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c. 1917
MM 002442
Format: Silver gelatin photographic print
Red Lodge was the name given to a red brick building on Hill 63, near Ploegsteert, Belgium, that was also the site of a medical dressing station.
The building is depicted in an oil on canvas board painting by Charles Bryant, held in the collections of the Australian War Memorial, titled 'Red Lodge, Hyde Park Corner, Ploegsteert, November 1917' [ART00168] and a further two works by George Edmund Butler held as part of the National Collection of War Art (NCWA) by the New Zealand National Archives - a watercolour painting titled 'Red Lodge, Hill 63' (c.1918) [Ref: AAAC 898 NCWA 481], and an oil, 'Red Lodge' (c.1918) [Ref: AAAC 898 NCWA 509].
One of a pair of images that I took outside the Tower of London. Trying to capture the atmosphere of foreboding and fear that the tower holds for every Englishman, and the incredible 1000 yr history before your eyes. The focus of the shot was to isolate the skyline and see the silhouette. Cant make my mind up whether the colour or monochrome works best.
Eton Chapel Church of God. Eton, GA
According to the sign they still have worship here on Sunday mornings. I would love to see the inside of this beautiful church!
I'm embarrassed to admit how many years I've been working in the squiggly brown building on the right and drinking beer on a bar stool in the squiggly white building in the middle, wondering if the reflections would make a good picture. ;-)
Empire State Building 02/05/2015 10h54
Looking Eastward from the observation deck of the Empire State Building at a heigth of 373.1 meters (86th floor). East River and at the other side of this river Long Island City. On the foreground below the East 33rd and 34th Street.
The building in the foreground which is rotated 45 degrees relative to other buildings and the pattern of streets is the 3 Park Avenue building, designed by Graham Fruisen and opened in 1975. Heigth 169.5 meters and a floor count of 41.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 380 m, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443 m high. Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. he Empire State Building is currently the fourth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the One World Trade Center, the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 25th-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
FACTS & FIGURES
« Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970 »
Preceded by: Chrysler Building
Surpassed by: World Trade Center (Twin Towers)
Architectural style: Art Deco
Location: 350 Fifth Avenue - Manhattan, New York 10118
Construction started: March 17, 1930
Completed: April 11, 1931
Floor count: 103
Height:
Architectural: 381.0 m
Tip: 443.2 m
Roof: 381.0 m
Top Floor and observatory: 373.1 m
Length (east-west): 129.2 m
Width (north-south): 57 m
Lifts/elevators: 73
Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Empire State Building ]
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364 Water Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Holland Block is a three storey plus basement mixed-use flatiron Victorian Italianate masonry building with retail areas on the ground floor. It is located on the western edge of the historic district of Gastown, on a triangular lot at the convergence of Cordova and Water Streets.
Heritage Value:
Gastown is the historic core of Vancouver, and is the city's earliest, most historic area of commercial buildings and warehouses. The Holland Block is valued as an early Gastown commercial building and hotel, representative of the area's mix of uses in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Vancouver emerged as western Canada's predominant commercial centre. Hotels such as this provided both short and long-term lodging, serving primarily those who worked in the seasonal resource trades such as fishing and logging. Many of these hotels had combined functions of commercial services on the ground floor and lodging rooms on the upper floors, which contributed to the lively street life in Gastown.
The Holland Block is valued for its architecture as a fine example of the Victorian Italianate style from the late nineteenth century, illustrating how popular architectural styles were used by the hotel business to market a progressive image. The building was constructed in 1891-92 for James M. Holland, an early real estate developer, to take advantage of a wedge-shape lot that allowed the ground-level retail stores access to two street frontages. The Holland Block is also valued as evidence of the influence of American architecture, as illustrated by design elements such as the repetitive bay windows that provide increased light and space in the second and third-floor rooms. Also of significance are the ground floor cast iron columns, manufactured by B.C. Iron Works, which demonstrate the use of prefabricated elements that enabled large storefront windows that maximized merchandising display space and took advantage of natural light.
The landmark location and flatiron shape of the Holland Block marks the western boundary of Gastown. This unusual lot was created when the subdivisions adjacent to the original 1870 Granville Townsite survey were oriented to different compass directions. Until the north side of Water Street was filled in at the turn of the nineteenth century, this site would have faced the waterfront across the street.
Source: City of Vancouver, Heritage Planning Street Files
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of the Holland Block include:
- landmark location at the western edge of Gastown, at the convergence of Water and Cordova Streets, in close proximity to the waterfront of Burrard Inlet and the Canadian Pacific Railway yard
- siting on the property lines, with no setbacks
- form, scale and massing, as exemplified by its three storey height, flat roof and flatiron shape, resulting from the converging relationship of the two streets
- masonry construction: rough-dressed sandstone piers at the ground floor level; brick cladding above with flush-struck mortar joints
- repetitive double-height semi-octagonal bays, clad in wood with formed sheet metal cladding on the curved base
- fenestration: double-hung 1-over-1 wood-sash windows on the upper floors; and large rectangular storefront windows with wood-sash storefronts
- wide projecting wood-clad cornice with sheet metal edges and flashings, with large decorative scroll-cut brackets between each bay
- prefabricated elements such as the storefront cast iron columns, with 'B.C. Iron Works' maker's stamps
- entry at front corner to basement level that extends in areaways under the sidewalks on both Water and Cordova Streets
- entry to the upper floors from Cordova Street
- surviving interior features such as original room configuration