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Early morning color on this building shot on the Mid-Week Marauders scavenger hunt in an industrial neighborhood in Albuquerque.
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada
In 1913 Louis Warren Hill Sr., chairman of the Great Northern Railway, visited Waterton and announced his desire to include a Canadian lodge in his expanding hotel and chalet development in Glacier National Park. What motivated Hill to proceed was the 1923 end of Prohibition in Alberta. A resort hotel in Waterton could lure American tourists to Glacier and then north across the U.S.-Canada border to Alberta so they could legally drink alcohol. Hill selected the Cardston contractors Douglas Oland and James Scott. A storm in December 1926 nearly tore down the half-built structure. Oland and Scott were also hampered by Louis Hill’s ever-changing vision of the final project. The Prince of Wales Hotel was originally supposed to look much like Many Glacier Hotel. A third of the way through the build, Hill decided to radically change the roofline and add three storeys. The hotel was opened on July 25, 1927, too much acclaim. Orignial estimated cost to build the hotel was $250,000 but final tab was $1,000,000. Funding was through Louis Hill's inheritance - the Canadian entity for the Prince of Wales Hotel was known as Canadian Rockies Hotel Company LTD with Hill as President. With 87 rooms on 7 floors under a steeply gable roof the hotel looked like a Swiss kings palace. (History provided by Glacier Park Foundation.)
The Prince of Wales Hotel was luxury in the wilderness with steam-heated rooms, hot and cold running water, electricity, a full service dining room, an elevator, laundry, beauty parlor and barber shop, all overseen by professional and uniformed staff. Rooms rented for $8 to $12 a day, American plan. A couple of weeks later, a tavern opened to serve beer to thirsty Americans.
The lake-side community of Waterton Park got a shock when the Great Northern didn’t open the Prince of Wales Hotel in 1933, with the railway citing the downturn in economic conditions caused by the Great Depression. The railway said it would not reopen the hotel until a more direct route was built between Waterton and Glacier, versus all bus traffic having to go via Cardston. Construction of Chief Mountain International Highway was undertaken as a work relief project and completed in 1936, when the railway kept its promise and reopened the hotel. The new highway saved 30 miles from the Many Glacier Hotel to Waterton.
During 1935 when the hotel was closed, Waterton townsite faced the threat of a forest fire. Great Northern sent its chief engineer, Ray Sleeger, and other staff to Waterton to protect the shuttered hotel. The fire was snuffed out before it reached the town, and despite not having a hand in battling the blaze, the wily Sleeger sent a telegram to his bosses saying: “I saved the hotel.” Great Northern president W.P. Kenney famously replied: “Why?” By then Prohibition had ended in the United States so there was no need for the hotel, and given the financial times, the purpose for keeping the hotel was dubious. The hotel would again be closed, from 1942 to 1945, due to the Second World War.
The longest term for a manager of the Prince of Wales Hotel was set by Harley Boswell. Accompanied by his wife Anna, who worked as head housekeeper, the Boswells oversaw the Prince for 23 seasons (1930-1958). They’d cut their teeth at Chateau Lake Louise and at the Banff Springs Hotel. An American citizen, Harley Boswell eventually landed a job as assistant manager at the prestigious Palmer House in Chicago. He managed to get summers off each year to work in Waterton.
Operation of the Prince of Wales Hotel is taken over by a Minnesota corporation headed by Donald Knutson from 1957 to 1959. Major upgrades are made to the hotel, including installation of a fire suppression sprinkler system, new exterior fire escapes, installation of a new lobby light fixture, closing of the tavern and opening of a liquor lounge, and remodelling of the giftshop.
The Prince of Wales Hotel and other Great Northern-owned lodges in Glacier are sold in 1960 to Don Hummel, his brother Gail, and Don Ford, who pay $1.4 million. They assume operation under the name Glacier Park, Inc.
Robert Hayes begins as manager of the Prince of Wales. His last summer was 1972. In 1981 Don Hummel sells Glacier Park, Inc. to Greyhound Corp. of Phoenix, Arizona - later known as Viad Corporation and now marketed as PURSUIT Collection. Chris Caulfield has served as General Manager at Prince of Wales Hotel since 2015. The staff all don royal tartans, or kilts, in homage to the hotel’s British namesake, Prince Edward.
Prince of Wales Hotel
Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada
The church of San Clemente, of medieval origin, extends its side on the square of the same name, located right at the meeting point of the two hills where the historic center insists. Основанная в тринадцатом веке, церковь Сан - Клементе расположена у подножия развалин древнего замка
The skilled craftsmen of the Woodland Period designed and built structures for many purposes. Their buildings were weather tight and snug during the winter months and could be made open and airy in the summer. Permanent settlements of multi-family houses were typically located near a river, stream or large spring.
Village Design
Larger towns might have 100 houses while smaller villages numbered from two to fifty homes. The houses in a village might be spread out over 100 acres. Usually each house had a nearby garden.
The two hand-colored pictures at left are copies of engravings by Theodor de Bry based on earlier drawings by John White.
In the "Village of Secoton", the artist chose to depict the houses and fields in a grid-like pattern. This stylized view allowed the artist to show many aspects of village life in a single image. The small hut in the corn field provided shelter for children whose job it was to guard the crops from animals.
In the "Village of Pomeiock," the open houses reveal raised platforms within. Notice the cupola-like roof on one of the buildings. The entire village is surrounded by a protective stockade.
The Long House
The Long House could be 100 feet long and twenty four feet wide. As many as twenty people could live in a large house. Doors were placed at either end of the home and the reed mats or bark sheets which covered the outside of the house could be removed to form windows. At the center was the fire pit with a hole in the roof above to vent the smoke. Larger houses might be partitioned with hanging mats. Low benches built along the interior wall provided a place to sit and sleep. Another style of house, the roundhouse, was dome-shaped and smaller - large enough for six to eight people.
Photo and transcription by Kevin Borland. Part of the "Woodland Indians of Arlington" exhibit at the Gulf Branch Nature Center. Photo of reproduction roundhouse from the Powhatan Village, Jamestown settlement, Virginia, photographer unknown. Similar photograph available (attribution required, non-commercial use only), courtesy of Bill Barber. Source of depicted Long House diagram unknown. Public domain electronic image of de Bry's "Village of Pomeiock" available at www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/6237. Public domain electronic image of de Bry's "Village of Secoton" available at www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/6276. Original John White watercolors on display at The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA. Source of background image unknown.
A lamppost illuminates a trullo in an alley in the historic center of Alberobello (Italy) at dayfall
The Roman Catholic church of St Charles in Gosforth was built in 1911 (replacing an earlier iron-built structure) and is a handsome building with two small west steeples flanking the main facade and a wide cruciform body culminating in a shallow apse. The interior is partially enlivened by marble-cladding, particularly around the sanctuary.
The outstanding features here however are in glass, principally the two large windows that dominate the north and south transepts, the largest windows in the church and both filled with gloriously rich stained glass by Harry Clarke Studios of Dublin and installed in 1945 (long after the death of Clarke himself and most likely designed by his successor Richard King). The south window depicts the Nativity, whilst that to the north represents the Deposition, with Christ's body being removed from the Cross. There is a further window by the same studio in the south nave clerestorey depicting Christ before Pilate, somewhat smaller and sadly less accessible.
This is a thoroughly rewarding church to visit for lovers of stained glass, though it is best to check with the church about access as it isn't always open outside mass times.
Buildings on Belgrade Waterfront new chapter in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Belgrade Waterfront, known in Serbian as Belgrade on Water is an urban renewal development project.
The Roman Catholic church of St Charles in Gosforth was built in 1911 (replacing an earlier iron-built structure) and is a handsome building with two small west steeples flanking the main facade and a wide cruciform body culminating in a shallow apse. The interior is partially enlivened by marble-cladding, particularly around the sanctuary.
The outstanding features here however are in glass, principally the two large windows that dominate the north and south transepts, the largest windows in the church and both filled with gloriously rich stained glass by Harry Clarke Studios of Dublin and installed in 1945 (long after the death of Clarke himself and most likely designed by his successor Richard King). The south window depicts the Nativity, whilst that to the north represents the Deposition, with Christ's body being removed from the Cross. There is a further window by the same studio in the south nave clerestorey depicting Christ before Pilate, somewhat smaller and sadly less accessible.
This is a thoroughly rewarding church to visit for lovers of stained glass, though it is best to check with the church about access as it isn't always open outside mass times.
Creator: Unidentified.
Location: Wickham, Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland.
Description: The Old Windmill in Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, is the oldest surviving convict-built structure in queensland. From 1922 to 1926 the tower served the Institute of Radio Engineers for meetings and experiments, Gympie Radio Pioneer A. E. Dillon 4CH, was the first experimenter to conduct Medium Wave tests and transmissions from this tower in late 1921 or early 1922. The Tower was ideally suited for this purpose as it commanded a panoramic view from Moreton Bay in the east, to Darling Downs on the western horizon. Nearby he erected a 150-foot (46 m) mast and strung an 80-foot (24 m) antenna between it and the Tower - the most impressive configuration of its kind in Queensland at the time.
From 1924 Thomas Elliott installed equipment in the tower to undertake cutting-edge television research; he and Allen Campbell giving a demonstration from the site in 1934 which constituted Queensland's first television broadcast. It was considered by many at the time as the most outstanding achievement thus far in the history of television in Australia. They gained a licence from the government and continued experimental broadcasting from the tower until about 1944.
During the 1930s and 1940s the tower was the venue for pioneer television broadcasting. (Information from Wikipedia)
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The Silk Road, or Silk Route is a modern term referring to a historical network of interlinking trade routes accross the Afro-Eurasian landmass connecting East, South and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa on about 4,000 miles (6,500 km). It gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade along it, which began during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of China, India, Persia, Europe and Arabia. Though silk was certainly the major trade item from China, many other goods were traded, and various technologies, religions and philosophies, as well as the bubonic plague (the « Black Death ») also traveled along the Silk Routes.
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The museum building in the estate of Count A. Orlov "Neskuchny Garden" (former manege) is an architectural monument of the early XIX century. The date of construction is presumably 1806-1808 . The architect is unknown. The later (20-30-ies of the XIX century) magnificent artistic decor of the manege hall belongs to the architect E.D.Tyurin. The room consisted of one exhibition hall with an area of about 1200 square meters with a small number of utility rooms that could be used for work and laboratory facilities.
Здание музея в усадьбе графа А. Орлова "Нескучный сад" (бывший манеж) является памятником архитектуры начала XIX в. Дата постройки предположительно 1806-1808 гг. Архитектор неизвестен. Более поздний, (20-30-е годы XIX в.) пышный художественный декор зала манежа принадлежит архитектору Е.Д.Тюрину. Помещение представляло собой один выставочный зал площадью около 1200 квадратных метров с небольшим количеством подсобных комнат, которые могли бы быть использованы для рабочих и лабораторных помещений.
Paris, France. Institut de France . French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française. Established 1795. Quai de Conti, 6th.
Morning sunlight shines through colorful stained glass windows inside main prayer hall of Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, also known as the Pink mosque, situated in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province of Iran.
Nasir al-Mulk mosque was built during the Qajar era, between 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler. It includes extensive colored glass in its facade, and displays other traditional elements such as the Panj Kāse ("five concaved") design.
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Tamil Nadu is the southeast part of India, one of the 28 states that composed the country, its capital is Chennai; this region, formerly called Madras State, is considered as the heart of Dravidian culture; Tamil Nadu is also known as a land of temples, about 30 000 are located in this area; the Tamil culture and traditions, rich and various occur in many aspects of life such as architecture, dance, food, music, religious pilgrimage, festivals; the magnificence of its landscapes, its hill stations, its eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the vitality of its fauna (tigers, elephants, monkeys and gaurs) make this region one of the most visited in India
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