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Constructed in 1897-98, the long-vacant Jamaica Savings Bank building "is a fine and particularly exuberant example of the classically inspired Beaux-Arts style strikingly executed in carved limestone and wrought iron, and is one of only a few buildings in the borough of Queens to embrace that architectural aesthetic. Prominently sited on Jamaica Avenue, the bank building is an urbane presence on the neighborhood’s main commercial thoroughfare. Although the four-story structure is relatively small in scale, the imposing design of the facade conveys a monumentality which is appropriately suited to the distinguished image and reputation of the banking institution, while lending the building the formal elegance of a private club or townhouse."

 

UPDATE (Oct. 2016): The old bank and its two neighbors to the right are being turned into a three-building retail complex. The 10-story tower that stood immediately to the right (visible above) has been knocked down and is being replaced by a structure similar in height to the bank building. Here's a rendering of the proposed development.

El Capitan Theatre - Hollywood, California

Designated - Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument

 

1926 - Architects: Morgan, Walls and Clements Interiors: G. Albert Lansburgh

 

Lansburgh also designed the Orpheum Theatre

the Wiltern Theatre: www.flickr.com/photos/cakeight/2855027274/

and the Pacific Theatre : www.flickr.com/photos/cakeight/3575143824/

Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a city of beautiful buildings and European-influenced architecture. This picture was taken in the Plaza de Mayo, a place that has played a fundamental role in almost all the important political and social events in Argentina's history. The rosy palace(Casa Rosada) is the official presidential residence and government headquarters. The first-floor balcony on the building's northern wing is used by the country's leaders to speak to the enormous crowds that gather below (including actress Madonna as Evita).

El Monasterio de Santa María de la Valldigna se encuentra en la localidad valenciana de Simat de Valldigna.

Fue fundado por Jaime II de Aragón el 15 de marzo de 1298. Según la tradición, el rey, después de hacer la guerra contra los musulmanes por tierras de Alicante y Murcia, al pasar por el valle, entonces llamado Alfandech, e impresionado por la fertilidad y belleza, dijo, dirigiéndose a su capellán el fraile Bononat de Vila-Seca, y abad del monasterio cistercense de Santes Creus : "Vall digna per a un monestir de la vostra religió". Y el abad contestó: "Vall digna!". El rey concedió las tierras al abad de Santes Creus para una nueva fundación cistercense en el valle que tomaría el nombre de Valldigna.

Tuvo tres etapas constructivas, una primera implantación gótica del siglo XIV que forma la estructura completa del conjunto en torno al claustro, siguiendo el canon del Císter; la importante renovación producida a raíz de las graves destrucciones del terremoto de 1396; y la segunda renovación y enriquecimiento definitivos después del nuevo terremoto de 1644, con sustituciones completas y nuevas dependencias, ya de etapa barroca en los siglos XVII y XVIII, a la cual, por ejemplo, pertenecen el templo actual i la capilla de la Virgen de Gracia. Sus dependencias se adecuan al modelo tipo del Císter, con dos puntos neurálgicos: la iglesia y el claustro, alrededor de los cuales giraba toda la vida del monasterio. El Claustro es el elemento central: comunica las diferentes dependencias del monasterio (el refectorio, la cocina, la sala capitular, la iglesia, el dormitorio y el escritorio). Fuera de este conjunto monumental está el palacio del abad, (construido a iniciativa del abad Arnau de Saranyó, entre los siglos XIV y XVI), la hospedería, la bodega, el almacén y el resto de las dependencias agrícolas.

El año 1835, con la desamortización de Mendizábal, tiene lugar la exclaustración y el monasterio es abandonado por los monjes y vendido a particulares. El cenobio se convirtió en una explotación agropecuaria particular y empezó el expolio y la destrucción patrimonial, con el derribo de la mayoría de las edificaciones. Los sillares de los arcos y las losas del pavimento son vendidos como material de construcción, mientras que, entre 1920 y 1926, los arcos góticos del claustro alto del palacio del abad se incorporan a la estructura del Palacio del Canto del Pico, la residencia que construyó José María del Palacio y Abárzuza, conde de Las Almenas en Torrelodones (Madrid). En 2003 la Generalidad Valenciana lo compró a los actuales propietarios del palacio y en 2006 ha sido devuelto a su lugar original. Otras piezas pasan a las parroquias de la comarca y los fondos documentales se dispersan siguiendo los pasos de los monjes exclaustrados.

Hoy en día la iglesia, el "Portal Nuevo", entrada al recinto monacal - que sobre su ojiva tiene esculpidos los escudos de la Corona de Aragón y del Abad- y la antigua almácera -recientemente restaurada- se encuentran en perfecto estado de conservación y están realizándose trabajos con el resto de las dependencias. La iglesia se caracteriza por sus elevadas bóvedas con rica ornamentación pictórica y poseer un techo policromado con decoración floral y ángeles. Actualmente el monasterio se encuentra en proceso de restauración, siendo esta gestionada por la Fundación Jaime II el Justo.

(Wikipedia)

The flint covered walls stand out in the Sun

Queen Victoria Wall Box – Type WB2087/2

TN22 27

An early April view of Crown of life Lutheran Church, on the corner of 3rd and Wooster streets in Downtown Marietta Ohio.

in sports set up

 

Reynolds 531 DB

Simplex dropouts

 

ST ct 57cm

TT cc 55 cm

 

Stunning frame Chromed stays/forkcrown

 

Titan stem/bars/seat pin

Brooks B17

Campagnolo Gran Sport derailleur

Campagnolo Record hubs(later)

Campagnolo headset

Campagnolo Quick Release

Weinann rims(clinchers)with new tyres

Stronglight crankset/BB

hollow axle

 

Excellent bike-very rare esp. in this condition!

A construction site in Downtown Dallas.

Philip Schuyler was a Major General during the Revolutionary War and later a Senator from the state of New York. During the war, he put together a plan for his army to invade Canada in 1775, but poor health cause him to give the army over to General Richard Montgomery who would die while invading Quebec. He also drew up a plan for Saratoga to defeat the British. General Horatio Gates would accuse Schuyler of not fulfilling his duties as an officer and congress would put Gates in charge of Saratoga where he would be credited with the victory. Schuyler went to Congress asking for a court marshal and would be vindicated for those charges. He would resign his post honorably in 1779. During the war, he would also serve on the Continental Congress from New York. He served in 1775, 1777, and 1779-1780. His daughter Elizabeth would marry Alexander Hamilton. He is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, NY.

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Roma. Arco de Constantino

Панорамные фотографии летнего Челябинска / Panoramic photo of Chelyabinsk city in South Ural, Russia. High resolution and quality.

 

Фото можно купить на сайте: ayrat-a.ru

A beautiful derelict castle lying on the Wardija hilltop in Malta

 

I only happened to notice this place while driving and it's gate caught my attention. I thought twice about getting out of my car and venture into the gardens...first of all because it's a really spooky place, and secondly was afraid of trespassing. I managed to get as far as the second gate...would love to go inside one day - but def not alone :) Nobody seems to live in it.

 

Does anyone have more info about this place?

Zona Calles 18 y 19. Punta del Este, Uruguay

 

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Site shots of Hagley Road Village from April 2013

Disney Concert Hall,

Los Ángeles, California

USA

The first chapel was founded in 1622 by the crew and passengers of a ship which had narrowly escaped capture by the Dutch. The chapel served as a point of pilgrimage for sailors embarking on a hazardous voyage.

 

The chapel was completely rebuilt, along with the Bishop' s Palace in 1837.

 

主教山小堂又稱海崖聖母小堂,1622年建於炮台旁,殿堂簡樸,山徑迂迴;1892年附近古堡拆除後,聖母堂得以逐步擴大,1835年重建後成為今天宏偉之規模。鐘樓高聳入雲,十分莊嚴肅穆,配以花徑草叢,古樹濃蔭,建築端麗,環境優美,遊人甚眾。

 

聖母堂前築有高台,置有一大理石雕刻而成的聖母像,聖母雙手合拾,貌甚慈祥,面臨大海。其下有一路德聖母岩洞,循左右環抱之石階而下,可達洞前。洞內岩石嶙峋,中開拱門,內立聖母像,象徵古時聖母在法國路德城內,當眾顯靈的情景。其間正置祭壇,洞前有鐵柵圍繞,地上設有多排低矮長凳,供人跪拜、懺悔。

 

路德聖母岩洞前,空階上有一塊刻有葡文的古銅墓碑,是二十世紀初天主教澳門主教埋骨之處。1918年2月18日,約翰鮑連那主教逝世,寄葬於此。

 

This small chapel can be found in the grounds of Buckfast Abbey it dates from 1881

Orvieto is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. Orvieto Cathedral is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

The White Swan Centre, Killingworth.

Stambeno-poslovni kompleks TIZ

Nikola Bašić - Zadar, 2006

Main Building was completed in the 1860s and was the largest in North America when it opened. It was designed by James Renwick and is a National Historic Landmark.

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