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This is the City Tavern pub, round the back of the Five Ways Complex.
It is an example of what would happen when a pub is saved, and everything around it was demolished, and a new modern building put up in it's place (in this case the Five Ways Complex).
Behind Cineworld Broad Street.
On the corner of Tennant Street and Bishopsgate Street in Birmingham.
It is Grade II listed.
City Tavern Public House, Birmingham
SP 08 NEBIRMINGHAMBISHOPSGATE STREET
(South West side), Ladywood
997/8/10024
City Tavern Public House
II
Alternatively known as : City Tavern Public House, TENNANT STREET, LADYWOOD.
Alternatively known as : Bulls Head Public House, BISHOPSGATE STREET, LADYWOOD.
Alternatively known as : Bulls Head Public House, TENNANT STREET. LADYWOOD.
Public House. 1901, restructured internally in c.1984. Designed by James and Lister Lea for Ansells Brewery. Faced externally in terracotta, with glazed red brick and a Lancashire slate roof. Baroque style. Two storeys and attics. Corner site (entrance now blocked) with longer elevation to Bishopsgate Street. This has paired bar windows with arched heads flanking a door and with two further doors to the left (originally the entrances to the private bar and the gents on the left and the off-sales on the right). All doors have rectangular leaded overlights and all openings have dropped keyed heads of the Gibbs type. Continuous decorative band at first floor level. First floor has seven windows with 2 over 2 panes all with similar elaborate terracotta surrounds and with glazed brick between. The attic storey has two dormers with timber casements and broken segmental pediment heads with obelisks on both the kneelers and in the central breaks. The Tennent Street front has a paired bar window and a doorway on the ground floor, the windows above and a dormer above that all as before. Two chimney stacks with wreathed tops and three pots apiece. Two storey, two bay wing to right for the kitchen and yard entrance. INTERIOR. The interior was remodelled in c.1984 when Ansells sold the pub to a syndicate from ITV. Open saloon with bar of c1984 in stained wood carrying brass lamps. Screen behind is original to 1901 with marbled frame, engraved glass, stained wood shelving and leaded snob screens with hinged lights. Hatch to stairhall of 1901 and hatch to pool room (former private bar) of 1984. Doorways to external doors at each end of bar are 1984. Very steep staircase with two turned balusters to each head and stained softwood handrail, lincrusta dado. Pool room has surviving 1901 fireplace with art nouveau iron grate, and tiled surround. Coloured wired glass of probably 1984. First floor said to have pool room and dining room (not seen). HISTORY. Original plan said to have been off sales/public bar/public bar/stair hall/private bar, with the last serviced through the present hatch to the hall. In c1984 the partitions between the off sales and the public bars were removed, the bar was rebuilt and the openings between the hall and the pool room made. The first floor probably originally had a billiard room and a dining room. The exterior of this pub remains unaltered and the interior still retains much of interest.
Listing NGR: SP0589086245
Bishopsgate Street - on the north east side the City Tavern, a terracotta pub of 1901 by James & Lister Lea.
From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster
I went to the Boone county fair yesterday with my sister. We had a good time and enjoyed seeing all that is the fair. Have you ever wondered what was "Under the hood" of a combine.? This is one side of the complex and expensive machine.
Plus 22º, parhelia, upper tangent, suncave Parry, circumzenithal and heliac arcs (two parallels?), there is also a faint supralateral arc. Sorry for the voids, but I preferred not to crop the resulting pano
New Building, Awly Investments Complex, Anderson Lloyd House on the right and the rebuild of 151 Cambridge Terrace on the left. On my walk around to city to catch up on what is going one June 5, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
Shamanistic entrance to a huge Shambala "power center" complex in a southern Gobi desert. Only women are allowed to enter between "breasts" with an offerings box suspended in the middle. A wish must be proclaimed aloud while passing through. One of the ladies in our party had stated she would like breasts like these but hopefully didnot truly wished to carry several tonnes of closely packed stones on her chest. :)
Blazers Basketball at Forney Sports Complex
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Strobist: Alien Bees Einstein/Vagabond Mini with 22" white beauty dish to camera right and just over subject's head. In mid-day shade outside at a loading dock.
For years now, microbiologist Wayne Lanier and I have hiked from Alviso’s Marina County Park north along the salt pond levees to visit a site we call the Weep (see baynature.org/article/out-at-the-weep/ ). The path parallels an active railroad track that dates back to the South Pacific Coast Railroad in the 1870s. This line stretches from Newark to Alviso and was the first rail line to cross Bay Area marshlands.
On this particular outing, I launched the kite from the levee between Salt Ponds A13 and A15 and then slowly walked back to the Alviso trailhead. Photographs taken along the route provide coverage of the Weep, the railroad grade with its flanking ditches, salt ponds, and New Chicago Marsh. The Alviso flat area, a curious carve out between the salt ponds and the railroad grade, was still full of runoff from our winter rains.
I am taking these documentary photographs under a Special Use Permit from the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge. Kite flying is prohibited over this part of the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge without a Special Use Permit. The area does have many trails open for hiking and is well worth a visit.
This temple complex lies around 2.5km southeast of the egyptian city of Dendera and extends to around 40.000 square meters.
"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death."
~ Nin
From the May 2016 trip to Thailand and Cambodia:
A map of the Angkor complex and Angkor Thom's Royal Square to give you a little perspective of where these sites are located.
Well, this is it. Save for a return flight to Bangkok on Tuesday, May 17 (a formality, really, just to pick up the return flight to China on the 18th…and no shoots on the 17th in Bangkok), Siem Reap/Angkor Wat is the last stop – and the one I was most looking forward to.
The flight over was pretty uneventful, though amusing. At Phnom Penh International Airport, we checked in at the gate, then went outside and hopped on a bus to take us to the plane…which was literally less than 100 meters away. That amused me to no end. A quick, comfortable 45 minute flight on the prop jet later – over completely black terrain; it seems the countryside is either sparsely populated, or electricity is a premium, but we may as well have been flying over a moonless ocean – brought us to Siem Reap (which, I’m glad to say, had lights). Siem Reap is the small town (and it’s basically a tourist/party kind of town where it’s great to go out at night after spending a full day in the sweltering hot sun. It’s about 10 kilometers south of Angkor Wat.
In overview, Angkor Wat is the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom. What remains today are temples…temples…and temples. Hindu temples. Buddhist temples. They were also a people who were animists, so some temples are reminiscent of that system, too.
The detail of the temples is also fascinating. There are more asparas here than you can shake a stick at. Of the roughly 20,000 asparas, only one is shown smiling (baring teeth, that is). It fascinates – and impresses – me that people have done such extensive research and restoration that they know this. Those are the details, though.
A macro view of the Siem Reap area is just as impressive in that these temples are a study of a civilization close to one thousand years old (yet another jaw-dropping aspect of Angkor: the longevity) and their durability. The earliest temples are over a thousand years old, and the most recent are from the 14th century. (If the guide book I bought is correct, they were all built between 790-1307.) What survives today is all original (though there have been reinforcements with stone – many foreign countries support renovations of specific temples; I recall China and India among them). It’s quite obvious to tell what’s old and what’s new in most cases. However, the restorations are all good and necessary. One last note regarding the longevity of these temples is this: If these stone temples are what remained…how impressive must the society have been who created them? (That’s to say…think of the temples, houses, and all that didn’t survive as they were built of wood; these are simply the temples built by the royals or the aristocracy.)
A tour of modern-day Angkor Wat can be done in one or two fairly vigorous days. However, if you’re looking for any classic shots, you’ll want to spend longer here. (Common sense: the more time here, the more chances for good shots.) For this trip – it may be the only time I come here, though you never know – we arrived on a Saturday night and checked into our hotel (My Home Tropical Garden Villa; $20/night)
Siem Reap feels, at first, like a small dusty outpost of a town. The center of town is about four square blocks of small dive restaurants (and a bar street) and slightly pricier restaurants. There is also a night market street, an art street…all in all, it’s quite nice and has a bit of a party feel to it in addition to the endless souvenir stands you would expect. Though we didn’t go out on Saturday night (since we didn’t get checked in until around 9:30 p.m.), we did get a chance to go on Sunday.
Sunday morning was an awfully early start. Before having left Phnom Penh, I jumped on Facebook and, by chance, found and hired a local tuktuk driver, Mao Khvan, for $25/day. He agreed to pick us up at 4:50 a.m. to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat.
Now, a quick note on tuktuks: almost every single hotel/hostel/guesthouse probably has tuktuks available for hire. Also, when we were picked up at the airport, the taxi driver offered to drive us for the time we were there. In short…it’s a competitive market, and finding a driver for the day will be no problem. $25 may even be slightly pricy (you could probably find a driver for $15-20), however, I was so impressed with Mao’s service that, if I were to return, I’d gladly hire him again. He wasn’t rude or pushy, provides all the ice water you could possibly want to drink, and though he’s not an “official” guide, he’s very, very knowledgeable and made both days pleasant. I even had him take us to the airport the morning we left, and he brought his wife and daughter to meet us. He’s just a genuinely good and decent guy. (For anyone who goes to Angkor Wat, here’s Mao’s contact info if you want to arrange his services ahead of time: www.facebook.com/maotuktuksiemreap/?fref=ts )
Back to the actual touring itself, Angkor is geared towards tourism and they do it well. You can buy an admission ticket for either one, three, or seven days. ($20, $40, or…$60?). It’s also nice because they don’t have to be used in consecutive days (for the three and seven day passes, obviously). The three days can be used in a given week. The seven day pass, within a month.
Conventionally, two days is enough to see the “main” sites (albeit quickly) in about 8 hours each day. There’s a small loop (which we did the first morning) in which we caught the sunrise (not a great one, but…there was one, and it wasn’t terrible, by any stretch) at Angkor Wat, followed by a quick tour of the grounds – but not the temple itself. Afterwards (we were at Angkor Wat from 5:30 until 7:00 or 8:00, I’d say), we hopped back in the tuktuk and headed over to Ta Prohm, about 15-20 minutes away. Ta Prohm is famous for those who are fans of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies. (The first, I think. I’m not, so I don’t recall it vividly.) After those two spots – probably two of the three most famous – we went to the Khmer Country Kitchen for a rather nice, relaxing, and cheap breakfast where we spent an hour with the other two members of our group. Around 10:00, we went to our third stop: Ta Keo Temple. In 40 degree heat (roughly 104F), I was feeling a bit too exhausted to climb the somewhat steep stairs to the top of this temple, but I did enjoy the lower area just as well. From Ta Keo, we made a quick stop at two temples (they form a pair): Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda for about 20 minutes. Between these three, I’d say we spent about an hour. Our last stop of the morning, around high noon, was the Bayon complex of Angkor Thom. Passing through Bayon’s east gate, we stopped for a few quick pictures before going to the main compound of Bayon, which I would say is the the last of the three most-recognizable places here. We spent a good hour, or a little longer, shooting here after which point we were completely spent. Mao would have gladly taken us back to Angkor for sunset, but we actually decided to call it a day around 1:00. 9 hours in high heat was more than enough.
Back at the hotel, we rested, and I enjoyed myself immensely in the swimming pool. In the early evening, we walked about 600 meters to the “happening” part of town where we wandered the various streets and had a rather nice Khmer dinner. After eating and walking off a rather good dinner, we called it a night and headed back to our room. (For what it’s worth, the afternoon sky clouded over quite a bit and I heard we didn’t miss much as far as sunsets go. Mao also told us the following morning that the sunrise was a wash, as was Tuesday morning’s. Perhaps he was just trying to make us feel good.)
Monday morning we gladly skipped the sunrise and had a late start around…10:00. After a good old-fashioned breakfast of a ham & cheese omelet, Mao came by and we spent the second full day on the large loop. The first stop of the day was at Ba Phuon, a lesser temple just north of Bayon in Angkhor Thom. This was accompanied by quick stops at the adjacent Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace. After about an hour in the Ba Phuon area, we rode off to the northeast and stopped at Preah Khan, which was a rather interesting ruins. Another hour or so gone, we continued along the northeastern loop, bypassing Neak Pean (which, following English pronunciation rules, could theoretically be pronounced “neck pain,” which amused me for some reason…). The next stop was a rather small temple named Ta Som on the eastern end of the outer loop. Just down the road from Ta Som, we stopped at the East Mebon temple. When it was constructed, this was an island, only accessible by boat. That, however, was centuries ago. Now, it’s just a very dry, dusty area – with the temple still standing – and it’s hard to imagine it was once surrounded by water. At any rate, it was a quick stop at East Mebon, followed by another nice meal at the Khmer Country Kitchen before we continued with the tour. The next stop on the list was due east of the restaurant (southeast corner of the outer loop, which is really slightly northeast of Angkor Wat). Pre Rup (or Bre Rup) was a fairly photogenic temple. By this point, the heat – also around 40 degrees, just like Sunday – was starting to take a toll, though we still managed to stay out and see all we could. The last “new” temple for us was Banteay Kdei, a citadel that is at the corner of where the inner and outer loop meet on the eastern side of Angkor Wat. Directly across the street from Bnateay Kdei is what should be a nice lake called Sra Srang. A long, rectangular lake, which is also across the street from the Khmer Country Kitchen, it’s now nothing but a dustbowl. Though it’s rainy season now, there’s been so little rain that the lake has completely dried up. (But, please don’t tell any “right”-thinking politicians in my country that global warming is a problem. It certainly isn’t, despite what your eyes see.) After some rather sad contemplation at Sra Srang, we went back to Angkor Wat around 4:00 and were there until 6:30 or so for sundown. However, a boomer of a thunderstorm (light rain, but heavy on thunder & lightning) came through and there wasn’t much to see. However, we did finally get to tour the interior of Angkor Wat, and found that a pretty fitting way to end the initial Siem Reap shoot. From there, we went back to the hotel where we passed out from exhaustion.
The only thing left to do was wake up on Tuesday for a quick 45 minute flight at noon to Bangkok. We concluded the trip as we started it: eating well at a Thai restaurant. Other than that, we just had a quiet night in Bangkok (no shooting at all) and a very early (3:30 a.m.) wake up call for our return flights out of Thailand. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing Thailand again soon.
Lacey Milling Co, Hanford California.
It may look abandoned, but the company still operates from this site. Not sure how much manufacturing is actually done here, as most of the buildings/machinery seem no-operational. However, there's still something happening here.
A large helicopter uses a snorkel to fill it's tank during the Red Salmon Complex, Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Photo by USFS
Located at one of the busiest intersections in Toronto, Yonge & Steels, City Metal Works provided all the steel needs of this complex, From 36 inch high beams to steel stairs, canopies, railings, etc.
Density on field - TWDC - Designing connected places Summer School - Complexity Maps
Turin-Pollenzo 21-29 August
Carbonatite in the Precambrian of Colorado, USA.
Southwestern Colorado’s Iron Hill Carbonatite Complex (also known as the Powderhorn Carbonatite Complex) is a subvolcanic, alkaline intrusive complex consisting of a mix of unusual igneous rocks. The complex has a relatively high concentration of scarce elements - for example, niobium (Nb) and titanium (Ti). It was intruded more than 570 million years ago, during the late Neoproterozoic. Some Early Paleozoic dikes have cut through a portion of the northern part of the complex.
The principal reported lithologies in the the Iron Hill Carbonatite Complex include magnesiocarbonatite, pyroxenite, nepheline syenite, ijolite, and uncompahgrite.
Most Iron Hill carbonatites are ankeritic magnesiocarbonatites (also known as rauhaugites), which are dolomitic intrusive igneous rocks. Here, they can also have calcite. The ankerite component is a calcium iron carbonate (CaFe(CO3)2). Magnesiocarbonatite is one of four types of carbonatite, which is a rare igneous rock dominated by carbonate minerals. The most common variety is calciocarbonatite, which has calcite (CaCO3) - these are essentially "igneous limestones". Other varieties include magnesiocarbonatite, with dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2), and ferrocarbonatite, which are significantly ferruginous, or are dominated by siderite (FeCO3). The rarest type is natrocarbonatite, which only occurs at one locality on Earth - the Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano in eastern Africa (see: www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/albums/72157646442276517 ).
Other reported Iron Hill carbonatite lithologies are: 1) nearly pure magnesiocarbonatites; 2) ankerite and siderite magnesiocarbonatites; and 3) calciocarbonatites.
Locality: Iron Hill, eastern side of Cebolla Creek Valley (Powderhorn Valley), southeast of town of Powderhorn, southern Gunnison County, southwestern Colorado, USA (38° 15’ 08.60” North latitude, 107° 03’ 13.73” West longitude)
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Some info. from:
Nash (1972) - Mineralogy and petrology of the Iron Hill Carbonatite Complex, Colorado. Geological Society of America Bulletin 83: 1361-1382.
..and the progress rolls on. Hours folding. Based for next stage for stars tessllation. Very difficult to figure... Edit May 2014: finally close to done now.
One of a set of five aerial views of the newly constructed Canada Games Complex, circa 1980. This facility was constructed for the 1981 Jeux Canada Games.
Accession 1991-03 #180
For more information about Thunder Bay's history, visit www.thunderbay.ca/archives
One of a set of five aerial views of the newly constructed Canada Games Complex, circa 1980. This facility was constructed for the 1981 Jeux Canada Games.
Accession 1991-03 #180
For more information about Thunder Bay's history, visit www.thunderbay.ca/archives
One of a set of five aerial views of the newly constructed Canada Games Complex, circa 1980. This facility was constructed for the 1981 Jeux Canada Games.
Accession 1991-03 #180
For more information about Thunder Bay's history, visit www.thunderbay.ca/archives
An airtanker drops fire retardant near the Kern Valley Interagency Hotshot Buggies on the Six Rivers Complex at the Ammon Fire in California in 2022. Photo by Brian German/USFWS
Park Complex Bogoslovka Estate (near St. Petersburg) is a breathtaking open-air museum showcasing traditional Russian wooden architecture. Its centerpiece is the stunning replica of the 18th-century Church of the Intercession (based on the iconic Kizhi Pogost), built entirely without nails. The estate features charming peasant houses, windmills, and artisan workshops set amid serene forests and meadows. A perfect blend of history, nature, and craftsmanship, it offers a peaceful escape and a glimpse into old Russian village life.