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Coordinates 00*02.572' W078*53.050' This area has potential tourism interest for the country since it is located in the Upper Watershed west of the Mashpi hydrological complex that recently was declared a Natural Protected Area.
San Jorge de Milpe Forest Lodge, a brand new deluxe rustic lodge has been finished. The 12 suites are authentic, restaurant, bar, and observation deck are fantastic creations dedicated to natural lovers and birdwatching from all around the world.
The property also includes a Scientific Research Station with 8 comfortable rooms with private bathrooms. There are 9 miles of well-maintained trails that run around the forest, the 3 rivers that cross the lodge, and the 12 sacred waterfalls.
San Jorge de Milpe is located in the Upper Tropical Rainforest near Mindo at 3,280 feet o.s.l. One of the most beautiful and diverse areas in the world. The huge amount of streams, and waterfalls. The intact pristine forests, the extremely diverse vegetation, the immense amount of birds and orchids, the paradisiac all year around temperature, the beautiful canyon sightseeings. The enormous amounts of moths, butterflies, and insects make the place unique and wonderful.
Flocks of Rose Faced Parrots, four species of Toucans, 8 species of woodpeckers, saltators, 5 species of Trogons, the home of the Golden-headed Quetzal, and specifically the Banded Ground-Cuckoo ( one of the 50 rarest species of birds around the world!), many species of hummingbirds and a great deal of Tanagers with other 350 bird species are found in the property and surroundings.
The smell of decomposing leaves and the birds singing and chattering creating a cacophony of blissful notes is fascinating. The tower observatory & restaurant at Milpe overlooks the canopy and provides unique panoramic views of the vast biomass of the uninterrupted Tropical Rainforest.
During the last Ice Age, (2,500,000 to 10,000) the landscape in this Chocó region was quite different. This territory witnessed some dramatic changes during the Pleistocene. The temperature in the tropics descended to 4-6 °C, the neotropical carpet suffered severe fragmentation and the archipelago of rainforest refuges was isolated geographically from the existing bird populations. Entire groups of vertebrates and plants were forced to adapt to the new environmental conditions of these "tropical islands". However, the Chocó was protected from many of these colossal events. This phenomenon was one of the agents for speciation and adaptative radiation and gave rise to the extraordinary ornithological endemism and astounding biodiversity of the Chocó. Despite the substantial facts, other scientists believe that speciation for other taxa such as amphibians, began even before the so-called Pleistocene refuges hypotheses, far back in the mid-tertiary Period. .Darwin and many scientists have tried to explain the reason behind this unparalleled diversity. There is great value in their statements, considering numerous ecological pressures are working synchronously contributing to sustaining species diversification.
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Shanghai University
Library Building
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State Capitol, SLC, UT
The first capitol building of Utah was built in Filmore, but it was only used for that purpose for one year. Later the Salt Lake City Council Hall served as meeting place for the legislature. The statehood was granted to Utah in 1896.
The Salt Lake City and County Building served as the capitol building until 1916, the year when the present building was finished.
The Capitol, which is 404 feet (123 m) long, 240 feet (73 m) wide was built between 1912 and 1916. The granite of the building and the copper of the dome are both from Utah. An extensive and expansive reconstruction took place between 2004 and 2008.
In the movie Legally Blonde 2 Utah State Capitol was used for exterior and interior shots of the U.S. Capitol.
Datación 1929
Emplazamiento: Paseo de María Agustín, 41
Diseñado por Miguel Angel Navarro
El conjunto, se remata con un friso rectangular, decorado por relieves que representan tres grupos de niños desnudos junto al busto de Minerva, simbolizando las ramas del saber.
The Mark Hotel (formerly The Mark Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
25 East 77th Street (at Madison Avenue)
New York, NY
Lobby sitting area - The Mark Hotel - designed by Jacques Grange
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Originally built as a hotel, The Mark was designed in a neo-Italian Renaissance-style by architects, Schwartz and Gross. The fifteen-story structure is faced with red bricks and sits in the shadow of the Carlyle Hotel. Schwartz and Gross also designed The Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel and the Surrey Hotel at 20 East 76th St.
The hotel for many years was known as The Mark Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
According to a Mandarin Oriental press release dated January 2, 2006 it sold its 100% leasehold interest in The Mark, New York, for a gross consideration of US$150 million to Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias (Alexico Group). The hotel was originally acquired in 2000 as part of the US$142.5 million acquisition of The Rafael Group.
The hotel closed in 2007 and reopened in August 2009 as a hotel/co-op following a $250+ million makeover with 118 hotel rooms, and 42 co-op apartments. Prices for the co-ops range from $2 million to $60 million.
The hotels penthouse at 9,800 feet contains 5 bedrooms and 4 woodburning fireplaces and is listed for $60 million. Its living room is topped by a copper cupola, part of the original 1926 structure.
The Mark Hotel does not own the land it sits on - the annual land lease payment is $4 million.
Developer of the Mark Hotel, the Alexico Group, brought in chef Jean-George Vongerichten to run the 1st floor restaurant and designer Jacques Grange to reimagine the lobby and create 42 residences. The Alexico Group also developed the Alex Hotel at 205 East 45th Street.
The Alexico Group also operate The Laurel Hotel at 400 East 67th Street and recently bought the Flatotel Hotel on E. 51st St. with plans to turn it into another luxury property
The Real Deal reported in April 2010 that the Alexico Group has scaled back the co-op offerings from 42 units to 10 units due to a lack of demand.
Alexico had borrowed $255 million from Anglo Irish Bank for the project.
In March 2011 Dune Real Estate Partners acquired Anglo Irish Bank's $255 million mortgage loan on the Mark Hotel for $190 million. In june 2011 Dune Real Estate Partners filed to foreclose on loans granted to the Alexico Group's Mark Hotel.
The Irish Times reported the developers Simon Elias and Izak Senbahar of the Alexico Group are suing Anglo Irish Bank for $1 billion in a funding dispute over $500 million of loans that the bank gave to the men to redevelop three Manhattan hotels, the Mark, the Alex and the Flatotel.
shelburne, nova scotia
1973
dock street
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That is your esteemed photographer staring at some graffiti on the wall. Obviously I didn't take this picture.
Zero step on accessible first floor in what appears to be an up/down duplex. See images: "High point accessible no step" and "highpoint accessible parking" for rear views of unit.
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The Bowen Branch Library was one of the first in the city to be built using funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It opened in December 1912 and was named after a member of the Library Commission. Today it makes a special effort to reach out to Detroit's Mexican-American community in the area of its boundaries.
The architect of the building was William B. Stratton, husband of the founder of Pewabic Pottery, Mary Chase Stratton.
Tanjore Bragadeeshwara temple. This temple is famous for its architecture. It is said that the platform is built in such a way that the shadow of the gopura falls within the platform throughout the year
Albi Cathedral is one of the most unique, awe-inspiring churches ever concieved, quite simply one of the wonders of the medieval world.
Although contemporary with the great gothic cathedrals of Northern France, this largely 13th century structure is radically different, being constructed almost entirely of brick and built like a mighty fortress; mostly unadorned walls rise uninterrupted from the ground like sheer cliff-faces of brick. The simplicity of the design gives it an almost modern appearance, and the massive scale gives it a quite overpowering presence.
The cathedral's powerful fortified appearance is largely down to two factors, the shape of the building is consistent with local forms of gothic churches in southern France and northern Spain, whilst thr fortified solidity can be associated with the supression of the Cathars in this area during the Albigensian Crusades, the building serving a lesson in strength and permanence as a warning to any rebellious locals.
The plain exterior was relieved in the more stable climate of the 16th century by the huge flamboyant porch on the south side of the nave, more like an enormous spikey canopy open on three sides. It remains the main entrance to the cathedral, the base of the enormous tower being so massively constructed as to leave no room for a traditional west entrance.
On entering this vast edifice one's senses are overwhelmed yet again, this time by the profusion of decoration in the cavernous interior. The walls and ceilings are entirely covered by frescoes dating from the early 16th century (mostly in Renaissance style, much of it colourful geometric patterns. The most memorable sections are the earliest frescoes at the west end from an enormous Last Judgement; the central section was sadly removed in the 18th century but the extensive and graphic depiction of the torments of Hell remains.
In addition this cathedral is rare in preserving it's 'jube' or choir screen), a late medieval masterpiece of decoration an sculpture which extends into a lavishly sculpted choir enclosure adorned with a riot of angels and saints.
All in all this unforgettable cathedral is a monument that defies description alone and bombards the senses!
Vicky Chun '91 with field hockey team in Ireland
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8459 Hochhaus mit spiegelnder Sonne - blauer Himmel; Gewerbe Spielcafe - Architekturbilder aus Rostock Lichtenhagen. © www.christoph-bellin.de
Die Hansestadt Rostock liegt an der Ostsee in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. Die Stadt erstreckt sich ca. 20 km am Fluss Warnow bis zur Ostsee - auf einer Fläche von 181 km² leben ca. 202 000 EinwohnerInnen.
Der im Nordwesten von Rostock gelegene Ortsteil Lichtenhagen wurde von 1972 bis 1976 gebaut und galt in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren in der DDR als ein Musterbeispiel für einen gelungenen Städtebau. Es entstanden 6.925 Wohnungen für rund 18.000 Einwohner.
Der Rostocker Stadtteil wurde nach dem Dorf Lichtenhagen benannt, das nahebei im Landkreis Rostock liegt - das Dorf wurde 1264 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt; auf einer Fläche von 12 km² leben knapp 4000 EinwohnerInnen.