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Now an memory but not forgotten. This Building was used as food storage. Build between 1934-1936. Arsonist torched the Building on 9/10/14. The hole was knocked out due to fire suppression.
Site of a public house erected in 1849 and used as a stop over for mountaineers on their trips to and from the valley for supplies. This route was used due to the sandy soil making travel possible in the winter time.
After moving most of the appliances, taking out the sink and removing the countertops. Left with a very bare looking kitchen. Note the back corner. So, yeah... fun all around. The guys came to put in the new countertop and found that there was a half-inch difference between the front of the cabinets (lower) and the back of the cabinet (higher). Not only that but in the back corner there basically was no structural support and I guess our old countertops had basically been floating. I know there's a board back there but the countertop wasn't resting on it from what I could tell. In the interest of not having a cracked countertop we had them take it back and hired a guy to reset the cabinets and frame up the empty space.
The houses across the street were recently demolished. The patterns left on the next house are...worthy of a photo apparently.
Get off my back, it was a slow day!
One of the churches mentioned in our history, Hope Park Church. See the chart at the start of this series to see the connection. The church stood at the corner of Hope Park Terrace. It was demolished in 1949.
featuring Andy Goldsworthy's triple eggs
in the grounds of the Gracefield Arts Centre
Dumfries
Scotland
A Pirate Ship is presently being built in one of the City Council run playgrounds. It is part of a £70,000 revamp of the playground in question. It has been declared unsafe and it shall never be played on. It shall shortly be pulled down. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8293381.Safety_worries_sink_pla...
Exploring the ruins of Derwent village and Derwent Hall which are normally deep under Ladybower Reservoir. The village (including church, post office and cottages) and Hall were demolished in the early 1940s so that the valley could be flooded for the Reservoir (opened 1945). 2018 saw an exceptional drought and the village ruins became visible once again and it was possible to explore Derwent Hall for the first time since 1996 (and previous to that only in 1959, 1976, 1989). These photos were taken in early November when Ladybower was at its lowest, after that the water-level started to rise and Derwent village was hidden once more…. Saturday 10th November 2018.
Derwent Hall was originally built of local Derbyshire stone in 1672 for Henry Balguy. Rebuilt in 1692, it was an impressive 2-storey, gabled house built on an H-shaped plan. The house became a farmhouse from 1767 until around 1817 when it was bought by John Read before passing (by inheritance) to the powerful Newdigates of Kirk Hallam and then to the Dukes of Norfolk. It became a youth hostel, opened by the Prince of Wales, in 1931. It was compulsorily purchased in 1939 and then used as a school from September 1940 until August 1941. Finally, it was demolished in 1944 by Charles Boot before completion of the Ladybower reservoir in 1945. The site is usually submerged but in periods of drought the streets of the nearby 'lost' village of Derwent and the outlines of the houses sometimes appear again. Only during times of severe drought do the ruins of Derwent Hall become visible again, namely in 1959, 1976, 1989 and 1996. And now again in 2018!
In 1989 the lintel stone from above the main door, dated 1692, was discovered among the rubble of Dewent Hall and is now located in the garden of the nearby Derwent Village Hall (which survived the building of the reservoir.)
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In the Salle des Cariatides
Transforming the Louvre
In 1528, King François I decided to demolish the Louvre’s medieval keep. Goodbye to the original austere fortress! Since the start of his reign thirteen years earlier, the king had been keen to introduce the spirit of the Italian Renaissance to France. He had already invited Leonardo da Vinci to his court, and other Italian artists, such as Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio, would later work on his châteaux under construction outside Paris and on the banks of the Loire.
François I chose the Louvre as his main residence in Paris, but construction work was necessary if the old fortress was to acquire the splendour and luxury of the Italian palaces the king had visited and admired. In 1546, he appointed the architect Pierre Lescot to oversee this monumental project. However, François died the following year and it was left to his son, King Henri II, to see the work through.
The caryatids
The huge reception room known as the Salle des Cariatides was therefore completed during the reign of Henri II. The name of the room derives from the four ‘caryatids’ – sculpted female figures serving as columns – that support the musicians’ gallery. These were made by the sculptor Jean Goujon in 1550. True to the spirit of the Renaissance, his work was inspired by a classical model – in this case, the Forum of Augustus, built by the emperor in Rome in the 2nd century BC.
A ceremonial room
The musicians’ gallery is a reminder of the days when the Salle des Cariatides was used as a ballroom. However, the room also served many other purposes and was the scene of important historical events, such as the funeral ceremony held after the assassination of Henri IV in 1610. And it was here that Molière first performed in front of Louis XIV, in the play Le Dépit amoureux and later in L’Étourdi and Les Précieuses ridicules.
From ballroom to museum
Sculptures from Louis XIV’s collection began to be exhibited here in 1692 and the room became known as the ‘Salle des Antiques’. In 1806, Napoleon I had it connected to the nearby rooms that had been converted into a gallery of antiquities by the architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine (see Venus de Milo room and Anne of Austria’s Apartments). The latter also oversaw the completion of the decoration of the Salle des Cariatides: the arches of the vaulted ceiling were carved and the fireplace was reconstructed around two allegorical sculptures by Jean Goujon.
Greek masterpieces and Roman copies
Today, the Salle des Cariatides houses masterpieces from the collection of Greek sculptures – particularly statues of gods, goddesses and mythological heroes.
Some of the works presented here are actually Roman marble copies of Greek bronze originals, as very few large Greek bronzes have survived.
This is the case with the graceful Artemis with a Doe, in the middle of the room. This marble sculpture from the 2nd century BC was based on a bronze original made in about 330 BC. It is also known as the Diana of Versailles, as it used to adorn the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles.
[*Musee du Louvre]
Taken in the Louvre
The Musee du Louvre, in Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre)
Built over the Louvre fortress (itself founded by Philip II in 1190), the Louvre Palace was the chief residence of French kings from 1546, under Francis I until 1682, when Louis XIV moved to Versailles. Although Louis moved the household, the royal collection remained in the palace and in 1692 it was joined by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, remaining there for 100 years. The palace became a museum following the French Revolution, at the instruction of the National Assembly, and the Musee du Louvre opened 10 August 1793.
A selection of buildings near the old State Theatre and Revelation Baptist Church. These buildings, located on Central Avenue, Bauer Avenue, and Wade Street, are a small fragment that remains of the old West End that was cleared wholesale by urban renewal in the 1960s. Today, these buildings house predominately low-income families and individuals, and are located in close proximity to the revitalized portion of Over-the-Rhine. The generally good condition of these buildings does make them worthy of preservation, while the amount of vacant lots, suburban-style throwaway (largely industrial) buildings, and parking lots in the immediate surroundings are ripe for redevelopment that can capitalize on its proximity to Music Hall and OTR. Hopefully these buildings get the attention they deserve and are preserved, as no protection is currently extended to them.
Looking around the Hungate area during the demolishion of buildings in preparation of the redevelopment.
The bridge that linked St George's Tower (formerly the Post Office Headquarters) to the mail depot has finally been demolished. This is what is left at the depot end.