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Constructed in 1895, the Hutchings and John Sealy building are two buildings combined by one façade. The Strand Historic District is a National Historic Landmark consisting of mainly Victorian era buildings that are now a mix of storefronts, restaurants, antiques and souvenir shops in Galveston Texas. Print Size 13x19 inches.
This is actually a square format crop of my previous upload of this stair in the Citizen M Rotterdam hotel. On one hand the crop makes for a stronger image but then it also loses quite a bit of detail so I'm not really sure which version I prefer.....
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From Wikipedia "Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, in South Holland within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river, after which people settled around it for safety. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland.
A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest port, and has a population of 633,471 (2017), the second-largest in the Netherlands, just behind Amsterdam."
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This is a continuation on my last birdcage concept. Unfortunately the last cage wasn't able to open on the bottom, so I had to wait until I got my hands on one that did.
Driving to this shoot, I was thinking of possible titles for this photo and my mind kept going over this idea of the cage and how many things it could represent. In a way, I think the cage can represent all of the constructs which exist in the world around us. We are born into these constructs, and because we can never fully separate from society or 'unknow' what we know, we can never fully divorce ourselves from them. It stands to reason that we will never fully understand how limited we truly are by these constraints. Beneath these constructs is our raw, authentic self. As artists, I think we are always striving to examine these 'cages', or to remove ourselves from them, however impossible that may be.
"Sketchy construction"
Douchanbé (Asie Centrale - Tadjikistan)
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is this real or just constructed?
Was ist wahr, was ist falsch?
Ist die Welt so, wie sie scheint?
Was ist fotografische Wahrheit, was ist Lüge?
is this real or just constructed?
Was ist wahr, was ist falsch?
Ist die Welt so, wie sie scheint?
Was ist fotografische Wahrheit, was ist Lüge?
Constructed between 1888 and 1897, the Library of Congress is located in Washington, D.C. at the intersection of 1st St. and Independance Avenue. It's beautiful, large-scale building is comprised mainly of marble, granite, iron, and bronze. The Library's architectural style is reminiscent of that of ancient Greece. It's typical Greek characteristics include columns of the Ionic order, relief sculpture, and statues of Greek god figures, such as Poseidon, god of the sea. These attributes are significantly comparable to those of the altar of Pergamon located in present day Turkey. Housing thousands of books, music, and art collections, the Library of Congress contains numerous reading rooms used by the public people. It is not restricted to use by special officials, but welcomes everybody as it was constructed specifically to serve as the American national library. Italian Renaissance designed bt J.L. Smithmeyer and P.J. Pelz.
NRHP #76002127
Construction du Dagoba Kiri Vihara est créditée à Subhadra, la reine de roi Parakramabahu. Initialement connu sous le nom Rupavati Chetiya, le nom actuel signifie «blanc de lait» parce que quand la jungle envahie a été déblayé après 700 années de négligence, l'enduit à la chaux original a été trouvé pour être en parfait état. Il est encore Dagoba unrestored le mieux préservé au Polonnaruwa.
We ascended a mountain above the Marmes Man archeological dig of a rock shelter inhabited for thousands of years.. A berm was built in a vain effort to protect the site. Water seeped through and inundated the excavation site after a dam was constructed on the Snake River. From this perspective, a rock formation appearing to be the face of a primitive man looks at the sky above the site which is below the water. For more information see: www.archaeology.wsu.edu/county/franklin/45FR50/overview.html
The Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. They are matching red-brick, one-block-long, four‑story buildings built in the late 1840s by the Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba.
Baroness Pontalba, an accomplished businesswoman, invested in real estate, purchasing the land on the upriver and downriver sides of the Place d’Armes. She constructed two Parisian-style row house buildings in the 1840s, at a cost of over $300,000. The buildings include the first recorded instance in the city of the use of iron railings, now a prominent feature of the city's residential architecture.
CONSTRUCTED BY THE VIKINGS IN THE 11TH CENTURY, THE CASTLE STANDS ON ST PATRICK'S ISLE WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE TOWN BY A CAUSEWAY AND REMAINS AN IMPRESSIVE FEATURE ON THE CITY'S COASTLINE. WHILE NO LONGER USED, THE RED SANDSTONE WALLS OF THE CASTLE REMAIN INTACT AND PROVIDE AN INTRIGUING WALK THROUGH HISTORY AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE'S CATHEDRAL AND ROUND TOWER.
THE CASTLE HAS ALSO BEEN THE SITE OF MANY SPECTACULAR HISTORICAL FINDS, INCLUDING THE 10TH CENTURY GRAVE OF THE 'PAGAN LADY' WHICH INCLUDED A WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF A VIKING NECKLACE AND A CACHE OF SILVER COINS DATING FROM ABOUT 1030 WHICH ARE NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE VIKING GALLERY AT THE MANX MUSEUM.
Before we went to France for our autumn break, we looked at possible days out. JJ found some colourful photos of a town close by called Menton. I must admit I'd never heard of it before, but the photos were beautiful and I agreed immediately that we had to fit it in to our trip! It was very different to Antibes, but equally beautiful, with an Italian feel (not that I've been to Italy - yet!). Understandable, given its close proximity to Italy and its history!
This is when we got off at Menton railway station - very different to Nice!
Last stop on the Côte d’Azur before Italy, the seaside town of Menton offers a glimpse of what the high life on the Riviera must have been like before the developers moved in. With its sunny climate, shady streets and pastel mansions – not to mention a lovely old port – it’s one of the most attractive towns on the entire coast. Menton’s old town is a cascade of pastel-coloured buildings. Add a fantastic museum dedicated to the great artist and film director Jean Cocteau, as well as several excellent restaurants, and Menton really is a must. (From lonely planet.com)
The Menton area has been inhabited since the palaeolithic era. The first major settlement was built in the XI century when the Count of Ventimiglia constructed the Château de Puypin. During the XIII century, the seigneur of Puypin fell to the Vento family of Genoa. Menton was thus incorporated into the Republic of Genoa. Then the town was mentioned in the peace treaty between Provence and the Republic of Genoa. The treatment stabilized that Menton became a part of Liguria. However, in the XIV century the town was acquired by the Lords of Monaco and again became a part of France. It remained French until the XIX century. Then, together with the Republic of Genoa became a part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, in 1860 France called for the annexation of Menton and the whole County of Nice to France. For this reason, a plebiscite was organized and as its result, Menton and County of Nice became a part of France. (From thatsliguria.com)
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Ploumanac'h Lighthouse
Mean Ruz Lighthouse
Feu de Min-Ruiz (pierre rouge)
Phare de Men Ruz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ploumanac'h lighthouse
The lighthouse on the Côte de Granit Rose
Location: Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Coordinates: 48°50′15″N 3°29′00″W
Tower
Constructed: 1860 (first) distroyed August 4, 1944
Current: 1946.(First lit: 1948)
Construction: red granite tower
Height49 feet (15 m)
Shapetapered square tower with balcony and lantern
Markingsunpainted tower, red lantern
Heritagelisted in the general inventory of cultural heritage
Light
First lit1948 (current)
Focal height: 85 feet (26 m)
Range: 12 Nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) (white), 9 Nautical mile (17 km; 10 mi) (red)
Characteristic: Occ. W R 4s
The Ploumanac'h Lighthouse (officially the Phare de Men Ruz) is an active lighthouse in Côtes-d'Armor, France, located in Perros-Guirec.
The lighthouse is closed to the public.
The structure is composed of pink granite, and marks the entrance to the channel leading to the port of Ploumanac'h.
History
The first lighthouse in Ploumanac'h dates from 1860 . Destroyed by German troops on August 4, 1944 , it was replaced by the current lighthouse in 1946 (first ignition in October 1948 ). At night, it can be identified by its red occultation light with a white sector. This last color being visible only between Tomé Island and Rouzic Island. The current version was built by Martin et frère (local construction company of the time) according to the plans of architects Henry Auffret and Hardion. The latter had to work together with the Beaux Arts to build the pink granite tower of La Clarté, so that it harmonized with the surrounding setting, classified and protected shortly before the war. The interior mosaics are the work of the artist Odorico.
From the lighthouse, you have a direct view of the castle of Costaérès , Renote Island and the Sept-Îles archipelago .
"The Roman Baths are a well-preserved thermae in the city of Bath, Somerset, England. A temple was constructed on the site between 60-70CE in the first few decades of Roman Britain. Its presence led to the development of the small Roman urban settlement known as Aquae Sulis around the site. The Roman baths, which were used for public bathing, were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th Century CE. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the original Roman baths were in ruins a century later. The area around the natural springs was redeveloped several times during the Early and Late Middle Ages." - from Wikipedia.
This summer I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Les pinèdes, les garrigues, la campagne reculent sous les assauts des forces du béton et des constructions.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, is also known as The Guitar Hotel due to its tower constructed to resemble a guitar, is a hotel and casino resort in Hollywood, Florida, United States, located on 100 acres (40 ha) of the Hollywood Reservation of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The property currently has one hotel tower, a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) casino, a large poker room, a 4-acre (1.6 ha) lagoon-style pool facility with a center bar, and many private restaurants, shops, spa, cabanas, bars, and nightclubs, and the Hard Rock Event Center. A large expansion was completed in October 2019.
The resort currently has a 12-story "classic Hard Rock Hotel" with 469 guest rooms and suites. Guests are greeted by a 50-foot (15 m) tall signature Hard Rock guitar, (based on a famous Gibson electric guitar model) at the entrance of the hotel, along with a massive LED advertising screen at the front of the main parking garage. The resort has 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) of meeting space, including a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m2) exhibit hall.
The Hard Rock's $1.5 billion property expansion project added a 450-foot (140 m) tower designed to appear as a guitar, with lights providing the imagery of guitar strings, and 638 rooms alongside a seven-story, 168-room "Oasis Tower" overlooking the pool cabanas— open on October 24, 2019, several months in advance of Super Bowl LIV being held in Miami on February 2, 2020. The expansion also included a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) "Rock Spa", and over 20 new dining and nightlife destinations. Between the existing 12-story hotel, new Guitar Hotel, and new Oasis Tower, over 1,200 hotel rooms became available in October 2019.
On May 9, 2014, Seminole Chief Jim Billie announced a $100 million upgrade of the tribe's casinos, with much of that spent on the Hard Rock Hollywood location, including improved entryways, center pool bar, pool facility upgrades, updated hotel room, and suite interiors, and a new restaurant. As of March 2019, the tribe's upgrade budget was significantly increased to over $2.4 billion, split mainly between this location and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa.
The current casino layout covers over 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) featuring slot machines and various table games including blackjack, baccarat, mini-baccarat, Pai Gow poker, Let It Ride, and three-card poker. The casino does not have live craps and roulette, although there are electronic versions of those games available. As of June 2018, the poker room is located in a former ballroom area, relocated from its prior venue due to ongoing construction work.
Blackjack is the most popular card game in the United States and was an addition to the casino. In a deal valued at $1.1 billion, former Governor Charlie Crist gave the Seminole Tribe a license for blackjack in its casinos. In exchange, The Seminole Tribe loaned the State of Florida $1.1 billion over the course of two years. On July 3, 2008, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the governor's agreement was unconstitutional, but table games continue to operate because the Federal Department of the Interior approved the now-invalid pact with the state. The addition of blackjack to the Hard Rock casinos in Hollywood and Tampa gave credibility to its claim of being a major gambling destination.[
Hard Rock Live is a 7,000 seat multi-purpose theater, which opened on October 25, 2019, with a concert by Maroon 5. The theater replaced a 5,500 seat arena (razed in March 2018 as part of the property-wide expansion) of the same name, which hosted different types of events including musical acts, comedians, boxing, and other smaller events, along with a residency by Billy Joel. During construction of the new theater, events were held at the temporary 3,500 seat Hard Rock Event Center, which hosted acts including Britney Spears on her Piece of Me Tour.
The 69th edition of the Miss Universe competition was held on May 16, 2021, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino where Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa crowned her successor Andrea Meza of Mexico at the end of the event.
Model Anna Nicole Smith, who was staying at the resort, died in her hotel suite on February 8, 2007. An autopsy ruled her death was caused by an accidental drug overdose from prescription drugs.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Hard_Rock_Hotel_%26_Casino...
www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com/hotel/hard-rock-hotel
www.booking.com/hotel/us/seminolehardrockhotelhollywood.h...
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Switzerland : La Chaux -de-Fonds : Villa Turque (Le Corbusier). No. 88.
"La Villa Turque a été construite en 1916-1917 par Le Corbusier. Manifeste de jeunesse, elle appartient au patrimoine de l’architecture mondiale. Depuis 1987, elle est devenue le Centre de Relations Publiques de l’entreprise horlogère Ebel."
"C'est en 1916, au retour de son voyage en Orient, que Le Corbusier se lance dans la construction de la villa commandée par Anatole Schwob, riche industriel de La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Alors âgé de 29 ans, l'architecte associe brique et béton pour édifier une construction révolutionnaire. Pas de murs porteurs mais 16 piliers soutenant 4 dalles quadrangulaires pour une construction qui parvient à marier des lignes très épurées à la généreuse rondeur des deux ailes semi-circulaires situées de chaque côté.
A l'intérieur, c'est la magie de la lumière: celle qui entre par la grande verrière située au sud pour jouer avec la clarté des ouvertures plus discrètes à l'est et à l'ouest. De l'immense pièce centrale, on accède aux étages qui recèlent des chambres et leurs dépendances dont un solarium et un jardin terrasse.
Seule oeuvre de jeunesse revendiquée par l'architecte, cette réalisation lui permit de s'affranchir de l'influence «Art nouveau» de l'époque. Elle fut également à l'origine de nombreux déboires avec le propriétaire et certainement cause de son installation à Paris. Reprise aujourd'hui par l'horloger Ebel, qui en a fait son centre de relations publiques, la Villa Turque est ouverte au public tous les 1er et 3e samedis du mois."
Rue du Doubs 167, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Che Guevara Mural on Faha Street just off Free Derry Corner. The inscription in Irish translates loosely as, “You can kill the revolutionary, but not the revolultion.”
Free Derry Corner is a historical landmark in the Bogside area of Derry~Londonderry immediately below the city’s famous walls, with several political murals from a Republican or Nationalist perspective. It is a significant tourist attraction in the city.
Derry or Londonderry – the name itself is a subject of political dispute – is the second city of Northern Ireland and fifth largest on the island of Ireland, with a population of around 100,000.
Derry is perhaps most famous for its walls, constructed as late as 1613-9 to protect English and Scottish settlers from native Irish people. This makes it the last walled city to be constructed anywhere in Europe. The walls remain completely intact and there is a walkway along top of the whole mile or 1½ km of them. These are the only intact city walls in Ireland and one of the finest in Europe. They are a major part of the city’s draw as a tourist attraction.
The conflict which became known as The Troubles is widely regarded as having started in Derry in 1969; the city was also a stronghold of the Civil Rights Movement. In the early 1970s the city was heavily militarised and there was widespread civil unrest. Several districts in the city constructed barricades to control access and prevent the forces of the state from entering. Violence, however, eased from the end of the 1980s while The Troubles still raged in other parts of Northern Ireland, and there have been persistent rumours that local IRA leaders secretly negotiated a truce with the British military in the city. Nowadays it is a peaceful place, and well worth a visit.
CMANC's BS106 Frame Display
Bus Body: Santarosa Motor Works Inc
Bus Model: SR DaewooBus
Engine: Doosan DE08TIS
Chassis: Daewoo Bus PL5UM52
Seat Config.: 2x3 - 56 / 2x2 - 45
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There is a proverb in our (Tamil) language
"VEETAI KATTI PAAR KALYANAM PANNI PAAR"
It means build a new home and have a wedding at home...!!
both are an Himalayan task .. and both will be trated as a great achivement in ones life..!!
well since one month i was very busy with my new home.. and its almost nearing completion and my daughter will start going to the college from today.. yes she joined B.ARCH and she will be the first graduate in my family.. and she called me in the lunch break and told she joins in the
"PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB " in the college.
like father...some times ..like daughter!!!!!
i sincerely apoligize to all my friends i could not visit your pages.. i hope from 1st week of september i will be back to FLICKR till then bye.. have a nice day!!!
The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad Depot, constructed in 1917, is a locally significant example of standardized, functional railroad architecture in Sparta, Tennessee. The depot is associated with a pattern of railroad growth and monopoly that shaped economic and settlement trends in the southeast during the early twentieth century. Between 1902 and 1921, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the parent company of the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, expanded its miles of track from 3,327 to 5,041 miles, representing an increase of 57%. Some of this new construction took place in White County as the railroad extended its 1884 Bon Air spur line to the new coal towns of Clifty, DeRossett, and Ravenscroft, near the border between White and Cumberland counties, in an attempt to better exploit coal and mineral ores. As historian Maury Klein observed in his study of the Louisville and Nashville, "it is significant that none of the new trackage tried to extend the L & N's territory but rather sought to exploit the existing territory more fully. What might be called a more mature phase of interterritorial strategy had arisen and was flourishing...[in the] cultivation of the sources of coal and ore traffic." (pp. 397-98)
White County was a significant producer of raw materials, especially coal and timber products, during the early twentieth century. After the coal company built an underground shaft at Bon Air in 1902, that single mine produced an average daily tonnage of 350 tons for the next twenty years. The adjacent Eastland Mine also opened in 1902 and produced an average of 350 tons daily for the next thirty years. Demand for raw materials increased even more dramatically during the First World War and great amounts of Cumberland Plateau coal and timber was shipped out of Sparta. White County walnut was especially in demand for use in gun stocks, first in orders from Allied nations and then, in late 1917 and 1918, for the U.S. Army.
Due to the increased traffic and demand for railroad services, the company in 1917 decided to replace the original frame Sparta depot, which housed only an office and freight room, with a new much larger brick depot. The new depot reflected the importance of the railroad, and the county's coal mines, to the economic life of Sparta. As the town's "gateway", it symbolized local prosperity and confidence at the height of the wartime boom in demand for raw materials. Moreover, the depot served Sparta itself as the town's major contact point between the national corporate economy and the local market economy.
The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad Depot also embodies a trend in early twentieth century railroad architecture that balanced the cost-saving strategies of the railroads against the demands of a more sophisticated local community. The design achieved economy, functionalism and comfort under one roof. The waiting rooms accommodated more passenger traffic on the line, while the spacious freight room and loading platforms handled the increased volume of timber, mineral, and agricultural products being shipped out of the county. Although a standardized design lay at the heart of the depot's plan, its roof line and minimal Craftsman-style exterior detailing reflected the use of minor architectural features and varying roof shapes to give uniqueness to the building. Particularly distinctive were the wide, overhanging, unbracketed roof eaves. The square bay window of the business office also helped to add variety to the form while the functionally-placed windows on east and west elevations, along with the decorative band of bricks, added rhythm to the building's appearance.
The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad Depot is associated with and physically represents the peak of railroad influence in White County during the early twentieth century. Even after a period of decline due to the popularity of the automobile and the building of the Memphis to Bristol Highway, this small-town depot has survived and was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on December 7, 1992. All of the information above (and a bit more) was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/9ea0e226-5cd8-49c3-9e5...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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portico of Via Crucis - Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa - UNESCO World Heritage Site (2003)
Il Sacro Monte di Ghiffa (o Sacro Monte della Santa Trinità) è inserito nel gruppo dei Sacri Monti prealpini inseriti nel 2003 nell'elenco dei "Patrimoni dell'umanità". Tra la fine del XVI e la metà del XVII secolo, fu concepito un piano edilizio per l'ampliamento dell'antico oratorio dedicato alla Santissima Trinità e la costruzione, attorno ad esso, di un Sacro Monte sulla collina fitta di boschi con incantevole vista sul Lago Maggiore. Altri interventi costruttivi ebbero luogo tra la metà del XVII ed il secolo successivo. Nel suo stato attuale il sacro monte comprende, oltre al santuario, tre cappelle dedicate a differenti soggetti biblici e l'elegante porticato della Via Crucis.
The Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Ghiffa, (Piedmont, northern Italy), overlooking the Lake Maggiore. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in UNESCO World Heritage list.
The dedication to the mystery of the Trinity was influenced by a pre-existing small oratory on Mount Cariago. The panoramic view over the Piedmont side of Lake Maggiore displays a high level of compositional architecture and landscape research. The monumental complex is not homogeneous but remains incomplete and the authors and founders are anonymous. The Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary Crowned was the first to be constructed in 1647. The portico of Via Crucis, erected in the 17th century, underlines the shift from the themes of the Counter Reformation to that of the Passion of Christ.