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Happy Bench Monday!
HBM!!
I went Kayak here this morning. Really nice people and they gave our group a special price, Yeah. I for my hat, so my face is a little red but luckily not burnt. Hope everyone has a great week
Lange was one of the best documentary photographers of the 20th century. This is probably her best known photo.
One of Chicago’s most legendary hotels, located near Grant Park on Michigan Ave., with views of Lake Michigan. A Windy City icon since 1893.
it has played host to U.S. presidents, international celebrities and performers, foreign dignitaries and elite travelers from around the world.
Amazing experience just to walk through!
Just a few miles out of its origin at BNSF's New South Yard, BNSF 8178 crosses over from Main 2 to Main 1 of the West Belt at Congress Jct in central Houston.
H HOUTUL1 04A (High Priority Manifest- Houston, TX to Tulsa, OK)
BNSF ES44C4 #8178
BNSF ES44C4 #8054
BNSF ES44DC #7215
Houston, TX
July 4th, 2020
Four businesses on Congress Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Portland Maine. They are Downtown Lounge, Green Elephant, Vice Cannabis Dispensary, and Sichuan Kitchen. The Green Elephant serves vegetarian and vegan dishes and is one of our favorites. ,
The building of the Parliament, built - as everything else here - by Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa. Here, the Parliament members sit down to discuss how to raise their own salaries, while corruption is rife in every corridor, every room.
Camera Canon EOS 450D
Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens)
Exposure 0.125 sec (1/8)
Opening f/4.0
Focal length 10 mm
ISO 200
Philadelphia
I was fortunate to travel to the East Coast with 8th graders for 18 years. We started in Boston and ended in Washington DC. I'm working on a book of images from our trips.
Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800.[2][3] During Congress Hall's duration as the capitol of the United States, the country admitted three new states, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee; ratified the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution; and oversaw the Presidential inaugurations of both George Washington (his second) and John Adams.
Sunday morning walk around Austin, TX. I focussed on the street art of the moment and architecture of the downtown area.
People don't want Congress dictating what light fixtures they can use.
Joe Barton
OK, so I have a thing for this Ikea light fixture! I laid on the floor to get this shot. Then I remembered that getting back up ain't as easy as it used to be....
Pan Am Railways RUPO 345 splits the signals at the west limit of CPF 195 as it crosses Congress Street in Portland, Maine. The building to the right of the train was once the site of Portland’s Union Station until 1961 when it was torn down to build the Union Station Plaza strip mall. The other side of the tracks has been home to the Cumberland County Jail since 1994.
The sun begins to set behind Chicago’s Congress Hotel, highlighting its rooftop’s red neon sign and American flag.
Detroit, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2024
East Congress Street is an important and historically relevant street located in the civic centre of downtown Detroit, on the city's east side.
Location and Function: The street runs parallel to the Detroit River, just south of Jefferson Avenue. It is a key thoroughfare that cuts through the city's financial and governmental district, and historically was an important area for shipping commerce and judicial activity.
Key Landmarks: Along or very near East Congress Street are significant buildings reflecting its civic role:
Detroit City-County Building (Coleman A. Young Municipal Center): This skyscraper, home to municipal and county offices, is located very close by.
Federal Buildings: The area also houses several federal and courthouse buildings.
Connections: The street is essential for connecting the business district with the modern Renaissance Center (to the southeast) and the Campus Martius area (to the west), serving as an alternative transport axis to the main thoroughfares.
Character: East Congress Street is noted for its architecture of classic-era brick and stone buildings and its consistent function as an administrative and business hub.
Saarbruecken ist das politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Zentrum des Saarlandes und Sitz des Regionalverbandes Saarbruecken, eines Kommunalverbandes besonderer Art.
Die Universitaetsstadt Saarbruecken und einzige saarlaendische Grossstadt entstand 1909 aus dem Zusammenschluss der drei Staedte Saarbruecken, St. Johann und Malstatt-Burbach.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress is inviting Flickr community members participating in holidays at the end of October and early November – Halloween, All Souls Day, All Saints Day, Dia de los Muertos – to photograph hayrides, haunted houses, parades, trick-or-treating and other celebratory and commemorative activities to contribute to a new collection documenting contemporary folklife in America. Between Oct. 22 and Nov. 5, AFC invites you to document in photographs how holiday celebrations are experienced by friends, family and community, then post photos to your Flickr account under a creative commons license with the tag #FolklifeHalloween2014. Guidelines on how to participate are here: blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/10/share-your-photos-of-hallo...
Title: House in Horse Creek Decorated for Halloween.
Photographer: Lyntha Scott Eiler
Rights Info: No Known Copyright Restrictions
Source Collection: Coal River Folklife Collection (AFC 1999/008)
Repository: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Higher resolution image is available: www.loc.gov/item/cmns000679/