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On Saturday, July 8, 2017, the FDNY celebrated its first summer Block Party at Station 52 in Queens.
I don't remember which cell block number this is from the Eastern State Penitentiary. I think it was closed to guests beyond a certain point.
8 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Desrosiers Block is located on East Hastings Street on the southern fringe of Vancouver's historic Gastown district. It is a two-storey commercial building with Edwardian archtiectural elements.
Heritage Value:
The heritage value of the Desrosiers Block lies in the historic relationship between this area and the economy of early Vancouver. When Vancouver became the entrepot between the Canadian Pacific Railway and trans-Pacific shipping in 1887, Gastown was its hub. At the turn of the twentieth century, this area of town was developed as a shopping area, as commercial activity spread outward from its early roots in Gastown. The Desrosiers Building is associated with Gastown's history as a mixed-use district.
Michael Desrosiers, a plumber who also operated a retail stove outlet, worked with contractor P. J. Donahue in 1901 to construct this building. Although its larger neighbours on each side emphasize the modest scale of the building, its solid massing and stone detailing give the site substance and significance. This building provides a contrast in scale, massing, detailing and use, demonstrating the variety of architectural styles and functions established along Hastings Street. By 1908 the tenants included two liquor stores and a barber, catering to a largely male clientele. In 1913 a restaurant was opened in the Desrosiers Block. The retail use continues today.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of the Desrosiers Block include:
- the physical and stylistic relationship between this building and its higher neighbours within the Gastown historic district
- form, scale and massing
- its siting on the property line, with no setbacks
- Edwardian architectural elements, such as moulded sheet metal parapet, projecting pediment inscribed "Desrosiers Block" supported by circular columns on each side, stone decorated brackets supporting cornice with dentils, medallions at top of three stone pilasters between windows, pattern of fenestration (four large double-hung one-over-one sash windows set in stone surrounds), rusticated stone string courses above ground floor level, and horizontal stepped string course above windows
- continued retail use of ground floor
Another one from the Benini Sculpture ranch. :)
Much nicer viewed larger on black here.
More from the set here.
Cashmere Cat @ East Village Block Party. Sled Island 2014. Photo by Melanie Boisvert.
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I happened to be walking down 15th St to get some pictures of the snow in Washington, when a motorcade left the White House. Unfortunately, the camera I was using is lousy for capturing this kind of fast moving action.
In Brooklyn, South of Atlantic Avenue, vehicles use either the shoulder of the road or the bicycle lane to pass other vehicles. They create a passing on the right lane and zoom around traffic when the light turns green.
This block for Tonie was so much fun to make. She chose the "Spool Block" designed by Krista Fleckenstein from the book Modern Blocks. The pattern calls for a single cut of 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" of fabric for the "thread," but Tonie put her own spin on it and asked us to substitute six 1 1/2" strips.
I just kind of made it up as I went. And I really really love the way this block turned out. I'm tempted to make a while quilt top this way.
Specifically designed for use over underfloor heating the Cathedral 300 x 140 Block is a new size for a modern outlook . This floor had been finished with Bona Traffic Lacquer.
Winchester hardwood Flooring Ltd.
This is my Blocked fabric design in charcoal gray, bright pink, lime green and white. It's available at Spoonflower:
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/310372
In case you're wondering what size the pattern is, the distance between the lime green striped lines is about 8 cm or 3"
These blocks are "vintage", as they date back to my childhood in the 1950's. My Dad made them for my brothers and me out of scrap 2 by 4's. This is about all that's left of them. As you can see, they have been much played with!
ODC 281 Back to Basics
Plaid Block and Strip Border Block for Leah
Red & Aqua 2 Bee
August 2010
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blocks are roughly 9" - trying to decide how big I can make this.
i'm trying to use up scraps but am running out!! if anyone wants to swap some (i'm especially looking for polka dots, or other green/red with white), I'd be happy to send some scraps (these colors or others) in exchange. small scraps are fine for this project.
Another fun block, this one by Krista. Again a challenge, but I think it looks like The Sound of Music meets Alice at the Tea Party... Thanks Krista! :)
At Bright Bricks I had been making that model, it's a pit-stop for the Bricks in Motion Exhibition. It's on page 84 and another close up of the Mercedes Pit top on page 87!
Old wooden childrens building blocks - sanded and painted and decorated with stamps, stickers, paint, vintage papers, magazine images.