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Visitors to campus can get information on where to park and where buildings are located from this soon-to-be open parking information center along Folino Drive. In the background immediately behind the kiosk is the Fullerton Marriott and on the right is Langsdorf Hall.
"The Hungarian Parliament Building, also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination in Budapest. It is situated in Kossuth Square, in the Pest side of the city and on the banks of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary. It was designed by Hungarian architect Imre Steindl in neo-Gothic style and opened in 1902." (from Wikipedia)
Budapest, Hungary.
Many buildings in the centre of Rejkjavik are dull, but this facade stood out with its decorative elements.
Over the past few years, the City of Chicago has acquired about 500 homes & businesses in Bensenville, Illinois that make up about 15% of the entire town. The City of Chicago wishes to demolish these structures to make way for O'Hare Airport Expansion. Most of them been bought & boarded up, but about 25-30 of the homes remain occupied.
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One of about 70 postcards in my collection of Kew Gardens postcards that depicts the famous Pagoda, one of Kew's earliest features having been completed in 1762.
After a major renovation of the entire building by Historicd Royal Palaces the Pagoda reopened to the public on 13 July 2018 - see www.kew.org/kew-gardens/attractions/great-pagoda
My full collection of Pagoda images can be seen here - www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=24469639%40N00&view_al...
For the most notable images, see this album - www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/albums/72157697327...
Whilst the copyright status of this card is uncertain, I am sharing it in good faith as public domain.
The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City's borders. The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains a notable part of central London. Administratively, it forms one of the 33 local authority districts of Greater London; however, the City of London is not a London borough, a status reserved for the other 32 districts (including London's only other city, the City of Westminster). It is also a separate county of England, being an enclave surrounded by Greater London. It is the smallest county in the United Kingdom.
The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City (differentiated from the phrase "the city of London" by capitalising City) and is also colloquially known as the Square Mile, as it is 1.12 sq mi (716.80 acres; 2.90 km2) in area. Both of these terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's trading and financial services industries, which continue a notable history of being largely based in the City. The name London is now ordinarily used for a far wider area than just the City. London most often denotes the sprawling London metropolis, or the 32 London boroughs, in addition to the City of London itself. This wider usage of London is documented as far back as 1888, when the County of London was created.
The local authority for the City, namely the City of London Corporation, is unique in the UK and has some unusual responsibilities for a local council, such as being the police authority. It is also unusual in having responsibilities and ownerships beyond its boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, an office separate from (and much older than) the Mayor of London. The current Lord Mayor, as of November 2017, is Charles Bowman.
The City is a major business and financial centre. Throughout the 19th century, the City was the world's primary business centre, and it continues to be a major meeting point for businesses. London came top in the Worldwide Centres of Commerce Index, published in 2008. The insurance industry is focused around the eastern side of the City, around Lloyd's building. A secondary financial district exists outside the City, at Canary Wharf, 2.5 miles (4 km) to the east.
The City has a resident population of 9,401 (ONS estimate, mid-2016) but over 300,000 people commute to and work there. About three quarters of the jobs in the City of London are in the financial, professional, and associated business services sectors. The legal profession forms a major component of the northern and western sides of the City, especially in the Temple and Chancery Lane areas where the Inns of Court are located, of which two—Inner Temple and Middle Temple—fall within the City of London boundary.
Known as "Londinium", the Roman legions established on the current site of the City of London around ad 43. Its bridge over the River Thames turned the city into a road nexus and major port, serving as a major commercial centre in Roman Britain until its abandonment during the 5th century. Archaeologist Leslie Wallace notes that "Because no LPRIA settlements or significant domestic refuse have been found in London, despite extensive archaeological excavation, arguments for a purely Roman foundation of London are now common and uncontroversial."
At its height, the Roman city had a population of approximately 45,000–60,000 inhabitants. Londinium was an ethnically diverse city, with inhabitants from across the Roman Empire, including natives of Britannia, continental Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The Romans built the London Wall some time between 190 and 225 AD. The boundaries of the Roman city were similar to those of the City of London today, though Londinium did not extend further west than Ludgate or the Fleet, and the mid-estuary Thames was undredged and wider than it is today thus, the City's shoreline was north of its present position. The Romans built a bridge across the river, as early as 50 AD, near to today's London Bridge
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.
I saw and photographed this fine old building while passing through Beatrice,Nebraska. Not sure what it is.
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 Cemetery Gate Lodge dates to 1873. The Soldiers' Home (now the Armed Forces Retirement Home) dates to 1851 when Congress created it to serve as a place for retiring soldiers. It's on the former George Riggs summer estate (and his home was utilized by presidents as a summer residence). The home has a large number of buildings and recreational facilities and can now be utilized by all retired service members. The Soldiers' Home is on the National Register #74002176 and also a National Historic Landmark.
Hotel North Western
Address: 100/12/14 Marefare
Licensee In Kelly's Directory:
1914 Arthur Ernest Hewitt
1928 William Stratton
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1903/1912 William Warren
1914/1924 Arthur Ernest Hewitt
1928/1952 William Stratton
1954/1956 Robert P Newcomen
1958/1962 Mrs AG Weaver
This hotel was owned by the North Western Railway
Format: Monochrome Photograph
Rights Info: No Known Restrictions On Publication
Location Of Collection Northampton Museum And Art gallery
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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.
Domed skylight in the Caesar's Forum shopping arcade in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tenuous Link: dome from the outside → dome from the inside.
And back to a cloudy day in the middle of September, and after snapping Tornado being dragged at Wye, I went on a church hunt.
I saw St Lawrence from the main road, and realised i had not been here before. I arrived at the same time as a local giving two Americans a tour, apparently this is a popular location due to links with Jane Austin. Now over to ChurchCrawler for some churchy words:
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This simple flint building is perhaps one of the most attractively situated churches to be found anywhere in Kent, sitting above the River Stour, framed by trees, with its churchyard - often occupied by sheep - running down to the river bank. When driving past I always find it something of a struggle to take my eyes off it and concentrate on the road. It is not by chance, therefore, that I have chosen St. Lawrence to bring this personal 'literary milestone' to a close as, for me, its uniqueness and setting represents all that I find so charismatic in the country churches of this beautiful county.
The nave and western half of the chancel is Saxon in origin, but no architectural details survive from this period today. Early in the 12th century a north tower was added to the north of the nave, and here we have the feature that is of such antiquarian interest, for here alone, is a Norman tower with an east apsidal chapel. Originally it opened by way of a wide arch to the nave, but there was also a north doorway to make it independent of the church. Apparently, tower-naves were a Saxon speciality, possibly the tower-chapel is a later version of this arrangement. Of the same period is the remarkable stone carving of an archbishop, possibly Archbishop Theobold (d.1162) or Becket (d.1170). John Betjeman favours the latter. Now displayed in the chancel it was, until 1935, attached to the now demolished 14th century Court Lodge. The church was nicely restored during the 1860's with the inclusion of a rather fine rood screen, the Devonshire marble font, and the east window. Fine Minton tiles were laid in the sanctuary, and their medieval predecessors carefully removed and preserved by placement on the window-sill. It occurs to me that I am ending, as I began, with a church that is connected to the great Jane Austen, for memorialised in the church is her brother, Edward Knight (d.1852), a former vicar of Godmersham and owner of Godmersham Park (he changed his name to Knight when he inherited the property from Thomas Knight in 1794).
Jane was a frequent visitor to the mansion, which is situated behind the church on the slope of the Downs. It was here, amid this absorbing scenery, that she studied many of the characters who would later appear in her writings. In fact, the mansion was the setting for 'Rosings Park' and Godmersham vicarage the model for the parsonage in 'Pride and Prejudice' - much of which was written here and which, as I write, has just undergone a highly acclaimed television dramatisation. It is no wonder to me that she found the inspiration here to create what was probably her most famous work, indeed, Richard Church ('The Little Kingdom') aptly described this stretch of countryside as "...still magical with a quality and character wholly English.." On reflection, he might have been describing Jane Austen and her wonderfully witty novels.
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An architectural detail of the Academic Quadrangle at my alma mater, Simon Fraser University. The university opened in 1965 and the most of the campus was designed by renowned architect, Arthur Erickson. The campus buildings that have been built since have been designed to fit in with the architect's initial vision. The AQ is part of the original campus core.
SFU trivia: Since 1995 the SFU Pipe Band (bagpipes) has won the world piping championship in Scotland six times (and has finished second in the world eight times)! One of the greatest things in the world is to hear the pipes playing across campus on a foggy evening up on Burnaby Mountain.
More SFU trivia: SFU is the only Canadian university whose athletic teams compete in the NCAA.
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Tin Tsz Estate is a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai of Hong Kong's New Territories. It consists of four residential buildings completed in 1997 and contains 3,400 rental flats of sizes ranging from 12.8 to 43.3m2.
Tin Lai Court is a Home Ownership Scheme residential block near Tin Tsz Estate that was built in 1997.
According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Tsz Estate had a population of 9,026. The median age was 43.4 and the majority of residents (96 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.8 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$22,000.
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Die ältesten Teile des Hölderlinhauses gehörten der mittelalterlichen Stadtbefestigung an. Vermutlich aus dem 13. Jahrhundert stammen Stadt- und Zwingermauer als nördliche und südliche Begrenzungen, sowie der Sockel eines Befestigungsturms, dessen Schießscharten heute noch zu sehen sind.
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In den Bauplänen erschien erstmals die Bezeichnung "Hölderlin's Turm".
The government of the Swiss Confederation has been based in the Bundeshaus (Parliament) in Bern since the building was completed in 1902.
Built to the plans of architect Hans Wilhelm Auer in the Neo-Renaissance style, it is home to both the National Council and the Council of States, with each of the country’s cantons represented.
Guided tours are available in many languages, allowing you to look around both of the chambers and the impressive domed hall which stands between them and beneath the copped-topped dome seen from the outside.
The parliament is fronted by the Bundesplatz, where 23 water jet fountains – one for each of the cantons – shoot up into the air from the pavement every day.