER
North of the Hayat Bakhsh Bagh and the Shahi Burj is the quarter of the imperial princes. This was used by member of the Mughal royal family and was largely destroyed by the British forces after the rebellion. One of the palaces was converted into a tea house for the soldiers.
WIKIPEDIA
Hagerstown, Indiana (September 10, 2012) The new Model T Ford Museum is slated to hold its grand opening during Richmond’s Octoberfest on September 28 at 6 p.m. The museum which was previously located in Centerville, Indiana near the Warm Glow Candle Factory for 5 years moved just a few miles east to Richmond, Indiana’s Historical Depot District this past spring.
Since the move to Richmond volunteers have been steadily preparing the museum’s new home, displays and vehicles for the event.
Today, a photo shoot for the Model T Museum’s newly acquired 1930 Pietenpol Sky Scout was held at the Hagerstown Airport.
The plan arrived at the airport around 10:00 a.m. this morning and was assembled by Model T enthusiasts and many of them brought their own Model Ts to use during the photo shoot.
One of the people there today was Mr. Jay Klehfoth who is the CEO and publisher of the Vintage Ford Magazine.
Jay is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to all things Model T. I was to learn he’s pretty knowledgeable in a lot of areas too. During our walk around of the plane Jay pointed out one of the parts for the engine had been made by a former factory in Richmond of all places. And there are many other special things about this airplane I’m sure he’ll be writing about in the next issue of the the Vintage Ford Magazine. He not only knew a lot about the Pietenpol Sky Scout plane that was being photographed for the magazine cover. He’s pretty sharp when it comes to airports too. He said that the Hagerstown airport were today’s photo shoot was done has the longest grass landing strip in the United States which to me made it the perfect place for today’s event.
This Pietenpol that will be on display at the museum is powered by a 20 HP Model T engine which was modified to include dual-ignition which is used in aviation. According to an article in the AntiqueAirfield.com website from September 10, 2012 there was only one original Pietenpol Sky Scout built by Bernard Pietenpol himself, and just two replicas. The article also said that all 3 were still flying.
The new Model T Ford Museum is going to be an exciting addition to what is one of Indiana’s grandest historical areas and a must in this part of the Midwest.
Richmond is a perfect place for any day trip. But, if you want to see all that Richmond has to offer you’ll need to plan on staying several days.
The Model T Ford Museum is located in Richmond’s Historic Depot District at 309 N 8th St, Richmond, IN 47374 - 765-488-0026.
Model T Ford Museum website: www.mtfca.com/clubpages/museum.htm
Additional Information:
The Model T Ford Club of America has nearly 8,000 families worldwide. Members are from all 50 states and 41 other countries.
The Vintage Ford Magazine is published bimonthly by the Model T Ford Club of America, 119 W. Main Street, Centerville, Indiana and is mailed to all members. Subscription rates are $35.00 per year (six issues) in the United States ($42.00 Canada and $44.00 elsewhere) and include member ship in the club.
All correspondence should be ad dressed to:
THE MODEL T FORD CLUB
OF AMERICA
P.O. Box 126
Centerville, IN 47330-0126
765-855-5248 fax 765-855-3428
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Raw Video: Prepping Pietenpol Sky Scout For Photo Shoot youtu.be/7_JnszAF8GA
Video: Pietenpol Sky Scout Photo Shoot youtu.be/h3m6ZWgNJMg
Video: Model T Ford Museum Grand Opening Set youtu.be/OwIiE5O1UQk
By David Bryce 1872-79 with (much) later additions by Foster and Partners 2005. Bryce pavilions: crowstepped gable over 2 centre bays of 3-storey N elevations of pavilions; large shoulder-arched windows to ends of wards and linking corridors, stone-mullioned and transomed windows to stairs. Large square-section ventilators with conical roofs to each pavilion. The Medical pavilions were intended to be separated from the main block by a long corridor 'to prevent cross-infection.' Their planning shows the influence of the continental pavilion-plan hospitals advocated by Florence Nightingale who was consulted by Bryce.
What the pavilion plan enabled were the primary requirements of separation and classification. Each ward was a self-contained unit, its occupants having no connection with any other ward, and thus hopefully preventing the spread of infection. The turrets at the opposite end were to contain water-closets and a bath. These turrets are replicated by the lanterns in the new buildings. Note the large roof ventilator also to help prevent spread of infection within the ward.
Many eminent surgeons and physicians have trained, taught or practised at the Infirmary. Among the most famous are Sir James Young Simpson, the discoverer of the anaesthetic properties of chloroform; Joseph Lister, pioneer of antiseptic; and Sir Robert Philip, the conqueror of tuberculosis.
Scotflights Lochmaddy addition scenery for FSX using Playsims Generation X photo VFR scenery. Aircraft A2A's Piper Cub.
Lochmaddy info. from Wikipedia
To satisfy my thirst for knowledge for ongoing "Odyssey of the Western Isles"
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Lochmaddy (Scottish Gaelic Loch nam Madadh, "Loch of the Hounds") is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland Na Madaidhean (the wolves/hounds) are rocks in the bay after which the loch, and subsequently the village, are named.
Lochmaddy sits at the end of a sea inlet and, due to the rocky nature, is the only settlement of any size on the east coast — far from the villages in the more populous west of North Uist.
Virtually the first mention anywhere of Lochmaddy is a complaint of "piracie and murder" in a report dated 1616: "Lochmaldie on the coast of Uist is a rendezvous for pirates" it said. The coves and inlets characterising the area around the village were ideal hiding places for raiding ships stocked with fine goods bound for the clan chiefs of the time, and contraband activity persisted until the modern era.
Nowadays the same good harbour makes Lochmaddy the ferry port for the island, with the MV Hebrides plying the route to Skye. The commercial activity of shops and public building has been generated due to the port activity, and today the village has the only bank, courthouse, tourist information office and youth hostel on North Uist. Lochmaddy hospital closed in March 2001. It was replaced by the newly opened Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh (Uist and Barra Hospital) in Balivanich, Benbecula.
Lochmaddy was an important fishing community before the commercial decline of the herring. During the reign of King Charles it was the site of a Royal Fishing Station.
My latest addition to be collection is this set.
I bought this set because it's the same model my Gran had in the 1980s for her caravan.
It was made in England in about 1981, probably at the Pye plant in Lowestoft.
I was lucky someone local to me on an old technology site was helping a friend find a new home for it. He only wanted a donation to charity for it.
The case needs some work as it has a few knocks & scratches, and some of the paintwork as started to wear off.
Fortunately it works quite well electronically.
Screen: 14" black & white.
Tuner: 6 channel preset switches.
Controls: Volume, Brightness, Contrast, Vertical Hold.
Power: 240v AC or 12v DC.
Other Features: Headphone socket.
Another view of Fountain Elms, the home of Helen Munson Williams and her husband James Watson Williams. The house was a gift from Helen's father, Alfred Munson. The simple Italianate design of Fountain Elms was selected in part because James and Helen Williams envisioned the possibility of making additions to the house. Three additions were constructed by members of the family and a fourth was made by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in 1960. Recent renovations have helped preserve the building and return it to a close approximation of its appearance in the 1850s. A standing-seam copper roof was installed and the house's bricks were stripped of their many layers of old paint. The building was then repainted with sanded paint in the original colors of buff with the russet trim. This Victorian painting techinique was intended to protect the porous bricks from the elements and to fireproof the building. The sanded paint also served the aesthetic purpose of making the brick and wood look like stone. The front of the house is devoid of any paintings, in accordance with mid-19th-century customs. It was believed that foundation plantings would conflict with the harmonious blending of the exterior facade. Fountain Elms belongs to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Located at 310 Genesee Street in Utica, NY. (38)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe & She-Ra Princess of Power Classics action figures with various magical friends. The dragon was a halloween decoration, the phoenixes are Papo, and the head in a box is The Great Jambi from Peewee's Playhouse.
In addition to his problems with the magicians, the inquisitor should not be enthusiastic about the apprentice's incompetence.
Newest addition to the bird-and-orchid artwork. This time, the colourful Rose-crowned Fruit Dove that inhabits the rainforests and tall woodland regions of coastal northern Australia.
Hagerstown, Indiana (September 10, 2012) The new Model T Ford Museum is slated to hold its grand opening during Richmond’s Octoberfest on September 28 at 6 p.m. The museum which was previously located in Centerville, Indiana near the Warm Glow Candle Factory for 5 years moved just a few miles east to Richmond, Indiana’s Historical Depot District this past spring.
Since the move to Richmond volunteers have been steadily preparing the museum’s new home, displays and vehicles for the event.
Today, a photo shoot for the Model T Museum’s newly acquired 1930 Pietenpol Sky Scout was held at the Hagerstown Airport.
The plan arrived at the airport around 10:00 a.m. this morning and was assembled by Model T enthusiasts and many of them brought their own Model Ts to use during the photo shoot.
One of the people there today was Mr. Jay Klehfoth who is the CEO and publisher of the Vintage Ford Magazine.
Jay is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to all things Model T. I was to learn he’s pretty knowledgeable in a lot of areas too. During our walk around of the plane Jay pointed out one of the parts for the engine had been made by a former factory in Richmond of all places. And there are many other special things about this airplane I’m sure he’ll be writing about in the next issue of the the Vintage Ford Magazine. He not only knew a lot about the Pietenpol Sky Scout plane that was being photographed for the magazine cover. He’s pretty sharp when it comes to airports too. He said that the Hagerstown airport were today’s photo shoot was done has the longest grass landing strip in the United States which to me made it the perfect place for today’s event.
This Pietenpol that will be on display at the museum is powered by a 20 HP Model T engine which was modified to include dual-ignition which is used in aviation. According to an article in the AntiqueAirfield.com website from September 10, 2012 there was only one original Pietenpol Sky Scout built by Bernard Pietenpol himself, and just two replicas. The article also said that all 3 were still flying.
The new Model T Ford Museum is going to be an exciting addition to what is one of Indiana’s grandest historical areas and a must in this part of the Midwest.
Richmond is a perfect place for any day trip. But, if you want to see all that Richmond has to offer you’ll need to plan on staying several days.
The Model T Ford Museum is located in Richmond’s Historic Depot District at 309 N 8th St, Richmond, IN 47374 - 765-488-0026.
Model T Ford Museum website: www.mtfca.com/clubpages/museum.htm
Additional Information:
The Model T Ford Club of America has nearly 8,000 families worldwide. Members are from all 50 states and 41 other countries.
The Vintage Ford Magazine is published bimonthly by the Model T Ford Club of America, 119 W. Main Street, Centerville, Indiana and is mailed to all members. Subscription rates are $35.00 per year (six issues) in the United States ($42.00 Canada and $44.00 elsewhere) and include member ship in the club.
All correspondence should be ad dressed to:
THE MODEL T FORD CLUB
OF AMERICA
P.O. Box 126
Centerville, IN 47330-0126
765-855-5248 fax 765-855-3428
e-mail: admin@mtfca.com
Raw Video: Prepping Pietenpol Sky Scout For Photo Shoot youtu.be/7_JnszAF8GA
Video: Pietenpol Sky Scout Photo Shoot youtu.be/h3m6ZWgNJMg
Video: Model T Ford Museum Grand Opening Set youtu.be/OwIiE5O1UQk
Key Bank Building. 1915, 1924 - Architects: Mobray and Uffinger, New York - Addition: 1928, T. Walter Gaggin, Syracuse - Renovation of interior: circa 1960, Hawley McFee, Syracuse -- Originally built in May of 1915 as the First National Bank. Within five years, a merger turned it into the old First Trust and Deposit Company, the name it kept until it turned into Key Bank in 1980. This Neo-classical Revival style building now serves as Key Bank's Central New York district headquarters. The bank's history goes back to 1832 because it regards the Bank of Salina as its ancestor. The building is of steel-frame construction and faced with granite, marble and terra cotta. The pedimented entrance is flanked by modified Corinthian columns. The Fluted pilasters articulate the facades and lions' heads embellish the attic level, which is faced with terra cotta tiles. The size of the building was doubled when additions were made to the south. In the early 1960s, interior renovations included the addition of a mezzanine, the covering of plaster columns (they are now encased in wood due to being damaged by a fire) and a fourth-floor remodeling. Key Bank has added a colorful new decorative LED lighting scheme to its exterior. It has at least 45 potential variations in color. Two of which are, orange and blue for when Syracuse University has a big game and red and green during the Christmas season. The lights will illuminate the detailed cornice -- replete with lion's heads -- atop all three walls that face city streets. The lights will also illuminate an entire eastern wall, visible from City Hall, Washington Street and from an adjacent parking lot where the old Yates Hotel once stood. Located at 201 South Warren Street in Syracuse, NY. (S3/64)
"Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., and, with roughly 35,000 people in just under 2 square miles (5 km2), it is also one of the most densely populated.
As a geographic feature, Capitol Hill rises near the center of the District of Columbia and extends eastward. Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, as he began to develop his plan for the new federal capital city in 1791, chose to locate the "Congress House" (the Capitol building) on the crest of the hill at a site that he characterized as a "pedestal waiting for a monument." The Capitol building has been the home of the Congress of the United States and the workplace of many residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood since 1800.
The Capitol Hill neighborhood today straddles two quadrants of the city, Southeast and Northeast. A large portion of the neighborhood is now designated as the Capitol Hill Historic District.
The name Capitol Hill is often used to refer to both the historic district and to the larger neighborhood around it. To the east of Capitol Hill lies the Anacostia River, to the north is the H Street corridor, to the south are the Southeast/Southwest Freeway and the Washington Navy Yard, and to the west are the National Mall and the city's central business district.
The Capitol building is surrounded by the Capitol Hill Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Capitol Hill Historic District was expanded in 2015 to the north to include the blocks bordered by 2nd Street, F Street, 4th Street, and just south of H Street, NE, collectively known as the Swampoodle Addition.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as just Washington or simply D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S. with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2016.
The U.S. Constitution provides for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress; the district is not a part of any U.S. state (nor is it one itself). The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of the capital district located along the Potomac River near the country's East Coast. The City of Washington was founded in 1791, and Congress held its first session there in 1800. In 1801, the territory, formerly part of Maryland and Virginia (including the settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria), officially became recognized as the federal district. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia, including the city of Alexandria; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the district. There have been efforts to make the city into a state since the 1880s, a movement that has gained momentum in recent years, and a statehood bill passed the House of Representatives in 2021.
The city is divided into quadrants centered on the Capitol, and there are as many as 131 neighborhoods. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,545, which makes it the 23rd most populous city in the U.S. as of 2020, the third most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and gives it a population larger than that of two U.S. states: Wyoming and Vermont. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest (including parts of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia), had a 2020 estimated population of 6.3 million residents; and over 54 million people live within 250 mi (400 km) of the District.
The three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the district: Congress (legislative), the president (executive), and the Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profits, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the American Red Cross, and others.
A locally elected mayor and a 13-member council have governed the district since 1973. Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. The District of Columbia does not have representation in Congress, although D.C. residents elect a single at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives who has no vote. District voters choose three presidential electors in accordance with the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.