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Ins Auge fiel mir bei unserem Hannover-Ausflug diese alte, hellblaue Eingangstüre.
Photo No. 5D037844
ISO200 | f/2,8 | 1/250 sec | 50 mm
Canon EF 50mm f/1,2 L USM | EOS-1D MarkII N
Aperture | PTLens | BorderFX
Dandenong Hospital Stage 3 Redevelopment
Mental Health Facilities
Architect: Bates Smart
Completed: Stage 1, 2011; Stage 2, 2013
From the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage website (www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe...):
History:
The railway from Wentworth Falls to Mount Victoria was opened in 1868, passing through what was to become Katoomba. The Great Western Railway was intended to initially reach Bathurst but, beyond that town, its terminus was not stated.
The station opened in 1874 as 'The Crushers'. A sandstone quarry suitable for producing ballast for the construction and maintenance of the line was developed just to the north of the line, and from 1874 The Crushers was a stopping-place for trains with quarrymen, equipment and wagons for transporting ballast. A platform was provided in 1877 close to the level-crossing keeper's cottage (demolished in 1902).
In 1881 a new timber platform and station were built, to the west of the level-crossing. The goods yard between the stations and Bathurst Road (then the Great Western Highway) was developed in 1883-4. This expansion was necessary because of Katoomba's growth in the 1880s and 1890s as a tourist and local commercial centre. The goods yard contains a valuable collection of traditional railway structures, including the 5 ton jib crane (no. T171), the goods shed 54’ x 12’ dating in part from 1881 and an unusual curved timber loading platform. There is also an office for the yard gatekeeper and for a signalman, all dating from the early 1900s.
In 1891, the 1881 station building was moved to the improved goods yard to the south. The Katoomba Times reported on 10 October 1891 that 'the old Katoomba station building is to be the goods shed, and was put into position last Wednesday (7 October 1891)', with the 1884 crane adjacent to the east. Around 1921 the goods yard was altered, the siding was realigned and the goods shed (the former station of 1881) was moved 18 metres to the east, where it still resides. The 1884 five-tonne crane was moved along with the shed to its present position.
The present island platform and building at Katoomba date from 1891 and was constructed for £6,922 (including the subway) by Quiggan and Kermode, builders. They are unusual for two reasons. Firstly, the timber building is curved and, secondly, the building design was only used in the Sydney metropolitan rail system. It is the only such building constructed outside the Central to Parramatta line. It is one of 4 such structures remaining extant from a number of stations containing Type 10 buildings including Newtown, MacDonaldtown, Ashfield, Lewisham (all demolished - possibly other examples) and Summer Hill, Homebush and Croydon (extant). Extensions to the building in the same style were carried out in 1913 for £216. Its dominant feature is the extension of the roof bearers to form awnings on both sides and the position of small ornate brackets under the awning beams, marking a transition from the use of posted verandas to cantilevered awnings. The platform was reached by the use of a pedestrian subway constructed in 1891, which were rare outside Sydney.
The other main platform building is the elevated, timber signal box, which was commissioned in 1903. The signal box contains a cam and tappet 40 lever interlocking machine that was installed in 1945. It is typical of the construction time and is similar to boxes at Mount Victoria, Newnes Junction, Lithgow Yard and Exeter.
The line was duplicated in 1902. A two-room timber building was built on the western end of the platform in 1909 for an inspector and an electrician and this building was extended in 1945 for use as a staff meal room. An 'out-of' shed completed the platform structures.
At the entrance to the Station are the ‘Progress Buildings’ which are shown on a plan as part of a new ‘Booking and Parcels Office Building’ dated 20/12/1938. The buildings are a single storey group of three shops facing south to Bathurst Road with an additional shopfront facing east to the exit from the railway station subway. The eastern most shop, 283-285 Bathurst Road, retains its original brass shopfront, albeit with some modification, and tiled piers between, the shop entries are recessed from the street with splayed shopfront reveals. The tiled and marble threshold records the name "MARX" an early Katoomba businessman who used the premises. The Progress Buildings are still owned by RailCorp and leased for private business.
The railway residence at 8 Abbotsford Rd was sold in 1964.
Why significant?
Katoomba Railway Station and Yard is of state significance as a unique railway site in NSW developed around a former ballast quarry and is significant for demonstrating Katoomba’s growth in the 1880s and 1890s as the first tourist and local commercial centre in the Blue Mountains, before the duplication of the Western line in 1902.
The 1891 station building is significant as one of few surviving timber railway station buildings known as ' Standard Eddy', designed under Commissioner Eddy, and demonstrating the introduction of island platform buildings in NSW. Katoomba station building is the only known example of this station type outside the inner city area and is unique to the other examples for its curved form along the platform. The adjacent signal box with its garden beds and planting is also an important and integral element within the station group and is a rare example of a timber on-platform signal box.
The site of the goods yard is of particular significance as it was part of the original Katoomba station precinct dating from 1878, which was used for locomotive turning and minor servicing and stabling of trains. While fulfilling a minor railway use at present for per way maintenance, it contains two relatively rare items, which are the former 1881 timber station building as its goods shed and the 1891 crane.
The station group comprises a homogenous collection of timber structures adding significance to the townscape and streetscape with direct relationships to both. Situated at the focal point of Katoomba, the station is connected visually and physically to the town's commercial heart by the pedestrian subway and landscaped surrounds. The adjacent Progress Buildings from part of the station group and contribute to the early 20th Century character of the commercial precinct of Katoomba with their largely intact shopfronts.
Entry to a block of flats, with mailbox, connection to natural gas network and... fodder! I confess I was taken aback!
- Déroutant...
Entrée à un bloc d'appartements, avec boîte aux lettres, connexion au réseau de gaz naturel et ... fourrage! J'avoue que j'ai été surpris!
The curving stair and railings, the brick, the raised formal entry are all features popular in classic Savannah style. This quiet neighborhood is just off one of Savannah’s famous tree lined squares.
U.S. Airmen with the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) and 165th SFS man an entry control point while assisting law enforcement agencies during ongoing protest demonstrations near Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, June 4, 2020. Georgia National Guardsmen are assisting law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of participants, protect property, and prevent destruction of infrastructure. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)
Last two! I promise! :D
Remember, you only get ONE attempt each! If you are building digitally, feel free to ask a friend to test a connection for you -- but if your solution isn't up to spec the first time you submit it to me, you're out. Read the rules carefully and ask questions.
You have only 48 hours to solve both challenges. These two will end June 13th at 15:00 GMT.
Only those tied for first place are eligible for points this week. The main contest is over, and everyone in the running is in bold on the scoreboard.
Part Restrictions:
• The back looks the same as the front two sides -- it's three of these slopes. There is no dish on the bottom.
• All parts should be attached or trapped, of course.
• My build sits a half-plate above the table (i.e., something sticks out a half-plate beyond the slopes on the underside). I will give an extra point if you can do it without anything extending below the slopes!
• No minifig hands, rollerskates, LOTR rings, string, rubber bands, flex tubing, or stickers!
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1239159
Date First Listed : 28 November 1951
Three 18th century brick shops on a stone plinth with three storeys. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and the upper floors contain sash windows. The entrance to No. 37 King Street is approached up steps and has a doorcase with slim Ionic columns and a modillion cornice. Along the top of the shops is another modillion cornice.
MQP Swap #2 - Entry #5
Size: 18 inch square
Other details: Envelope closure at the back.
Machine quilted in the flowers following the contour.
Taken with a Canon AE-1 35mm film camera using a Canon FD 135mm f2 lens.
Kodak Gold 24 colour negative film processed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
The fabulous entry way to one of our FAVORITE homes of all time. It didn' t hurt having an amazing Architect, Gary Van Dijk, and clients who are amazing amazing people. Sometimes we really are the luckiest people in the world.
Thank you, thank you!
Dear Polymer Clay Artists,
On the occasion of the opening of the Galerie Freisleben, the first dedicated Polymer Clay gallery in Europe, we have decided to host a competition for Polymer Clay artwork to be shown in the gallery.
Call for Entries:We want to offer you the opportunity to show your best artworks to an interested public.
If possible your submission should be of new work, however, we would be pleased to review also entries of previously made objects that are of an exceptional high artistic standard.
There is no particular theme to the competition and you can let your creativity run free (or wild).
Please submit 2-3 high resolution pictures in jpg format (at least 1000 x 1000 pixels) with a short description to galeriefreisleben@gmail.com no later than 15.05.2014 when the competition closes. We will confirm the receipt of your pictures by return email. After careful professional selection completed by 7.6.2014 the winners of the competition will be contacted and informed. All chosen art objects will be exhibited in our gallery and if is so desired can be offered for sale.
Other than the title, your description should include the measurements, the used materials, the technique, time invested to make the piece, and if you want to sell the item your price expectations.
Any items exhibited will remain in your possession; the Gallery Freisleben will not be purchasing the art works shown. The potential sale of your items will be conducted in your name; however, before we offer any of your objects for sale we will send you the contractual details for review.
We wish you a lot of funky/brilliant ideas and we hope for many pictures of a variety of Polymer Clay art objects.