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Closed in 2003, Medfield State Hospital was used to film Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese. In my opinion, along with others, it is one of many films that is underrated. Spread across 900 acres this hospital was used for psychiatric rehabilitation. Built in 1892, it included 58 buildings and had roughly 2,200 patients.
Deze 19de-eeuwse hoeve ligt aan de Werkenstraat, ten zuidwesten van de parochiekerk van Bovekerke (Koekelare). De hoevesite is al aangeduid op de Ferrariskaart. Het huidige, witgeschilderde bakstenen boerenhuis dateert volgens jaarankers in de zijgevel uit 1828. In het achteruitspringend gedeelte links bevindt zich de paardenstal. Ten zuiden van het erf bevindt zich een bakstenen stalling uit 1868. De dwarsschuur ten oosten van het boerenhuis dateert uit de jaren 1920. In 2011 werd de hoeve voorlopig beschermd als monument.
Foto: Willy Vereenooghe
The Rondo Cubist Legions Bank (Legiobanka) building in Prague, by Josef Gočár, 1921-23.
The Bank of the Czech Legion - Legiobanka - with its headquarters on Prague's "Na Poříčí" street is a masterpiece of First Republic Czech architecture. Its façade features scenes of the Legion's retreat through Siberia and sculptures of Legionnaires top the pillars. The building interior is a unique combination of Moravian graphic themes, art deco, and Czech craftsmanship.
Chantry Chapel of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester 1367-1404 and founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
Destroyed 2004.
In preparation for the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme of the 1930s, this hut was built for the SEC in the summer of 1932-3 to accommodate the snow research program manager, the resident engineer for the scheme{ Lawrence: 25,32 states 1933-4 and 1932-3 as const. date?}. The cottage was sited next to a hydro-meteorological station, set on stilts above the snow in the same year{ Carlyon}. This was not a refuge hut but a permanent residence for all of the year. The hut was designed by WE Gower (later SEC Chief Architect) and built by Joe Holston and C Jassund{ Carlyon, other sources say builder was Bill Spargo and designer, GT Dyson}. The materials for the hut were carted on a sled or pack horse by High Plains cattleman, Wally Ryder, and his brother-in-law, George Hobbs, along what is now the Alpine Walking Track from Mt Hotham{ ibid.; Holth & Holth: 110; VOM: 25; Carlyon says only Hobbs}. They had successfully tendered for the job in 1932{ VOM}. The frame was of Oregon, the weatherboards stained, the roof clad with bituminous felt layers placed over timber T&G decking, the interior lined with `Caniete' or a similar composite board, and the timber casement windows were double-glazed{ ibid.}. A photograph by Weston taken in December 1932 shows the hut in construction with the stud frame visible, the chimney built and the felt going in over the roof with purlins placed on top appearing ready to receive corrugated iron{ copy held at hut; compare with above roof cladding description}. A large shed with a thatch and canvas roof was built about 20m from the hut, housing wood, stores and an earth-drying stove (reputedly done during the Trimble occupation, c1942-6){ ibid.}. The work was sanctioned in 1932 after pioneering SEC weatherman, Joe Holston, had been operating from Wallace's Hut and later, the Pretty Valley Hut, from c1928{ Napier: 36}. Federal money and Bureau of Meteorology assistance was won and these two early huts were a base for construction of this building. Snow pole lines were established from Pretty Valley to Mt Cope and from Wallace's down Fall's Creek to allow weather station construction. The work carried out there included operation of a meteorological station at the cottage, measuring the snow depth and density along two pole lines, and operating stream gauging stations in the area{ Lawrence: 33}. The engineers included TO Olsen (1933-4), a Swiss engineer Adrian Rufenacht (1934-6), a Norwegian Martin Romuld (1936-42) and Stan Trimble until the program ceased in 1946{ ibid.; Napier: 37}. Olsen was reputedly a `brilliant engineer', the co-builder of this hut and the instigator of the research programme{ see Napier: 37}. He was credited as being the one of the masterminds behind the Snowy Mountains hydro-electricity scheme{ Holth & Holth: 110-}. Romuld, on the other hand, was a champion skier, constructing a ski-jump and a grass tennis court near the hut during his residency{ ibid.; Carlyon states that the court is still apparent by the collapsed wire mesh and posts}. The tennis court was reputedly the venue for a tournament which attracted some 39 entrants, drawn from the SEC camps in the area{ Lawrence: 33}. SEC worker, Warrand Begg, described life at the weather station under Olsen in the 1930s, himself resident at Cope Hut: `A very comfortable, if somewhat compact house has been built in which lived the engineer, Mr Olsen, Mrs Olsen and their son, Lasse{ Napier: 38}…I had to ski to work each morning (1 mile). The scope of the work carried out at the station is very wide; in addition to standard meteorological work… it also covers a detailed study of the behaviour of the water (including snow) both on and in the ground and to take samples of the soil every foot. These samples were taken to the station where the moisture content was determined..'{ ibid.}. Begg would go with Olsen or alone to inspect the weather stations on the pole line, going down to Roper's Hut or Pretty Valley{ ibid.}. The pioneering alpine ecological research done by Maisie Fawcett was undertaken from this (staying with the Trimbles) and the Rover Scout hut in the early 1940s{ Gillbank: 224}. Special radio broadcasts (both in English and coded) from 3UZ to the battery powered wireless at the cottage were a feature of each night 6.45-7.00 pm{ Carlyon}. During Trimble's occupation, in 1946, the hut was covered by a snow drift and the family trapped. Only the chimney tops of the hut were visible but the arrival of Rover Scouts meant the family's rescue although it took some 5 days to dig them out, with cracked rafters and a leaning hut as one result{ Holth, COTHC: 116}. The drift was thought to be caused by the lack of trees on the hill near the hut, allowing drifts to build up{ Carlyon}. The store which had been erected at the Cottage, reputedly during Trimble's time, was to become a storeroom for the Rover Scouts{ ibid.}. Access to stores for the building's occupiers was made a little easier when the Fitzgeralds cut a pack track for the SEC from Shannonvale{ Carlyon}. In the Trimble era, the porch was removed and in its place a bunk room was built, with a long entry passage: this was connected via a covered way to the shed{ Carlyon}. Regarded as luxurious by the local cattlemen, the hut had an attic level and had hot and cold running water{ ibid.}. Nevertheless it was pictured in `The Alps at the Crossroads' as a typical gabled weatherboarded hut form (now clad with metal sheet), albeit with an attic window, and a skillion entry annexe in the place of the typical verandah. The corrugated iron cladding of the skillion vestibule has however remained. Two metal chimneys were visible; the one at the south end since replaced by the kitchen alcove{ Johnson: 118}. The south kitchen window shown has also been replaced. The hut was sold in 1948 to the Victorian Ski Club and renamed Wilkinson Lodge, Wilkinson Robert Wood Wilkinson, best known as 'Wilkie, was indisputably the 'Father figure' of Victorian skiing. He first visited the snow at Mount Buffalo in 1909, at the age of thirty-five years, and was fifty when he joined the Ski Club of Victoria as one of its earliest members, in 1924. He had an immense influence on the Club in its formative years and played a prominent part in some of the earliest trips of exploration "Robert Wood Wilkinson was born at Talbot (Victoria) in 1874, and was at the age of sixteen apprenticed to his father, who was at that time a chemist at Maryborough. Mr Wilkinson led the first party across the Bogong High Plains in the winter of 1926, pioneering Mt Nelse on the same trip. In 1927, with Jack Docherty, he was the first to climb Mt Fainter on ski. Again, in 1929, Mr Wilkinson, with a party from the Club, were the first to climb Mt McKay on ski. As a photographer, he was known far and wide. Cope Hut, on the Bogong High Plains, as well as the lines of snow poles were the outcome of his untiring efforts. As long as people ski in Victoria the name of Robert Wilkinson should be remembered, because of his devotion to the sport, and his untiring efforts to assist the Ski Club of Victoria in its growth and activities." Robert Wood Wilkinson died on May 22, 1939. The hut was resold some 12 years later to the Melbourne Bushwalkers club{ Lawrence: 25 says 1948; Lloyd: 294 says 1949 but shows cheque dated 1948}. Johnson, in `The Alps at the Crossroads' gives the purchase date as 1959, noting that club member Darrel Sullivan (and later Doug Pocock) organised and `..carried out extensive renovations' to the hut{ Johnson: 118}. Sullivan and Art Terry led club work parties who maintained the Long Hill-Crinoline and Gillio's Tracks{ ibid.}. In 1983, the National Parks Service described the building as an old SEC hut which had been purchased and, afterwards, maintained and occupied solely by the Melbourne Bushwalking Club (locked). It was in good condition but offered no public refuge: they recommended that some space in the hut be provided for refuge after negotiations with the club{ NPS (1983): 47}. ....'
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08/05/2014 : Genova, via Garibaldi: palazzo del Municipio, già Doria Tursi (Domenico e Giovanni Ponzello arch., Taddeo Carlone scult., 1565-79)
This is a part of one of the most powerful cranes in the world.
It is currently located in Grevenbroich Neurath where a new coal power plant is build. This is the site were the tragical accident happend last week.
The McCurdy Hotel in Evansville is new on Indiana Landmarks' 10 Most Endangered list in 2015. Learn more at www.indianalandmarks.org.
The eight-story McCurdy Hotel rose facing the Ohio River in 1917 to satisfy the demand for an elegant, first-class hotel in a time of booming transportation and industrial development. It operated for decades, hosting visiting Hollywood luminaries and politicians as well as the city’s grandest weddings and charity affairs until it went bankrupt in 1969.
From 1970 until 2010, the landmark operated as a retirement and nursing home under different owners. Now the National Register-listed building sits empty, loaded with city code enforcement orders and casting a dark shadow over the increasingly vibrant riverfront.
The Van Orman Hotel Operating Company built the McCurdy and four similarly elegant hotels, including the Terre Haute House, which appeared on Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Endangered list for eight years before it was demolished in 2005. While most people in Evansville would hate to see the McCurdy go the way of the Terre Haute House, with each passing year the deterioration escalates as redevelopment promises have gone unfulfilled.
A few different owner-investor groups have announced plans to convert the landmark to apartments. The first, a conversion to housing proposed by City Centre Properties, won $800,000 in city funds for a renovation that never happened. The Kunkel Group bought the McCurdy in 2012, planning to create 113 apartments, but redevelopment has not commenced. Since then, the city’s building commission has extended deadlines to cure code enforcement issues.
The landmark presents a sad picture—peeling paint, broken glass, and falling brick—facing the popular Evansville Riverwalk. Everyone wants the renovation to succeed, but time is running out for the McCurdy, as it finally did 10 years ago for the Terre Haute House.
Blogged at : www.jaillustration.com/2011/08/mile-end.html
Two sketches today in Mile End - probably my favourite part of Montreal. On the right, a corner of the fire department which is located on the corner of St Laurent and Laurier. This building also houses a Fire fighter's museum, which I have not yet visited. I'll have to go back and sketch more of this building – it is quite an interesting, castle-like place that deserves a much bigger part of the page.
To the left, Fairmount Bagel, an institution in Montreal eating. To maintain bagel-equality, I promise I will sketch St-Viateur Bagel another day. The two are the main Montreal bagel headquarters.
Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
The enormous palace was built during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaucescu in Romania from 1983. This is the second largest administrative building of the Earth. (The Pentagon is a little bit larger.) The volume of the building is the third on the planet after the rocket assembly hangar of Cape Canaveral and the Quetzalcoatl pyramid. The total cost of the building is estimated to be more than 6 billion dollars (the Romanian GDP in 1993 was 17 billions). Many citizens worked on the palace free as "patriotic labor".
The palace is located in the geometrical center of Bucharest and it is surrounded by similar administrative buildings. To create the construction site, parts of the old town were demolished. A dozen churches, a cathedral and many 19th century buildings were destroyed and a new Stalinist style quarter was created. There were apartment buildings along the 3.5 km large Avenue of Victory of Socialism for those "more equal than the others".
Some halls of the palace are bigger than a football field. During the construction 1 million m3 of marble, 3500 tons of crystal and 3500 m2 of leather was used. The purpose of the palace was to create a place for the administrative institutions of the State and the Communist Party. The building was called People's House. Its architect was Anca Petrescu. During the construction in the country electricity, heat and food was rationed.
The palace is now called Palace of Parliament and houses the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, two museums, other parts of the building are used during conferences, etc. (The movie Amen of Costa Gavras was partially filmed here in 2002.)
One of the buildings of the Roycroft Campus. A community of artisans that produced furniture , pottery, printings, copper ornaments all part of the arts and crafts movement of the early part of the twentieth century
From British Listed Buildings, www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-456228-numbers-85-to-...
Terrace of four houses. 1933-4 by Berthold Lubetkin, in conjunction with A V Pilichowski. Monolithic reinforced concrete construction, painted, with flat roof. Narrow frontage houses, 7.7 metres deep, on three floors, the ground floor lower than the road owing to the extremely steep site. Houses arranged in mirrored pairs. Ground floor with entrance halls, loggia rooms and garages, first floors with reception rooms and kitchens, the second floors with three bedrooms and bathrooms.
Entrances set back behind single pilotis to each house, which support the projecting upper storeys, and given further enclosure by curved projection to side. Most houses retain their original Crittall metal doors, and No. 91 has original bell. Garages, set further back, retain original doors. First floor with continuous horizontal windows across facade, each of ten vertical lights with some opening casements, set in projecting concrete frame – a very early use of such a feature. The second floor has a similar five-light window, with to side, doors on to balcony with cyma-curved concrete front and steel sides. This is a very distinctive and classic Lubetkin design, perhaps derived from the Bauhaus but evolved by him into one of the most characterful design features of the 1930s. Rear elevation simpler, though with similar Crittall windows surviving to Nos. 87 and 91 and to the upper floors of No. 85. The small bathroom and toilet windows to No. 89 survive, but the others have been altered. Ground floors originally with open loggias, now infilled with wood or glass but retaining their ‘garden room’ characteristic. The interiors survive remarkably well in all the houses, though No. 91 is the most complete.
The devastation just goes on and on when it comes to the banks of the River Humber in this area. It is there and needs presenting to show what can and will take years to correct.
Detail der Fassade des reich geschmückten, doch recht mitgenommenen Zinshauses aus dem Jahre 1899, in der Annenstraße 46, gleich neben dem Esperantoplatz, im IV. Grazer Stadtbezirk, Lend.
Das ehemals wohl sehr aufwändig verzierte Mietshaus mit der vorgeblendeten Backsteinfassade hat auch schon bessere Zeiten gesehen. Das hier im Ausschnitt zu sehende dritte Stockwerk ist zwar nicht mehr vollständig erhalten, vermittelt aber dennoch einen schönen Eindruck davon, wie wunderschön das Gebäude einmal war.
Bedauerlicherweise wurden erst vor ein paar Jahren die wunderschönen alten Kastenfenster durch gesichtslose, moderne Fenster ersetzt. Aber man muss dem Besitzer zugute halten, dass die neuen Rundbogenfenster tatsächlich auch rund sind (was vielerorts nicht berücksichtigt wird) und dass die Fensterrahmen braun gehalten sind.
(Foto: Juli 2014)
In Back to the Future, Part II this building was re-dressed to become the Holomax Theater. The theater was showing Jaws 19 - This time it's really, really personal
Former Picture House in Horden, later the Carlton Bingo Club. Opened c1933 and in use as a cinema until 1970 when it was converted to bingo. This closed in 2013 and by 2016 the building had been demolished. Originally, it had 1,120 seats in stalls and balcony levels.
Horden, County Durham, North East England - Picture House / Carlton, Sunderland Road / Shotton Road
January 2008, image reworked 2022
Fotos de Alejandro Blanco www.flickr.com/photos/alejandro5000
Catedraleseiglesias.com
Álbum 2668
www.iglesias-espana.blogspot.com/
Localidad: SANGÜESA (31400)
Dirección: Calle Mayor, 1
Zona: Zona Media
Estilo: Románico
Siglos de construcción: XII
Horario de visita: de otoño 2011 (incluyendo el puente del Pilar): de lunes a sábado, de 10:00 a 13:30 y de 16:00 a 18:00. Además se puede visitar media hora antes de las misas. Misas: de lunes a sábado, a las 19:00. Domingos y festivos, a las 12:00 y 19:00.
Precio visita: de la entrada: 1,95€. Consultar descuentos para grupos y determinados colectivos.
Teléfono: 948870132
Santa María la Real
Iglesia románica. Fue donada en 1131 por Alfonso I el Batallador a la orden de San Juan de Jerusalén.. Se trata de una pequeña iglesia románica de tres naves. La torre de planta octogonal es gótica de los siglos XIII-XIV.
Lo que ha hecho famosa a esta iglesia es la gran portada románica, que constituye una de las obras más interesantes y complejas del arte medieval navarro, además de representaciones religiosas hay múltiples relieves de rico simbolismo.
Leodegarius firma la imagen de Santa María que decora la segunda columna del lado izquierdo en el primer cuerpo. Ante el retraso de la obra, el rey, retira a Leodegarius de la dirección de la misma, y se la entrega al experimentado y viejo, Maestro de San Juan de la Peña, que la termina.
En su interior el retablo mayor es plateresco (1550-1570) de Jorge de Flandes (que residió en Sangüesa desde 1554 hasta su muerte en 1586).