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Koroit Commercial Road Conservation Area
Source: Go to the Register of the National Estate for more information.
Identifier: 15046
Location: Commercial Rd, Koroit
Local
Government: Moyne Shire
State: VIC
Country: Australia
Statement of
Significance: The conservation area consists of a number of important public buildings and a street of relatively intact humble shopfronts and kerbline verandahs, visually punctuated by opposing bank facades. Containing a range of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century structures, the conservation area strongly evokes a sense of the town's past (Criterion E.1).
Description: Koroit is located some miles to the north of the main coastal road, the Princes Highway, and is approximately midway between Warrnambool and Port Fairy. It lies on the northern slopes of the volcanic Tower Hill, enjoying the benefits of rich soil and shelter from the weather from the Southern Ocean. The qualities of the soil have long made the district suitable to intensive cultivation, producing abundant crops of potatoes, onions and peas, usually in association with diary cattle, pigs and fat lambs. The area also once produced mustard, linseed, wheat and oats. The township of Koroit developed to serve the needs of the district. The close settlement and small holdings allowed Koroit to grow into a larger town than would normally be expected within a short distance (17km) from the regional centre, Warrnambool, and from Port Fairy which is 20km distant. The predominant green of year round cultivation and the scale of the district's holdings and buildings have led many observers to see a similarity with Irish landscapes. Commercial Road, the main street of Koroit, is a flat, straight stretch of road. This is the commercial and administrative centre of Koroit and contains a number of interesting late nineteenth and early twentieth century shops, dwellings and public buildings. The focal point of the commercial/administrative precinct is the group of public buildings near the intersection of Boundary/Commercial Road and High Street. Included are the municipal offices and the bluestone post office. The latter was built in 1872 and is of special significance through its link with author Henry Handel (Ethel) Richardson whose mother was postmistress here in 1878; Ethel's father died in Koroit in 1879 and the author used the town for the setting of the third novel in her trilogy, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. Also included within this precinct are the courthouse (1871-72), and the state school (1878). Also of note at the intersection is the decorative Koroit Hotel with detailing showing Art Nouveau influence (especially in the verandah). Diagonally opposite is the Courthouse Inn, an interesting Edwardian weatherboard building now unlicensed but still used for accommodation. The Commercial Road shopping area runs west from this intersection, consisting primarily of single storey shops although the State Savings Bank and, directly opposite, the National Bank are exceptions. The National Bank in its present form dates from c 1872 when architect George Jobbins was commissioned to remodel the facade and to erect an additional storey. Jobbins was also commissioned to design the premises of the Colonial Bank of Australasia (now the State Savings Bank) in 1876. The design of this bank closely relates to the National Bank in Warrnambool (1868-69) designed by Lloyd Tayler, Jobbins' former employer. Though there are a number of later intrusions in the Commercial Road area, some of them unfortunate, the prevailing kerbline verandah posts and valances are still sufficient to evoke a strong sense of the town's past. This is emphasised by the town's relative isolation, being by passed by all the major district highways.
Caption: 1968. Interiior of Trenque Lanquen Church.
Citation: Mennonite Board of Missions. Photographs. Argentina, 1960's & 70's. IV-10-7.2 Box 1 folder 44, photo #49. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.
Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. The terminal serves commuters traveling on the Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York, as well as to Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. The terminal also contains a connection to the New York City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street. Grand Central Terminal has intricate designs both on its inside and outside, lending to its landmark designations, including as a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The terminal is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with 21.9 million visitors in 2013.
Look up and I found the dragon on the ceiling.
Amazing architecture in forbidden city, beijing, China.
6-8 Tentercroft Street, built as a Smithy in 1867 for Henry Doughty and currently housing Howsons builders. Eliezer Howson started a bricklaying business in 1841, by the time he died in the mid-1880s he had built up a successful business and they have been based in this building not long after it's construction.
Tentercroft Street is an area of Lincoln which is set to be transformed as the street is set to be extended as part of a new East West Link Road, helping traffic avoid a Railway Crossing and for the pedestrianised area of the High Street to be extended.
In Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Marina City is a mixed-use residential/commercial building complex occupying an entire city block on State Street in Chicago, Illinois. It lies on the north bank of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, directly across from the Loop district. The complex consists of two high rise corncob-shaped 65-story towers (including five-story elevator and physical plant penthouse), at 587-foot (179 m) tall. It also includes a saddle-shaped auditorium building, and a mid-rise hotel building, all contained on a raised platform adjacent to the river. Beneath the raised platform at river level is a small marina for pleasure craft, giving the structures their name. Marina City is notable in that it is the first building in the United States to be constructed with tower cranes.
The church's east door, which the Haemovores attempt to break through when they attack the church in episode three.
St Laurence's church in Hawkhurst was the location for St Jude's church in Maiden's Point, Northumberland, for the 1989 Doctor Who story 'The Curse of Fenric'. Filming took place at the church on 13 April 1989.
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"The parish church of St Laurence stands at the south end of the village known as The Moor, which is the older part of Hawkhurst. It falls within the Canterbury diocese, and has as patron the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. It is likely that a church has stood on this site since 1100, or even earlier. After the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror gave the Manor of Wye, with rights over a large part of the parish, to the Abbot of Battle. The first mention of the church is in the charter of 1285, and its first rector was Richard de Clyne in 1291. The Chancel and North Chapel are the oldest parts of the church. The Great East Window was built about 1350 and has been described as one of the finest pieces of architecture in the country. Most of the rest of the church dates from around 1450, when the nave was lengthened and raised, the aisles, porches and tower added, and it took on its present appearance. The room over the North porch was used by Battle Abbey officials for rent collecting, and used to be called 'The Treasury'. In 1574, communion rails were introduced at a cost of 53 shillings, to keep communicants from the altar, the first parish church in England to have done so.
"In 1944 a German flying bomb fell in the churchyard, caused considerable damage, and the church was put out of action until 1957. Part of the flying bomb can be seen on the south side at the back of the church."
Source: Wikipedia
Menlo Community Building, 417 Sherman Street, Menlo, Iowa. This building dates from 1941. It looks like the City Clerk has an office here.
Glass Tower (César Pelli), Space Tower (Henry N. Cobb).
Torre de Cristal (César Pelli), Torre Espacio (Henry N. Cobb).
Two or three story circular lobby with a center plant and fountain area. In an insurance company's abandoned building. Recently sold. Lights still on. Plastic plants? The dirty looking baseboard is probably figured marble • Photographed through the only lobby window that had no reflections.
iPhone 6s with ProCamera+vividHDR app • Photoshop Elements with Nik's Define plugin, DxO's ViewPoint plugin and three filters from Anthropics' Smart Photo Editor plugin
Ananda Pahto : Le temple Ananda, situé à Bagan, Myanmar, est considéré comme l'un des rares chefs-d'œuvre survivants de l'architecture Mon. Aussi connu comme le plus beau plus grand, le mieux conservé et le plus vénéré des temples de Bagan. Lors du tremblement de terre de 1975, Ananda a subi des dommages considérables, mais a été entièrement restauré. Il aurait été construit vers 1105 par le roi Kyanzittha. Ce temple aux proportions parfaites annonce la fin stylistique de la première période Bagan et le début de la période médiane. En 1990, pour le 900e anniversaire de la construction du temple, les aiguilles du temple ont été dorées. Le reste de l'extérieur du temple est blanchie à la chaux de temps à autre. Il y a une légende disant qu'il y avait 8 moines qui sont arrivés un jour au palais demander l'aumône. Ils ont dit au roi que, une fois, ils avaient vécu dans le temple de la grotte Nandamula dans l'Himalaya. Le roi était fasciné par les contes et a invité les moines à retourner à son palais. Les moines, avec leurs pouvoirs méditatifs, auraient montré au roi le paysage mythique de l'endroit où ils sont allés. Le Roi Kyanzittha a été tellement enthousiasmé à cette vue qu’il aurait désiré construire un temple qui serait frais à l’intérieur au milieu de la plaine de Bagan. Après la construction du temple, le roi aurait exécuté les architectes afin de préserver l’unicité du style du temple.
Ananda Pahto ; Ananda temple, located at Bagan, Myanmar, is considered to be one of the rare surviving masterpiece of the Mon architecture. Also known as the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples. During the 1975 earthquake, Ananda suffered considerable damage but has been totally restored. It is said to have been built around 1105 by King Kyanzittha. This perfectly proportioned temple heralds the stylistic end of the Early Bagan period and the beginning of the Middle period. In 1990, on the 900th anniversary of the temple's construction, the temple spires were gilded. The remainder of the temple exterior is whitewashed from time to time. There is a legend saying that there were 8 monks who arrived one day to the palace begging for alms. They told the king that once, they had lived in the Nandamula Cave temple in the Himalayas. The King was fascinated by the tales and invited the monks to return to his palace. The monks, with their meditative powers, showed the king the mythical landscape of the place they have been. King Kyanzittha was overwhelmed by the sight and had a desire for building a temple which would be cool inside in the middle of the Bagan plains. After the construction of the temple, the king executed the architects just to make the style of the temple so unique.
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Bagan Myanmar
The Bank of Italy Building (also known as the Bank of America Building), 15-stories, built in 1926. Built by architect H. A. Minton to be one of the Bay Area's first "earthquake-proof" constructions. Tallest building in San Jose for 61 years. Owned by Bank of America from 1927 to 1970. Bank of Italy, later to become the Bank of America, was founded by San Jose native A.P. Giannini, mindful of his origins, established his first out-of-town branch in San Jose.
My restorative day at the spa. Scrubbed and massaged by a nice Czech woman who thinks English is the most beautiful language in the world and who told me not to settle.
The False Front Buildings (1894–1895) held the Commissary, Trusty Dorm, Barber Shop (1902-1960s) and Hospital (originally the blacksmith shop, but was remodeled in 1912 and remained the prison hospital until the 1960s).
shelburne, nova scotia
1973
dock street
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
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Quacky Duck Lego Bricks Building Guide
Hello Lego friends,
Here is our first design of a .pdf bricks building guide booklet (with the choice of two replicas in 1/1 scale with different diameter of wheels and Lego logo) concerning version 3 of the famous Lego wooden quacky duck model ( 1948-1956).
This building guide will be available at Rebrickable: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-87081/Aloha.Bricks/lego-bricks-w...
Or by email request here: aloha.bricks@gmail.com.
Thank you
The Alohoa Bricks team :-)
James Stoodley's Tavern, built in 1761, was a gathering place of Revolutionary patriots and a destination of Paul Revere's visit in 1774. It was also a site of colonial auctions of bulk goods, and sometimes enslaved people.
It was moved across town in Portsmouth when it was slated for demolition in 1964. The building that stands in Stoodley's original location is now slated for demolition after about 40 years. Ironic isn't it?
Shanghai
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the tallest building in Asia from 1934 to 1958
Architect: László Hudec
Hudec was in the Austro-Hungarian army, captured by the Russians in WWI, escaped and made his way to Shanghai, where he lived until 1947. He had some difficulty in obtaining a passport from the successor states of Czechoslovakia and/or Hungary in the 1920's and 1930's, eventually obtaining Hungarian citizenship. He lived in Berkeley California from 1947 to his death in 1958.
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This building, completed in 1928, witnessed the Great Depression, a World War, and other tumultuous times, but it cannot endure the ravages of a cannibalistic commercial real estate market in Manhattan.
This sturdy fixture at the iconic intersection of two of the city's major streets, Broadway and West 57th Street, is known to many as the Newsweek Building after the magazine moved its headquarters here in the early 1990s. Originally it was called the Columbus Tower, soon it will have part of than name restored to it when it is renamed 3 Columbus Circle, but everything else will be about this building will be left only to fond memories and photographs.
The buildings columns, cornices, bricks, and windows are being hidden (or removed, no one is sure which) behind another curtain of reflective glass. Gone will be the sense that here stands a rugged old friend who has weathered good times and bad and still stands guard at the head of the street. Instead, another shiny, slick, featureless clone of every other post-modern edifice churned out by the hundreds these days. The new building's website states, "Enduring Location, Modern Vision." Odd that it doesn't boast an "Enduring Vision," or perhaps, "Enduring Edifice." I suppose the developers realize that nothing is enduring except an address.
Notice how the waning sunlight strikes the varied surfaces of the building. Note too, the warm afternoon glow on the brick facade. The varying shapes of the shadows cast on its surface. Never again will that play of light be enjoyed here, instead only cold reflections of the surrounding buildings. The building will have shape, but no sense of a tangible surface.
How long must American cities be wrapped in what amounts to shrink-wrap and aluminum foil? If the old techniques which constructed this building are a lost art, then why must we destroy the remaining relics of a bygone age? Do we knowingly destroy a Michelangelo because there are no more Michelangelo's sculpting? This building's exterior hasn't been cleaned in decades, what would it look like if it was given a good scrubbing? We'll never know. It wasn't given a chance to spruce itself up.
For more information about the demise of 1775 Broadway, check these links:
curbed.com/archives/2008/01/28/meanwhile_in_architectural...
Project: Belmont College Health and Science Center, St. Clairsville, OH
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