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Detail of the Baptistry Window, a masterpiece of abstract stained glass designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens.
Coventry's Cathedral is a unique synthesis of old a new, born of wartime suffering and forged in the spirit of postwar optimism, famous for it's history and for being the most radically modern of Anglican cathedrals. Two cathedral's stand side by side, the ruins of the medieval building, destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1940 and the bold new building designed by Basil Spence and opened in 1962.
It is a common misconception that Coventry lost it's first cathedral in the wartime blitz, but the bombs actually destroyed it's second; the original medieval cathedral was the monastic St Mary's, a large cruciform building believed to have been similar in appearance to Lichfield Cathedral (whose diocese it shared). Tragically it became the only English cathedral to be destroyed during the Reformation, after which it was quickly quarried away, leaving only scant fragments, but enough evidence survives to indicate it's rich decoration (some pieces were displayed nearby in the Priory Visitors Centre, sadly since closed). Foundations of it's apse were found during the building of the new cathedral in the 1950s, thus technically three cathedrals share the same site.
The mainly 15th century St Michael's parish church became the seat of the new diocese of Coventry in 1918, and being one of the largest parish churches in the country it was upgraded to cathedral status without structural changes (unlike most 'parish church' cathedrals created in the early 20th century). It lasted in this role a mere 22 years before being burned to the ground in the 1940 Coventry Blitz, leaving only the outer walls and the magnificent tapering tower and spire (the extensive arcades and clerestoreys collapsed completely in the fire, precipitated by the roof reinforcement girders, installed in the Victorian restoration, that buckled in the intense heat).
The determination to rebuild the cathedral in some form was born on the day of the bombing, however it wasn't until the mid 1950s that a competition was held and Sir Basil Spence's design was chosen. Spence had been so moved by experiencing the ruined church he resolved to retain it entirely to serve as a forecourt to the new church. He envisaged the two being linked by a glass screen wall so that the old church would be visible from within the new.
Built between 1957-62 at a right-angle to the ruins, the new cathedral attracted controversy for it's modern form, and yet some modernists argued that it didn't go far enough, after all there are echoes of the Gothic style in the great stone-mullioned windows of the nave and the net vaulting (actually a free-standing canopy) within. What is exceptional is the way art has been used as such an integral part of the building, a watershed moment, revolutionising the concept of religious art in Britain.
Spence employed some of the biggest names in contemporary art to contribute their vision to his; the exterior is adorned with Jacob Epstein's triumphant bronze figures of Archangel Michael (patron of the cathedral) vanquishing the Devil. At the entrance is the remarkable glass wall, engraved by John Hutton with strikingly stylised figures of saints and angels, and allowing the interior of the new to communicate with the ruin. Inside, the great tapestry of Christ in majesty surrounded by the evangelistic creatures, draws the eye beyond the high altar; it was designed by Graham Sutherland and was the largest tapestry ever made.
However one of the greatest features of Coventry is it's wealth of modern stained glass, something Spence resolved to include having witnessed the bleakness of Chartres Cathedral in wartime, all it's stained glass having been removed. The first window encountered on entering is the enormous 'chess-board' baptistry window filled with stunning abstract glass by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens, a symphony of glowing colour. The staggered nave walls are illuminated by ten narrow floor to ceiling windows filled with semi-abstract symbolic designs arranged in pairs of dominant colours (green, red, multi-coloured, purple/blue and gold) representing the souls journey to maturity, and revealed gradually as one approaches the altar. This amazing project was the work of three designers lead by master glass artist Lawrence Lee of the Royal College of Art along with Keith New and Geoffrey Clarke (each artist designed three of the windows individually and all collaborated on the last).
The cathedral still dazzles the visitor with the boldness of it's vision, but alas, half a century on, it was not a vision to be repeated and few of the churches and cathedrals built since can claim to have embraced the synthesis of art and architecture in the way Basil Spence did at Coventry.
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A permanent memorial in memory of murdered Preston cotton workers was unveiled on Lune Street in 1992 - the 150th anniversary of the shooting. The memorial was designed by the British artist and sculptor Gordon Young. It was inspired by Goya's painting The Third of May 1808 picturing Spanish civilians being executed in 1808 for resisting Napoleon’s troops.
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The photo is executed in technique «LightGraphic » or «The painting of light», that assumes illumination of model by small light sources in darkness on long endurance.
Thus, all lightcloth (composition) - is one Photo Exposition, is embodied on a matrix of the camera in one click of a shutter.
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This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
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There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time but deals more with dynamic movement .I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
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Blue Angels executing the "Diamond Roll" maneuver by roll 360 degrees in delta formation at approximately 4000’ AGL (Above Ground Level).
藍天使機隊操演「鑽石編隊翻滾」全體戰機在離地面約1,200公尺的高度，以鑽石編隊的方式做整體360度翻滾。若無膽大心細的飛行技巧，就要面對機毀人亡的下場。
Justinian Panel -
Showing Emperor Justinian
executed in 547 standing next to court officials, Bishop Maximian, palatinae guards and deacons.
The halo around his head gives him the same aspect as Christ in the dome of the apse and his position emphasises that Justinian is the leader of both church and state of his empire and the mosaic is one of the most famous images of political authority from the middle ages
The mosaic program can also be seen to give visual testament to the two major ambitions of Justinian's reign: as heir to the tradition of Roman Emperors, Justinian sought to restore the territorial boundaries of the Empire. As the Christian Emperor, he saw himself as the defender of the faith. As such it was his duty to establish religious uniformity or Orthodoxy throughout the Empire.
This mosaic thus establishes the central position of the Emperor between the power of the church and the power of the imperial administration and military.
Like the Roman Emperors of the past, Justinian has religious, administrative, and military authority.
Justinian's gesture of carrying the bowl with the bread of the Eucharist can be seen as an act of homage to the True King of Christ
Closer examination of the Justinian mosaic reveals an ambiguity in the positioning of the figures of Justinian and the Bishop Maximianus.
Overlapping suggests that Justinian is the closest figure to the viewer, but when the positioning of the figures on the picture plane is considered, it is evident that Maximianus's feet are lower on the picture plane which suggests that he is closer to the viewer. This can perhaps be seen as an indication of the tension between the authority of the Emperor and the church.
In the 1820s Burney executed four large water-colour paintings satirising contemporary musical and social life: The Waltz (Victoria and Albert Museum, London), The Elegant Establishment for Young Ladies (Victoria and Albert Museum), Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut) and The Glee Club; or, The Triumph of Music (Yale Center for British Art). Burney may have intended to publish prints of the paintings and to sell both originals and prints, in the manner of Hogarth's 'Progresses'. There was a substantial market for satirical prints during this period. The four pictures were, however, never published.
This is a version of the third-named painting, the only one, apparently, which Burney reworked as an oil painting. Its theme is the battle between 'modern' and 'traditional' taste in the music world. The modern is represented by references to Beethoven, Mozart and others in the foreground, while traditional taste is epitomised by Handel, whose bust looks down upon a group of musicians, appropriately dressed, who are playing (discordantly) music by his great contemporary Arcangelo Corelli. The concert takes place in a room whose decorations are predominantly Gothick in style, a further indication of the revival of ancient tastes. Burney includes many apparent and traditional amusing details such as the howling dog, noisy children, striking clocks, a careless servant, and a sneezing, coughing, snoring and throat-clearing audience.
Burney's picture is full of clever and subtle allusions to the battle between the Ancients and Moderns at a time when a revival of interest in the work of old composers such as Handel was beginning to challenge the accepted supremacy of contemporaries such as Beethoven. Burney came from a family prominent in the arts. His uncle, Dr Charles Burney, was a noted musicologist who was at the centre of a lively debate about the respective merits of 'old' and 'new' music, and his writings undoubtedly provided Edward with much of the inspiration for this picture. An intense rivalry existed between Dr Burney and Sir John Hawkins, a traditionalist, and Hawkins was inevitably the target of satirisation by Burney's many friends. Dr Burney wrote a long satiric poem about Hawkins in 1777, entitled The Trial of Midas the Second, naming numerous musicians associated with Hawkins and Burney. Edward must have been familiar with the work, for the same musicians appear in his painting, and a statuary group on the mantelpiece depicts the 'Judgement' with Midas (Hawkins's alter-ego in the poem) wearing a tye-wig, symbol of old-fashioned music.
Further reading:
Patricia Crown, 'Visual Music: E.F. Burney and a Hogarth Revival', Bulletin of Research in the Humanities, vol.83, no.4, winter 1980, pp.435-72
Terry Riggs
December 1997
Source: Tate
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It consists of a madrasa, tomb and public fountain and is located on the Golden Horn side of the Bozdoğan aqueduct in the old Kırkçeşme district. Its patron was Sultan III, who was executed on 23 Rajab 1011 (January 6, 1603). One of Mehmed's gatekeepers is Gazanfer Ağa of Hungarian origin. It is estimated that it was built by Davud Ağa, since it was built during the years when Hassa was the chief architect.
According to Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi's determinations, the Istanbul Sani Foundation Book No. 571 is in the kuyûd-ı kadîme of the General Directorate of Foundations in Ankara.On pages 11 and 12, Kapıağası and Odabaşı Gazanfer Ağa b. There is a copy of the foundation certificate of Abdurrahman dated “evâhir-i cemâziyalûlâ 1004” (January 1596). Here, after it was said, “They built a madrasah-i sheriff... with seventeen cells and classrooms at the crossroads of four roads in a beautiful place called Kırkçeşme”, next to the madrasah, “Madbûl-i cumhur ve matbû-i at the crossroads of four roads” was said. Ehl-i şûr built a sabil-i bi-adil, it is reported that the dispenser was also added to the kulliye. It is also learned from the charter that Gazanfer Ağa donated a mosque and a primary school in Gediz, as well as fountains in Üsküdar, and built a tomb for himself next to his social complex. While the Câfer Ağa (Cold Well) Madrasa, next to the Hagia Sophia Mosque and on the side of the Alemdar Slope, was built by Mimar Sinan, the building was completed in 967 (1559-60) by a person named Gazanfer Ağa after the death of its founder in 964 Zilhicce (October 1557). Although it is accepted that this is the same person as the builder of the kulliye in Kırkçeşme, the thirty-year period between the construction of the two buildings raises doubts on this issue. However, there is no doubt that the first founder of the Ayrılık Fountain and Namazgah on the side of the old Baghdad road, near the Haydarpaşa meadow on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, was the founder of this complex, Gazanfer Ağa. In addition, this person restored the Otakçiler Masjid and donated a well and a fountain next to it. Although it is accepted that this is the same person as the builder of the kulliye in Kırkçeşme, the thirty-year period between the construction of the two buildings raises doubts on this issue. However, there is no doubt that the first founder of the Ayrılık Fountain and Namazgah on the side of the old Baghdad road, near the Haydarpaşa meadow on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, was the founder of this complex, Gazanfer Ağa. In addition, this person restored the Otakçiler Masjid and donated a well and a fountain next to it. Although it is accepted that this is the same person as the builder of the kulliye in Kırkçeşme, the thirty-year period between the construction of the two buildings raises doubts on this issue. However, there is no doubt that the first founder of the Ayrılık Fountain and Namazgah on the side of the old Baghdad road, near the Haydarpaşa meadow on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, was the founder of this complex, Gazanfer Ağa. In addition, this person restored the Otakçiler Masjid and donated a well and a fountain next to it.
The complex, which was damaged in the great fires starting from the shores of the Golden Horn and extending towards the Marmara, was destroyed in the fire of 1782, but was immediately repaired. According to the list of Istanbul madrasas dated 13 Rebîülâhir 1286 (July 23, 1869), this madrasah, which accommodated twenty-five people, was mentioned in a report written on August 20, 1330 (2 September 1914) with the condition “Thirty people can reside”. In the same article, the situation of the madrasah is given in great detail: “Although it has fourteen rooms that are connected to the ground and has been recently repaired, and it is suitable for the draft with its rear windows, it is not suitable for the poor influence from its style of construction, as it is in the unity of aqueducts of the city. rather it is in a râtib state. The rooms take two people each, the ghuslhane and the laundry are necessary. Abesthanes were sufficient and repaired. A suitable courtyard, There is a lecture hall and a working fountain with a pump. Even though some of its quarters become a harmless madrasa with repairs and technical modifications and improvements, since it is difficult to save the madrasah from dampness due to the aqueducts next to it, it is necessary to take into account the student's settlement.” 1332 r. to this report. (1917), 1334 p. (1919) and 1336 r. Reports about his staff in the years (1920) were also added. From these records, it is understood that the complex was brought back into use after the whole surrounding was destroyed in the great fire in August 1908. Even though some of its quarters become a harmless madrasa with repairs and technical modifications and improvements, since it is difficult to save the madrasah from dampness due to the aqueducts next to it, it is necessary to take into account the student's settlement.” 1332 r. to this report. (1917), 1334 p. (1919) and 1336 r. Reports about his staff in the years (1920) were also added. From these records, it is understood that the complex was brought back into use after the whole surrounding was destroyed in the great fire in August 1908. Even though some of its quarters become a harmless madrasa with repairs and technical modifications and improvements, since it is difficult to save the madrasah from dampness due to the aqueducts next to it, it is necessary to take into account the student's settlement.” 1332 r. to this report. (1917), 1334 p. (1919) and 1336 r. Reports about his staff in the years (1920) were also added. From these records, it is understood that the complex was brought back into use after the whole surrounding was destroyed in the great fire in August 1908.
The kulliye, which was left to be demolished after the madrasahs were closed during the republican period, came out in all its misery, since it was right on the edge of the new Atatürk Boulevard, which was opened during the years of Lütfi Kırdar's Istanbul governor and mayorship. Despite the fact that many historical monuments such as Sekbanbaşı, Revânî Çelebi, Yahya Güzel masjids, Kırkçeşmeler, which coincide with both sides of the boulevard, were demolished and destroyed in order to gain their land, this complex was saved and repaired by Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi in 1943-1944. Istanbul Municipality organized this place as the City Museum and exhibited various works about Istanbul. During the period of Mayor Bedrettin Dalan, some of these works were moved to the spaces in Yıldız Palace and the vacant Gazanfer Ağa Madrasa was reorganized as the Cartoon and Humor Museum.
Gazanfer Agha Complex, XVII. It is one of the first examples of small complexes consisting of a madrasah, built without being attached to a mosque. The main entrance on Kovacılar street opens to a small outer courtyard. The polygonal tomb of Gazanfer Ağa rises here. There is a fountain on the left corner of this outer courtyard wall and on the side of the boulevard. There is also a small burial ground in the courtyard, around the tombs, consisting of about ten tombs, the oldest of which is dated 1025 (1616).
The madrasa section, which is reached by passing through a second gate from this front courtyard, has a regular plan. Apart from the ablution rooms placed behind the fountain, student cells are lined up around a cloistered courtyard with marble columns with checkered heads. The fountain in the middle was repaired in 1943-1944. It is not known whether there was a fountain here before. Just opposite the entrance, there is a square planned masjid-classroom covered with a dome. It has a muqarnas mihrab. The domed cells each have a stove and cabinets. These rooms receive air and light from both the courtyard and the windows that open to the outer walls. As in the regular planned Ottoman madrasahs, the transition to the cells in the corners was provided with beveled entrances. However, access to a cell added to the back of the cell on the boulevard side in the south is possible from the room in front of it. Although there were only fifteen cells in the madrasah in terms of plan, the mention of seventeen cells in the foundation charter did not make any sense. It is not possible to include classrooms and toilets in the current number as Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi thinks.
The mausoleum of Gazanfer Ağa, which constitutes the second element of the complex, is a dodecagonal planned dodecagonal structure covered with cut stone in the northwest corner of the outer courtyard. The interior is illuminated by two rows of windows. In the lower row, there are also cabinets between the windows. Inside, remnants of hand-drawn embroidery can be seen above the windows. In addition to Gazanfer Ağa's, there are also two women's sarcophagi here.
The fountain located in the northeast corner of the outer courtyard wall of the complex is octagonal, five of which protrude. While it was in a very dilapidated condition until its repair in 1943, a wide eaves was built on it at this date. Between the networks, there are marble columns with muqarnas heads and pointed arches made of bicolored stones. There are stone carved cages inside the arch. The networks under them are bronze cast. There is also a well mouth inside the dispenser. There is a malakari ornamentation on its dome. Gazanfer Ağa Madrasa, one of the most beautiful classical Ottoman madrasas in Istanbul, has been an unfortunate structure in terms of site selection. The fact that it was built very close to the Bozdoğan Aqueduct, which completely blocks the afternoon sun, has made it a damp structure.
2 picture of recycling old hardware - use it as a model. It survived at least 10 blows, until the screen came of - a sign of good quality. For the pitiful ones - it has been killed before it was smashed - drowned, to be exact (flic.kr/p/dpuGWi).
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Members of the 1st Infantry Division executed their mid-point after action review during their Warfighter exercise, April 10 at Fort Riley, Kansas.
The Warfighter exercise simulates realistic scenarios that the division must be prepared for. This is accomplished through virtual training systems that simulate battlefield conditions.
The exercise is conducted in a distributed manner and takes advantage of the Total Army Force – U.S. Army troops working side by side with National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi McClintock, 1st Inf. Div. PAO)
The Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a Baroque palace at the Fürstengasse in the 9th District of Vienna, Alsergrund . Between the palace, where the Liechtenstein Museum was until the end of 2011, and executed as Belvedere summer palace on the Alserbachstraße is a park. Since early 2012, the Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a place for events. Part of the private art collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein is still in the gallery rooms of the palace. In 2010 was started to call the palace, to avoid future confusion, officially the Garden Palace, since 2013 the city has renovated the Palais Liechtenstein (Stadtpalais) in Vienna's old town and then also equipped with a part of the Liechtenstein art collection.
Building
Design for the Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in 1687/1688
Canaletto: View of Palais Liechtenstein
1687 bought Prince Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein a garden with adjoining meadows of Count Weikhard von Auersperg in the Rossau. In the southern part of the property the prince had built a palace and in the north part he founded a brewery and a manorial, from which developed the suburb Lichtental. For the construction of the palace Johann Adam Andreas organised 1688 a competition, in the inter alia participating, the young Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Meanwhile, a little functional, " permeable " project was rejected by the prince but, after all, instead he was allowed to built a garden in the Belvedere Alserbachstraße 14, which , however, was canceled in 1872.
The competition was won by Domenico Egidio Rossi, but was replaced in 1692 by Domenico Martinelli. The execution of the stonework had been given the royal Hofsteinmetzmeister (master stonemason) Martin Mitschke. He was delivered by the Masters of Kaisersteinbruch Ambrose Ferrethi , Giovanni Battista Passerini and Martin Trumler large pillars, columns and pedestal made from stone Emperor (Kaiserstein). Begin of the contract was the fourth July 1689 , the total cost was around 50,000 guilders.
For contracts from the years 1693 and 1701 undertook the Salzburg master stonemason John and Joseph Pernegger owner for 4,060 guilders the steps of the great grand staircase from Lienbacher (Adnet = red) to supply marble monolith of 4.65 meters. From the Master Nicolaus Wendlinger from Hallein came the Stiegenbalustraden (stair balustrades) for 1,000 guilders.
A palazzo was built in a mix of city and country in the Roman-style villa. The structure is clear and the construction very blocky with a stressed central risalite, what served the conservative tastes of the Prince very much. According to the procedure of the architectural treatise by Johann Adam Andreas ' father, Karl Eusebius, the palace was designed with three floors and 13 windows axis on the main front and seven windows axis on the lateral front. Together with the stems it forms a courtyard .
Sala terrene of the Palais
1700 the shell was completed. In 1702, the Salzburg master stonemason and Georg Andreas Doppler took over 7,005 guilders for the manufacture of door frame made of white marble of Salzburg, 1708 was the delivery of the fireplaces in marble hall for 1,577 guilders. For the painted decoration was originally the Bolognese Marcantonio Franceschini hired, from him are some of the painted ceilings on the first floor. Since he to slow to the prince, Antonio Belucci was hired from Venice, who envisioned the rest of the floor. The ceiling painting in the Great Hall, the Hercules Hall but got Andrea Pozzo . Pozzo in 1708 confirmed the sum of 7,500 florins which he had received since 1704 for the ceiling fresco in the Marble Hall in installments. As these artists died ( Pozzo) or declined to Italy, the Prince now had no painter left for the ground floor.
After a long search finally Michael Rottmayr was hired for the painting of the ground floor - originally a temporary solution, because the prince was of the opinion that only Italian artist buon gusto d'invenzione had. Since Rottmayr was not involved in the original planning, his paintings not quite fit with the stucco. Rottmayr 1708 confirmed the receipt of 7,500 guilders for his fresco work.
Giovanni Giuliani, who designed the sculptural decoration in the window roofing of the main facade, undertook in 1705 to provide sixteen stone vases of Zogelsdorfer stone. From September 1704 to August 1705 Santino Bussi stuccoed the ground floor of the vault of the hall and received a fee of 1,000 florins and twenty buckets of wine. 1706 Bussi adorned the two staircases, the Marble Hall, the Gallery Hall and the remaining six halls of the main projectile with its stucco work for 2,200 florins and twenty buckets of wine. Giuliani received in 1709 for his Kaminbekrönungen (fireplace crowning) of the great room and the vases 1,128 guilders.
Garden
Liechtenstein Palace from the garden
The new summer palace of Henry of Ferstel from the garden
The garden was created in the mind of a classic baroque garden. The vases and statues were carried out according to the plans of Giuseppe Mazza from the local Giovanni Giuliani. In 1820 the garden has been remodeled according to plans of Joseph Kornhäusel in the Classical sense. In the Fürstengasse was opposite the Palais, the Orangerie, built 1700s.
Use as a museum
Already from 1805 to 1938, the palace was housing the family collection of the house of Liechtenstein, which was also open for public viewing, the collection was then transferred to the Principality of Liechtenstein, which remained neutral during the war and was not bombed. In the 1960s and 1970s, the so-called Building Centre was housed in the palace as a tenant, a permanent exhibition for builders of single-family houses and similar buildings. From 26 April 1979 rented the since 1962 housed in the so-called 20er Haus Museum of the 20th Century , a federal museum, the palace as a new main house, the 20er Haus was continued as a branch . Since the start of operations at the Palais, the collection called itself Museum of Modern Art (since 1991 Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation ), the MUMOK in 2001 moved to the newly built museum district.
From 29 March 2004 till the end of 2011 in the Palace was the Liechtenstein Museum, whose collection includes paintings and sculptures from five centuries. The collection is considered one of the largest and most valuable private art collections in the world, whose main base in Vaduz (Liechtenstein) is . As the palace, so too the collection is owned by the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation .
On 15 November 2011 it was announced that the regular museum operating in the Garden Palace was stopped due to short of original expectations, visiting numbers remaining lower as calculated, with January 2012. The Liechtenstein City Palace museum will also not offer regular operations. Exhibited works of art would then (in the city palace from 2013) only during the "Long Night of the Museums", for registered groups and during leased events being visitable. The name of the Liechtenstein Museum will no longer be used.
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This bust and plaque in Whitehall, mark where the scaffold was erected. On which Charles I was beheaded on the 30th of January 1649.
This bust is outside the Banqueting House.
The Christopher Columbus Memorial, executed by sculptor Giuseppe Ciochetti, was dedicated in Washington Park on October 12, 1927. Funded by the Associated Italian Societies of Newark and the Giuseppe Verdi Society, the memorial features a bronze portrait of Christopher Columbus atop a tall square base adorned with four bronze relief plaques depicting the commissioning, embarkation, voyage, and landing of Columbus. Each corner of the base, between the reliefs, is adorned with a standing female figure representing discovery. The female figures stand with their faces directed toward the sky and their hands raised to their chests. The corners above each female figure are carved with fluted stone columns, above which a bronze garland encircles the base. Un March 1973, one of the base plaques fell off and was taken to the Bureau of Parks and Ground warehouse to await replacement by the Department of Public Works. Graffiti was cleaned from the base of the memorial in April 1985.
Detail of the Baptistry Window, a masterpiece of abstract stained glass designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens.
Coventry's Cathedral is a unique synthesis of old a new, born of wartime suffering and forged in the spirit of postwar optimism, famous for it's history and for being the most radically modern of Anglican cathedrals. Two cathedral's stand side by side, the ruins of the medieval building, destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1940 and the bold new building designed by Basil Spence and opened in 1962.
It is a common misconception that Coventry lost it's first cathedral in the wartime blitz, but the bombs actually destroyed it's second; the original medieval cathedral was the monastic St Mary's, a large cruciform building believed to have been similar in appearance to Lichfield Cathedral (whose diocese it shared). Tragically it became the only English cathedral to be destroyed during the Reformation, after which it was quickly quarried away, leaving only scant fragments, but enough evidence survives to indicate it's rich decoration (some pieces were displayed nearby in the Priory Visitors Centre, sadly since closed). Foundations of it's apse were found during the building of the new cathedral in the 1950s, thus technically three cathedrals share the same site.
The mainly 15th century St Michael's parish church became the seat of the new diocese of Coventry in 1918, and being one of the largest parish churches in the country it was upgraded to cathedral status without structural changes (unlike most 'parish church' cathedrals created in the early 20th century). It lasted in this role a mere 22 years before being burned to the ground in the 1940 Coventry Blitz, leaving only the outer walls and the magnificent tapering tower and spire (the extensive arcades and clerestoreys collapsed completely in the fire, precipitated by the roof reinforcement girders, installed in the Victorian restoration, that buckled in the intense heat).
The determination to rebuild the cathedral in some form was born on the day of the bombing, however it wasn't until the mid 1950s that a competition was held and Sir Basil Spence's design was chosen. Spence had been so moved by experiencing the ruined church he resolved to retain it entirely to serve as a forecourt to the new church. He envisaged the two being linked by a glass screen wall so that the old church would be visible from within the new.
Built between 1957-62 at a right-angle to the ruins, the new cathedral attracted controversy for it's modern form, and yet some modernists argued that it didn't go far enough, after all there are echoes of the Gothic style in the great stone-mullioned windows of the nave and the net vaulting (actually a free-standing canopy) within. What is exceptional is the way art has been used as such an integral part of the building, a watershed moment, revolutionising the concept of religious art in Britain.
Spence employed some of the biggest names in contemporary art to contribute their vision to his; the exterior is adorned with Jacob Epstein's triumphant bronze figures of Archangel Michael (patron of the cathedral) vanquishing the Devil. At the entrance is the remarkable glass wall, engraved by John Hutton with strikingly stylised figures of saints and angels, and allowing the interior of the new to communicate with the ruin. Inside, the great tapestry of Christ in majesty surrounded by the evangelistic creatures, draws the eye beyond the high altar; it was designed by Graham Sutherland and was the largest tapestry ever made.
However one of the greatest features of Coventry is it's wealth of modern stained glass, something Spence resolved to include having witnessed the bleakness of Chartres Cathedral in wartime, all it's stained glass having been removed. The first window encountered on entering is the enormous 'chess-board' baptistry window filled with stunning abstract glass by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens, a symphony of glowing colour. The staggered nave walls are illuminated by ten narrow floor to ceiling windows filled with semi-abstract symbolic designs arranged in pairs of dominant colours (green, red, multi-coloured, purple/blue and gold) representing the souls journey to maturity, and revealed gradually as one approaches the altar. This amazing project was the work of three designers lead by master glass artist Lawrence Lee of the Royal College of Art along with Keith New and Geoffrey Clarke (each artist designed three of the windows individually and all collaborated on the last).
The cathedral still dazzles the visitor with the boldness of it's vision, but alas, half a century on, it was not a vision to be repeated and few of the churches and cathedrals built since can claim to have embraced the synthesis of art and architecture in the way Basil Spence did at Coventry.
The cathedral is generally open to visitors most days. For more see below:-
Arbour Hill Prison is a prison and military cemetery located in the Arbour Hill area near Heuston Station.
The military cemetery is the burial place of 14 of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Among those buried there are Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Major John MacBride. The leaders were executed in Kilmainham Gaol and their bodies were transported to Arbour Hill for burial.
The graves are located under a low mound on a terrace of Wicklow granite in what was once the old prison yard. The grave site is surrounded by a limestone wall on which the names are inscribed in Irish and English. On the prison wall opposite the grave site is a plaque with the names of other people who were killed in 1916.
The prison was designed by Sir Joshua Jebb and Frederick Clarendon and opened on its present site in 1848, to house military prisoners.
The adjoining Church of the Sacred Heart, which is the prison chapel for Arbour Hill prison, is maintained by the Department of Defence. At the rear of the church lies the old cemetery, where lie the remains of British military personnel who died in the Dublin area in the 19th and early 20th century.
The church has an unusual entrance porch with stairs leading to twin galleries for visitors in the nave and transept.
A doorway beside the 1916 memorial gives access to the Irish United Nations Veterans' Association house and memorial garden.
The Roman Empire The mint is Roma unless otherwise stated
Elagabal, 218-222
d=22 mm
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Detail of the Baptistry Window, a masterpiece of abstract stained glass designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens.
Coventry's Cathedral is a unique synthesis of old a new, born of wartime suffering and forged in the spirit of postwar optimism, famous for it's history and for being the most radically modern of Anglican cathedrals. Two cathedral's stand side by side, the ruins of the medieval building, destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1940 and the bold new building designed by Basil Spence and opened in 1962.
It is a common misconception that Coventry lost it's first cathedral in the wartime blitz, but the bombs actually destroyed it's second; the original medieval cathedral was the monastic St Mary's, a large cruciform building believed to have been similar in appearance to Lichfield Cathedral (whose diocese it shared). Tragically it became the only English cathedral to be destroyed during the Reformation, after which it was quickly quarried away, leaving only scant fragments, but enough evidence survives to indicate it's rich decoration (some pieces were displayed nearby in the Priory Visitors Centre, sadly since closed). Foundations of it's apse were found during the building of the new cathedral in the 1950s, thus technically three cathedrals share the same site.
The mainly 15th century St Michael's parish church became the seat of the new diocese of Coventry in 1918, and being one of the largest parish churches in the country it was upgraded to cathedral status without structural changes (unlike most 'parish church' cathedrals created in the early 20th century). It lasted in this role a mere 22 years before being burned to the ground in the 1940 Coventry Blitz, leaving only the outer walls and the magnificent tapering tower and spire (the extensive arcades and clerestoreys collapsed completely in the fire, precipitated by the roof reinforcement girders, installed in the Victorian restoration, that buckled in the intense heat).
The determination to rebuild the cathedral in some form was born on the day of the bombing, however it wasn't until the mid 1950s that a competition was held and Sir Basil Spence's design was chosen. Spence had been so moved by experiencing the ruined church he resolved to retain it entirely to serve as a forecourt to the new church. He envisaged the two being linked by a glass screen wall so that the old church would be visible from within the new.
Built between 1957-62 at a right-angle to the ruins, the new cathedral attracted controversy for it's modern form, and yet some modernists argued that it didn't go far enough, after all there are echoes of the Gothic style in the great stone-mullioned windows of the nave and the net vaulting (actually a free-standing canopy) within. What is exceptional is the way art has been used as such an integral part of the building, a watershed moment, revolutionising the concept of religious art in Britain.
Spence employed some of the biggest names in contemporary art to contribute their vision to his; the exterior is adorned with Jacob Epstein's triumphant bronze figures of Archangel Michael (patron of the cathedral) vanquishing the Devil. At the entrance is the remarkable glass wall, engraved by John Hutton with strikingly stylised figures of saints and angels, and allowing the interior of the new to communicate with the ruin. Inside, the great tapestry of Christ in majesty surrounded by the evangelistic creatures, draws the eye beyond the high altar; it was designed by Graham Sutherland and was the largest tapestry ever made.
However one of the greatest features of Coventry is it's wealth of modern stained glass, something Spence resolved to include having witnessed the bleakness of Chartres Cathedral in wartime, all it's stained glass having been removed. The first window encountered on entering is the enormous 'chess-board' baptistry window filled with stunning abstract glass by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens, a symphony of glowing colour. The staggered nave walls are illuminated by ten narrow floor to ceiling windows filled with semi-abstract symbolic designs arranged in pairs of dominant colours (green, red, multi-coloured, purple/blue and gold) representing the souls journey to maturity, and revealed gradually as one approaches the altar. This amazing project was the work of three designers lead by master glass artist Lawrence Lee of the Royal College of Art along with Keith New and Geoffrey Clarke (each artist designed three of the windows individually and all collaborated on the last).
The cathedral still dazzles the visitor with the boldness of it's vision, but alas, half a century on, it was not a vision to be repeated and few of the churches and cathedrals built since can claim to have embraced the synthesis of art and architecture in the way Basil Spence did at Coventry.
The cathedral is generally open to visitors most days. For more see below:-
700 Uighurs executed, 16.000 imprisoned... who stands up for language, culture and religion of the Uighures gets marked as "Terrorist" by the Chinese government. Alone since March 23, at least 760 Uighures were arrested.
Occupied in 1949, East Turkestan is just one of the countries - besides Tibet and Inner Mongolia - that has been overrun by the Chinese Army more than half a century ago...
In 1949 only five percent of the population of East Turkestan was Chinese.. By official Chinese statistics, Xinjiang (as East Turkestan got named by the Chinese) now has 8.7 million Uighurs and 7.5 million Chinese. In reality the number of Chinese is supposed to be even larger than of the Uighurs.
Chinese authorities had effectively deported hundreds of thousands of Uyghur women between the ages of 15 and 25 to other parts of China under the pretext of providing jobs for them. (But it's actually supposed to recuce the Uighur community to a minimum...)
Many Chinese had been brought to the region to take their places with the aim of eradicating Uyghur culture.
This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
On 1 August 1943 a force consisting of five groups flying B-24D Liberators, totaling 178 aircraft, was launched from airfields around Benghazi, Libya. Their mission was to execute a low-level attack on the German-held oil refinery complex at Ploesti, Rumania. The Ploesti complex was supplying one third of the oil requirements of the Nazi war machine. The mission was code named TIDAL WAVE. Precise timing and navigation were essential to the success of this long, arduous, and extremely hazardous mission.
Difficulties began when the force encountered foul weather over Albania and Yugoslavia. The two lead groups, the 376th with mission commander Brigadier General Uzal Ent and the 93rd, became separated from the 98th, 44th, and 389th Bomb Groups that followed. This precarious gap in the bomber stream became critical when the 376th's lead aircraft misidentified the Initial Point of the bomb run and turned too early. The leading bombers were on a course that took them toward Bucharest, the Rumanian capitol, and away from Ploesti. Discovering their mistake as they approached Bucharest, they made a turn back toward Ploesti. The confused, unplanned turns threw the formation integrity and attack plans for the two lead groups into disarray. General Ent broke radio silence and ordered the two groups to bomb any target at will.
The 93rd Bomb Group's formation broke up. Part of the unit flew to the north of Ploesti, while the remainder turned southwest. This portion of the 93rd headed for the Columbia Aquila refinery, known as Target White V in the TIDAL WAVE plan. This was the target assigned to the 44th Bomb Group, known as the Flying Eight Balls, but the 93rd bore in on the refinery on a course nearly perpendicular to the 44th's attack route. The 93rd's B-24s arrived over White V just ahead of the 44th and released their loads of short-fused 1000 lb. bombs.
The diorama before you depicts the arrival of the 44th Bomb Group's first four B-24s over Target White Five. In the lead is "Suzy- Q." flown by Major William Brandon with group commander Colonel Leon Johnson flying in the co-pilot's position. Off the left wing is "Bewitching Witch," borrowed from the 376th for the Ploesti raid and flown by 1st Lieutenant Reginald Carpenter. On the right flank is 1st Lieutenant Edward R. Mitchell's "Horse Fly." Bringing up the rear is the lead ship of the 44th's second element, "Buzzin Bear," flown by Captain William R. Cameron.
The Flying Eight Balls, leading the last wave of the attack force, arrived on time and on course to their assigned target. Colonel Johnson led his group into the inferno to deliver its bombs as planned, miraculously avoiding collisions with the 93rd aircraft coming off of the target ahead of the 44th.
All of the thirty-seven aircraft launched by the 44th reached the target. Seven were lost to anti-aircraft fire in the target area or to enemy fighters during the flight out. Four more were lost on the flight home, ditching or bailing out due to battle damage. The 44th claimed 13 enemy aircraft destroyed. It was estimated that the refinery lost 100% of its production capacity for six months after the raid. For his intrepidity and courage in leading the 44th Bomb Group in its determined attack in the face of the unknown dangers of a refinery already afire and exploding, Colonel Leon W. Johnson was awarded our nation's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
The Bridge and Cascade.
Grade I listed.
List Entry Number: 1335352
Cascade I Bridge and cascade. Designed with a single arch by Robert Adam in 1761. Redesigned, with three arches in 1764. Executed 1770- 1771. Ashlar. The bridge has three round-arched spans with moulded hoodmoulds. Fluted roundels in the spandrels. Projecting piers with apsed niches and moulded sill band. The tops of the piers with swags. Fluted frieze and dentil cornice. Balustraded parapet the balusters divided into three units per span. Cast iron balusters. Steep road approaches with the end walls curving outwards and downwards. End piers. Rubblestone cascade to east.
Listing NGR: SK3126840716
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The Bridge by Robert Adam
Kedleston Hall is an English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately four miles north-west of Derby, and is the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy. Today it is a National Trust property.
The Curzon family have owned the estate at Kedleston since at least 1297 and have lived in a succession of manor houses near to or on the site of the present Kedleston Hall. The present house was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale) in 1759. The house was designed by the Palladian architects James Paine and Matthew Brettingham and was loosely based on an original plan by Andrea Palladio for the never-built Villa Mocenigo. At the time a relatively unknown architect, Robert Adam was designing some garden temples to enhance the landscape of the park; Curzon was so impressed with Adam's designs, that Adam was quickly put in charge of the construction of the new mansion.
World War II
In 1939, Kedleston Hall was offered by Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale for use by the War Department.[1] Kedleston Hall provided various facilities during the period 1939–45 including its use as a mustering point and army training camp. It also formed one of the Y-stations used to gather Signals Intelligence via radio transmissions which, if encrypted, were subsequently passed to Bletchley Park for decryption.
National Trust
In the 1970s the estate was too expensive for the Curzon family to maintain. When Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale died, his cousin Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale offered the estate to the nation in lieu of death duties. A deal was agreed with the National Trust that it should take over Kedleston while still allowing the family to live rent-free in the 23-room Family Wing, which contained an adjoining garden and two rent-free flats for servants or other family members.
External design
The design of the three-floored house is of three blocks linked by two segmentally curved corridors. The ground floor is rusticated, while the upper floors are of smooth-dressed stone. The central, largest block contains the state rooms and was intended for use only when there were important guests in the house. The East block was a self-contained country house in its own right, containing all the rooms for the family's private use, and the identical West block contained the kitchens and all other domestic rooms and staff accommodation. Plans for two more pavilions (as the two smaller blocks are known) of identical size, and similar appearance were not executed. These further wings were intended to contain, in the south east a music room, and south west a conservatory and chapel. Externally these latter pavilions would have differed from their northern counterparts by large glazed Serlian windows on the piano nobile of their southern facades. Here the blocks were to appear as of two floors only; a mezzanine was to have been disguised in the north of the music room block. The linking galleries here were also to contain larger windows, than on the north, and niches containing classical statuary.
If the great north front, approximately 107 metres in length, is Palladian in character, dominated by the massive, six-columned Corinthian portico, then the south front (illustrated right) is pure Robert Adam. It is divided into three distinct sets of bays; the central section is a four-columned, blind triumphal arch (based on the Arch of Constantine in Rome) containing one large, pedimented glass door reached from the rusticated ground floor by an external, curved double staircase. Above the door, at second-floor height, are stone garlands and medallions in relief. The four Corinthian columns are topped by classical statues. This whole centre section of the facade is crowned by a low dome visible only from a distance. Flanking the central section are two identical wings on three floors, each three windows wide, the windows of the first-floor piano nobile being the tallest. Adam's design for this facade contains huge "movement" and has a delicate almost fragile quality.
Gardens and grounds
The gardens and grounds, as they appear today, are largely the concept of Robert Adam. Adam was asked by Nathaniel Curzon in 1758 to "take in hand the deer park and pleasure grounds". The landscape gardener William Emes had begun work at Kedleston in 1756, and he continued in Curzon's employ until 1760; however, it was Adam who was the guiding influence. It was during this period that the former gardens designed by Charles Bridgeman were swept away in favour of a more natural-looking landscape. Bridgeman's canals and geometric ponds were metamorphosed into serpentine lakes.
Adam designed numerous temples and follies, many of which were never built. Those that were include the North lodge (which takes the form of a triumphal arch), the entrance lodges in the village, a bridge, cascade and the Fishing Room. The Fishing Room is one of the most noticeable of the park's buildings. In the neoclassical style it is sited on the edge of the upper lake and contains a plunge pool and boat house below. Some of Adam's unexecuted design for follies in the park rivalled in grandeur the house itself. A "View Tower" designed in 1760 – 84 feet high and 50 feet wide on five floors, surmounted by a saucer dome flanked by the smaller domes of flanking towers — would have been a small neoclassical palace itself. Adam planned to transform even mundane utilitarian buildings into architectural wonders. A design for a pheasant house (a platform to provide a vantage point for the game shooting) became a domed temple, the roofs of its classical porticos providing the necessary platforms; this plan too was never completed. Among the statuary in the grounds is a Medici lion sculpture carved by Joseph Wilton on a pedestal designed by Samuel Wyatt, from around 1760-1770.
In the 1770s, George Richardson designed the hexagonal summerhouse, and in 1800 the orangery. The Long Walk was laid out in 1760 and planted with flowering shrubs and ornamental trees. In 1763, it was reported that Lord Scarsdale had given his gardener a seed from rare and scarce Italian shrub, the "Rodo Dendrone".
The gardens and grounds today, over two hundred years later, remain mostly unaltered. Parts of the estate are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, primarily because of the "rich and diverse deadwood invertebrate fauna" inhabiting its ancient trees.
Sign (highlighted) reads:
From 1941 to 1943, the SS shot several thousand people at the wall in this courtyard between Blocks 10 and 11. Most of those executed here were Polish political prisoners, above all, the leaders and members of te clandestine organizations and people who helped escapees or facilitated contact with the outside world. Poles who had been setenced to death in nearyby towns weres also brought to be shot, incliding men, women, and even children who had been taken hostage in revenge for operations of the Polish resistance against the German occupation. Prisoners of other nationalities and ethnic origins, including Jews and Soviet POWs, were also sometimes shot at this wall.
The SS administered brutal punishments here; floggings and the punishment known as "the post", in which prisoners were hung by their wrists, which were twisted behind their backs.
The execution wall was dismantled in 1944 on the orders of the camp authorities. Executions were subsequently carried out elsewhere, most often in the gas chambers and cremetoria of Auschwitz II - Birkenau.
After the war, the execution wall was partially reconstructed by the Museum.
You are entering a courtyard where the SS murdered thousands of people. Please maintain silence here remember their suffering and show respect for their memory.
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Statue of the 20th President of the United States located at the Vine Street end of Piatt Park in Cincinnati
The statue was executed by Charles Niehaus, a local sculptor. Since 1915 the bronze figure has stood on a low pedestal at the east end of the park. Previously it had been in the center of the street crossing, on a high pedestal, where it annoyed drivers of both buggies and motor cars.
Garfield (1831-81), an Ohio man, was elected President in 1880 and died in the following September, the victim of an assassin's bullet. Garfield Place was named in his honor in 1882. Money raised by popular subscription paid for this statue, which was unveiled in 1887.
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Piatt, Cincinnati's first park, was given to the city by brothers John M. and Benjamin M. Piatt in 1817 "for a market space." In 1868, the park was dedicated as Eighth Street Park, and later became known for a period as Garfield Park, because of the statue of James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, which stands in the park area.
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James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States, and, as a result of his assassination, served only six months in that office—the second shortest administration in United States history. Pior to his election as president, Garfield served as a major general in the United States Army and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a member of the Electoral Commission of 1876.
Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated—Abraham Lincoln was the first. President Garfield, a Republican, had been in office a scant four months when he was shot and fatally wounded on July 2, 1881. He lived until September 19, having served for six months and fifteen days. Only William Henry Harrison, who served in office for only 31 days, had a shorter presidency. To date, Garfield is the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to have been elected President...
With the start of the Civil War, Garfield enlisted in the Union Army, and was assigned to command the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Union forces reached Paintsville, Kentucky, where Garfield's cavalry engaged the Confederate cavalry at Jenny's Creek on January 6, 1862. Garfield attacked on January 9. At the end of the day's fighting, the Confederates withdrew from the field. His victory brought him early recognition and a promotion to the rank of brigadier general on January 11.
Monument en mémoire de Solitude à Bagneux (92).
Solitude née en 1772, lutta contre l'esclavage en devenant, "neg mawon". Quand Napoléon rétablit l'esclavage, elle lutta contre les troupes de l'empereur. Capturée, elle fut exécutée le 29 novembre 1802, le lendemain de son accouchement.
This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
Detail of the Baptistry Window, a masterpiece of abstract stained glass designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens.
Coventry's Cathedral is a unique synthesis of old a new, born of wartime suffering and forged in the spirit of postwar optimism, famous for it's history and for being the most radically modern of Anglican cathedrals. Two cathedral's stand side by side, the ruins of the medieval building, destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1940 and the bold new building designed by Basil Spence and opened in 1962.
One of the greatest features of Coventry is it's wealth of modern stained glass, something Spence resolved to include having witnessed the bleakness of Chartres Cathedral in wartime, when all it's stained glass had been removed. The first window encountered on entering is the enormous 'chess-board' baptistry window filled with stunning abstract glass by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens, a symphony of glowing colour. The staggered nave walls are illuminated by ten narrow floor to ceiling windows filled with semi-abstract symbolic designs arranged in pairs of dominant colours (green, red, multi-coloured, purple/blue and gold) representing the souls journey to maturity, and revealed gradually as one approaches the altar. This amazing project was the work of three designers lead by master glass artist Lawrence Lee of the Royal College of Art along with Keith New and Geoffrey Clarke (each artist designed three of the windows individually and all collaborated on the last).
For more see below:-
This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
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Efj.
This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time but deals more with dynamic movement .I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time but deals more with dynamic movement .I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
An oil painting of the last meal of Ruben Cantu, believed to be wrongfully convicted and executed in Texas, as painted by death penalty artist Kate MacDonald. 24 x 20", oil on canvas. © Kate MacDonald, All Rights Reserved.
Hugh Mortimer executed after the Battle of Wakefield 1460. He wears the yorkist collar. He was the son of John Mortimer d1415 Lord of the Manor of Kyre & Martley: and grandson of Roger Mortimer. The manors passed to his elder brother John who died a minor in 1420. Hugh inherited aged 7 and was under the guardianship of Roland Lenthall until his majority. He is thought to have been the builder of the church tower c1450.
Aged 41 he m Eleanor d1520 daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall of Burford d1435 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8544972201/ by Elizabeth Barre,
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1 John dsp 1505 m Margaret daughter of John Nevile, Marquess of Montagu,
2. Elizabeth m Sir Thomas West 3rd Lord De la Warr (son Thomas sold the Kyre estates in 1520 to the half-brother of his mother John Croft) (daughter Dorothy m Harry son of David Owen son of Owen Tudor www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/685123040/ )
The alabaster side of the table tomb, with angels holding shields, on which the effigy rested is now over the fireplace of the rectory great hall !
His widow Eleanor m2 Sir John Croft d1509 of Croft www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8980286632/ having 6 more children
Eleanor outlived both her children by Hugh. She died aged nearly 90 in 1520 and is buried in Croft church in a double effigy with her second husband, who died in 1509.
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Following a 2 year absence because of Covi,, the 2022 Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival. (and Parade) will be held as per usual this year.. Unfortunately the Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess competition has been postponed until next year due to time constraints.
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The unfortunate deterioration of the Apple Blossom Festival
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Shocking news from ABF,
* There's been a stunning development at ABF. *
Apparently in a new younger generation there are those who harbor resentment towards our nations history, for English colonialism, and even for the Monarchy ? Other minority groups have voiced discontent over the diversity and inclusion issue ? And so, it seems that the current ABF Board of Directors has listened to the concerns and complaints of a few small minority groups while apparently ignoring and excluding the overwhelming majority of Valley residents ? And it appears that this current Board has chosen to resolve the discontent by moving to implement and execute the nuclear option and final solution ? And therefore after a highly successful run of 87 consecutive years in a row, the extremely anticipated, very popular, family oriented, inclusive and diverse, multi village Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess Pageant along with the prestigious Royal Coronation crowning ceremonies held in Wolfville have all been terminated forever by this current board of Directors ?
Will a drag Queen replace an apple blossom Queen in Kentville ? www.nsbuzz.ca/life/kentville-all-ages-drag-show-draws-pro...
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-----------------------It's The End of an Era in 2023------------
Apple Blossom Festival 2023 - ABF Board of Directors has announced some drastic new changes in format and even deeper cut-backs to the annual People's Festival ? Concerns over ceremony, symbolism, colonialism, and some complaints over the inclusion and diversity issue, seem to have influenced the current ABF board of Directors to see a need to update the long running Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess pageant and bring it up to a standard they view as being more relevant to current times ? And so the Directors must have held a very private, 'think' tank last Winter and without notifying, caring, considering or consulting any of the long time participating Valley communities, they must have decided that rather than trouble themselves any further with this issue, why not just take the easy way out and simply get rid of it ? And so it seems a final decision was made in private last Winter and the Directors took the last resort and executed, 'the final and fatal solution' , and ordered the iconic 87 year old Pageant and competition be terminated forever ? Therefore, as a result of this decision, one of the longest lasting ever, most popular, most identifiable and well known, most highly anticipated, most participated, most Valley proud, all inclusive all family events that has benefited all Valley residents of every age group, has suddenly been taken away ?
An unconditional act of finality will now end the long running 88 year reign of her royal Heiness Queen Annapolisa and terminate the 7 to 10 Apple Blossom Princess contestants and child attendants that represent 7 to 10 Valley communities ? It also means an end to the many beautiful hand crafted award winning Princess floats that always highlight Grand Street Parade, and will also signal the end of the ultra glamorous Queen and Ladies-in-waiting Crowning ceremonies held annually and televised each year from Acadia University in Wolfville ? This also puts an end to the many popular community Princess Tea events, and also ends all Royal Party visitations to the local Schools, hospitals and old folks homes that are so welcome and appreciated by Students, Seniors and our many shut-ins ? This also signals the end of Royal Party appearances at Kentville Children's Parade, at the Memorial Park Friday night open air concert and fireworks, and all Royal attendances at many other events held annually throughout the Valley and Province ?
It appears now that current ABF Officials led by President Logan Morse along with Kentville town rep Lindsey Young have not only interrupted the Pageant when postponing it in 2022, but have now terminated the event forever in 2023 explaining that a decision was made to improve, include, modernize and evolve the beauty and leadership pageant ? This act of termination will end almost 90 years of production and it will leave a huge gap in the Festival itself while also affecting many nearby Valley communities that always participate and always enter contestants in the Pageant ? By ending this important multiple community event and by taking away the better half and the Star of Apple Blossom Festival the question remains of what do they plan for a replacement, and what are the local towns and villages that play such major roles in both the Queen and Princess competition suppose to do now ? And what about the Valley youth and the childhood dream to one day be an Apple Blossom Princess ?
You have to wonder how the current board of ABF Directors who have taken it upon themselves to move forward with such drastic action could ever believe that Valley residents are stupid enough to think that by cancelling and taking away this popular long running event, that the Board has in some perverted way moved the Valley forward, improved or modernized anything ? It seems more likely that they've just taken the Valley very much backwards and denied the people a multi community, all inclusive and local production that has always been highly successful for almost 90 consecutive uninterrupted years ? That is, up until they came along ?
And you have to wonder why current ABF Management, who are the stewards in charge and responsible for promotion and presentation of this yearly event, can't just do the job they're paid to do and do what their predecessors have always done so well each and every year for the past 87 years often in far more trying circumstances and in far less prosperous times than now,, that is, up until this group of quitters came along ? And you have to wonder, Whatever happened to the # 1 rule in business that says if you can't do your job because of inexperience, immaturity, inability, incompetency, bias, or just plain stupidity, then,,,, You're all FIRED ! (and a Class action recovery suit may be forthcoming ! )
Logan Morse and a bold revolutionary 2023 ABF Board of Directors have moved to terminate the Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess Pageant forever after an 88 year run ? www.pressreader.com/canada/annapolis-valley-register/2023...
The Peoples Pageant is Cancelled ? Directors say bold action was needed to improve, evolve and modernize the historic pageant ? www.saltwire.com/atlantic-
Et tu, Madam Chamberlain ? The unconscionable 2017 attempted hijacking of Kentvilles's most beloved annual event ?
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Exploiting a Queen for a photo op ? Politicians at official opening of 2023 Apple Blossom Festival pretend there's still a Pageant when knowing full well that Queen Annapolisa has now been terminated forever and will no longer be a part of the Festival ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/53755100811/in/album-7...
2023 Kentville Grand Street Parade - Disregard for safety shown when unrestrained Senior citizens are precariously perched atop an unshaded, no sided, stop and go large unstable moving object ?
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Nov 16 2023 - Apple Blossom Princesses call for a return of Queen Annapolisa,
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A small town that prides itself on its history may be experiencing an Identity Crisis ?
Can an identity crisis be looming in the town of Kentville ? A proud and neighborly salt of the earth working class small community and railway town with easy going friendly citizens and a rich railway, agriculture and farming background is losing many longtime identifiable local trademarks, themes, and traditions as they are gradually taken away as Town elected officials seem to just stand still and watch ? Having been always identified as a main Provincial railroading center ever since the old Dominion Rail days that date back to 1869, the town has since lost all passenger and freight train rail service in and out including a modern passenger Dayliner service that used to travel back and forth to Halifax every day ? And after the railway had been shut down it seemed they couldn't close and clear out the brand new station, dig up tracks and demolish the old roundhouse fast enough ? And so now, in what may be seen as cruel mockery, the only railroading that is left in Kentville from past glory days and from what once had been the largest and most important railroad hub west of Halifax, is an old and faded weather beaten painted picture of a train on the side of a downtown building ?
Unfortunately a loss of this vital freight and transportation link wasn't the last and the town became even more isolated from the outside World when for no apparent logical, rational or reasonable reason, the aviation community at Waterville municipal Airport CCW3 were suddenly told they had to get out when they had done nothing wrong and had no place else to go ? And so their long-running valuable contribution to the local area was all lost when this established airport, and Canadian sky diving academy, and world wide internationally known pilot training and licensing facility along with numerous privately owned aircraft and owners, along with many more well established aviation businesses were all told to get out ? The evictions left our local young Air Cadets at Camp Aldershot without a base, and the next generation must now grow up without access to this valuable training and education facility ? And so now all that is left of a once thriving, contributing and active Aviation complex for past decades, is a barren plot of unmaintained land where unsupervised children can be seen riding bikes up and down the deteriorating asphalt that was once a runway where commercial aircraft would fly in and out on a daily basis ? To add salt to the wound, the eviction and total loss of such an important contributor to the local economy was being hailed by Council, ( and also by the prestigious Ivany Report Committee ) as being a bold and brilliant business move that would greatly benefit the local area ? After months of homelessness and uncertainty over the future, a few evicted tenants found new sites elsewhere and relocated at their own expense to start all over again, while others just quit, while others were finally redirected to a new location in Greenwood that just happened by chance to be the County Warden Brother's home riding ? And so, in the end this devastating loss to Kentville and local area was to become Greenwood's gain. And so now Kentville must carry on without either railway or airport ?
When the original KCA town School was closed down, the high school students were separated from their traditional identifiable home school and instead bused to the different nearby town of Canning to attend High School there ? This student segregation left only the Grade 1 to 8 age groups to now identify Kentville as their home school, a situation that remains today ? There is no movie theater as the downtown movie theater has been closed forever, and the popular Edge sports bar, eatery and pool hall closed down and was never replaced ? Harvey's Hamburgers closed down and never was replaced ? A longtime nearby bowling alley in New Minas was bought out by developers and replaced with a business office complex ? We lost the local salvage, reclamation and disposal site in South Alton after it was ordered shut down by Provincial Government, but these same people that shut it down did not offer to replace it with anything else leaving the community without such a vital facility ? One day a portion of the roof blew off a long time town funeral home and it never has re-opened leaving only one such establishment in town ? And, just as the citizens of Kentville were learning that both the Apple Blossom Princess and the Queen Annapolisa pageants were to be cancelled after 87 consecutive years, there was at the same time an all age Drag Queen show getting ready to play at the Kings Arms Pub in a total entertainment flip flop from the traditional Irish Rovers or Scottish pipers that most Kentville citizens identify with at this time of year ? Numerous local restaurants and small businesses have come and gone - mostly gone - and the main town supermarket Jasons IGA had a fire and was forced to close down for over a year so there was no supermarket to provide groceries for the citizens of Kentville ? The popular multi venue Wandlyn Inn with its many hotel rooms, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool and sauna area, large nightclub, dual convention centers and dual restaurants burned down and subsequently access to all of these venues was lost forever ? The entire complex was not replaced and now one lone fast food MacDonald's take out site is all that has ever replaced all of Wandlyn's hotel, nightclub, recreational, conference, and dining amenities ?
The July 1st Canada Day holiday party of fun, food, speeches, and entertainment held every year at the wading Pool was downsized and then curtailed by the Town due to budget considerations ? And so if you want to enjoy July 1st entertainment or fireworks you have to go to New Minas, Hantsport or Berwick ? Access to drinking water is surely one of the most entitled and identifiable of town utility services to be provided ? Billions are currently being spent by Canadian taxpayers to provide First Nations people with free safe drinking water ? Yet Kentville water commission charges potential customers 10,000 dollars just to turn Town water on at the roadside ? and then after this massive charge, the brand new customer must also handle all yard trenching and household plumbing work also at his own expense ? And in return for this large personal financial outlay, this lucky new valued client is rewarded by the town with a lifelong new water bill each month from the Kentville Water Commission?
They've even managed to take away Kentville's most famous of all and most instantly identifiable landmark in the hotel name Cornwallis Inn ? Cornwallis Inn is a well known trademark hotel name that is synonymous everywhere in the World with the name of Kentville, and represents a millennium of fond memories for many local area residents and others living all over the Valley ? It was hard to understand why the Town world allow this name to change,, and it was also hard to understand why a previous Town of Kentville planning dept would ever allow numerous low rental subsidized apartment units to be built onto the side of this historical Town centerpiece, Valley landmark and future Canadian heritage site ?
And, they've also even changed the identifiable names of common Streets and even the traffic bridge traversing the Cornwallis River ? And so now, residents and delivery drivers don't know what they are talking about when they use these stupid new names ? This is especially hard on Kentville'e Seniors who can become confused with these senseless changes and it has in some cases created a safety hazard for them ?
In 2017 the Directors of Apple Blossom Festival tried to hijack Kentville's 87 year old yearly Grand Street Parade, and the town was forced to claw and battle its way just to get its own traditional yearly event returned back home to them after hosting it for the last 90 years ? And in yet another giant leap backwards that same year, ABF and the Town decided to cancel, cease and desist all public ABF Wednesday, Thursday and weekends of fun, food, music, displays, amusements, local student performances, etc. that were always held down at Memorial Park every Apple Blossom week ? This huge cut back in so many hours of public outdoor entertainment abruptly ended a highly anticipated long running popular Kentville tradition ? No explanation was ever given and no replacement or apology was ever offered by the Town for such a major loss absorbed by citizens of Kentville ? And now, in yet another major step backwards, Kentville has lost its most identifiable of all citizens, that being their beloved Apple Blossom Princess Kentville, when in 2023 the current officiating Directors in charge at ABF had showed uncommon arrogance, disrespect, disregard and harsh insensitivity when they presumed themselves to be the ones that would, after 88 years, appoint themselves to be the generation entitled to interrupt and end the historic long running iconic Queen Annapolisa competition and take it away from the peoples enjoyment ? This previously unimaginable sudden act of termination means that all public appearances including Princess Teas, the Children's Parade, all social Royal visitations to schools, shut-ins, Seniors, and hospital attendances that would normally be made by Queen Annapolisa and the Royal Princesses are now cancelled forever and will no longer take place ?
In 2022 the Grand Street Parade was quite understandably shortened following the 2 previous Covi Parade cancellations, but this years' 2023 weak shortened effort didn't seem much better ? The always most welcome contribution and wonderful diversity brought in by our nearby Valley communities from Windsor to Digby was unfortunately no longer present 6and included in this years presentation ? Many long time local parade patrons expressed disappointment when Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and her child attendant were no longer included in the Kentville Grand Street Parade as it made its way down main street Kentville on Apple Blossom Saturday in Kentville ? And so it seemed that Kentville had lost yet another very identifiable and beloved citizen and a wonderful Ambassador who had always performed her royal duties of advertising,identifying, promoting and showing off the town of Kentville with charm, grace and beauty wherever she went ?
After the 3 consecutive Apple Blossom weekdays of afternoon and evening exhibits and entertainment were all cancelled and Apple Blossom Week entertainment was cut down to a bare bone single Friday night affair, ( which btw will no longer include the highlight of the evening Royal Party visitation and music by Eddy's Basement ), It seems that the Officials were still unsatisfied and found yet another way to take away even more ? And this year they want to charge inflation stressed locals a fee to see entertainers like Matt Minglewood and Kevin Davison when in the past these entertainers appeared on a public stage free of charge ? Cut backs were also apparent in the always amazing Fireworks, (which btw are no longer started by Queen Annapolisa at the official Royal Party visitation to the Park following Coronation ceremonies in Wolfville), when this years 2023 Fireworks presentation didn't seem up to par with some spectators remarking that they looked more like something purchased at Giant Tiger in New Minas ?
And so, in summing up, the citizens of Kentville are frustrated over the many losses, closures, steps backwards and cutbacks that are never replaced once gone ? Both of the Provincial Railway and municipal Airport are now permanently closed down and even the Provincial Acadia Van lines transport no longer stops ? The entire Wandlyn Inn complex and all of its popular hotel and restaurant services was lost by fire ? Extreme cut backs were made to the historic Apple Blossom Festival that saw a week long fun filled period of public entertainment at Memorial Park cut down to one minimal Friday night affair with fireworks followed the next day by a shortened parade and also the budget saving cut backs made to popular statutory holiday celebrations ? Concerns also remain about the lack of an in-Town High School for young adults, the loss of a key funeral home, the loss of the Pool Hall, the absence of a movie theater, loss of Harveys burgers, loss of one of the 2 Tim Hortons, loss of the pizza parlor, loss of Chinese food take out , loss of the fruit and vegetable market, loss of the convenience store, loss of the bakery, and also the loss of the vital local disposal site after ordered shut down by the Province but they didn't offer to build a replacement leaving the area without this rightful public service ? And then there was the complete and total cancellation of displays and public entertainment events held at Memorial Park during the Apple Blossom week mid days ? We missed the diversity offered by neighboring towns and villages when they were excluded from this year's Grand Street Parade ? There was also the shocking cancellation and end of Kentville's famous Apple Blossom Princess and her traditional appearance at the also cancelled Acadia U Coronation ceremonies in Wolfville ? There was also the erasing and the change of name of Kentville's biggest and most identifiable attraction name ever in the internationally known Cornwallis Inn name logo that is instantly recognizable all over the world and symbolically married to the name Kentville ? There also remains the serious problem of a shortage of tourist hotel rooms and dining spots that had been created when the Wandlyn hotel complex burned down and when not one of the many hospitality, business, tourist, restaurant, night club and recreational venues were ever replaced ?
And in a more recent issue, we are seeing more and more small businesses from all over the Valley, that over the years have not only provided employment but also served as popular meet and greet gathering spots for local friends and neighbors, now changing hands after being bought out and turned over to total strangers that are not from Halifax or from N.S. nor even this Country but have come from another Continent ? This recent local phenomenon of foreign take-overs has included replacing the management, assuming full control of the business and managing the labor force of many long time popular Valley fast food, gas and coffee businesses that so far includes : the Petrocan New Minas, some Tim Hortons, the Subway, KFC, DQ, Burger King N.M., and Mary Brown's to name a few ? And unfortunately there are indications of nepotism being shown in the re-hiring of workers at these workplaces once they are taken over by the new foreign management ? Another major local employer Eassons Trucking also seems affected by a current influx of foreign workers with reports of untrained, unlicensed unqualified, (and Government subsidized) drivers behind the wheel, with rumors of some units with multiple drivers on board having a hole drilled into the floor of the sleeper cabin to accommodate a long piece of ABS plumbing pipe so that the raw sewage will be exhausted directly from the interior of the truck down onto the open highway below to avoid unnecessary pit stops at the Big Stop ?
And, about the recent Town election, it looks like, unfortunately, most candidates are relatively new to the area after having recently moved here from elsewhere and seem unawares of both the proud past history of Kentville and the serious problems it faces today with some candidates naively describing the town as a kind of blissful, Hallmark or Who-ville movie set type of happy go lucky village with happy munchkins frolicking up and down picturesque streets lined with colorful quaint shops and eateries ? Any such fantasy is clearly foolish and does not represent the seriousness of the many issues now plaguing the town ? And apparently the new Mayor, who is also a new resident, and also a new local business owner, appears to have befriended non-resident and the ex-County Warden Brothers of Greenwood whom had previously sold out Kentville and the local area when she led the charge to illegally shut down and evict the local municipal Airport, and the skydiving academy, and the National flight training center and many other Aviation businesses at Waterville, replacing them with nothing but an empty dirt field where only weeds grow ? And after the recent election of what looks to be yet another frugal and austere Town Council that has already started cutting back when, ( due to a drop of rain ) abruptly and disrespectfully suddenly cancelling this year's traditional honorary Military Soldiers march-on and the official best in area Remembrance Day ceremonies that are always held outdoors at the Cenotaph on Park Street, and after receiving the Mayors' New Year's message of congratulations to himself on enlarging the size of his downtown retail store and his personal happiness over having a new (taxpayer funded) sidewalk installed in front of it, but failing to mention current town issues like the serious town unemployment problem, the opioid crisis, the cost of living crisis, the homelessness situation, the shortage of proper town recreation facilities, (no one wants to get their daily exercise by walking down the Kentville Rec provided hiking trail to be attacked by mosquitos or witness a homeless user shoot up in the privacy of the forest), as well as, the devastating loss of both the Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and Queen Annapolisa and ruination of the Grand Street Parade, the unsafe parade situation where citizens (incl Seniors) were precariously perched atop a stop and go open air, no sided moving vehicle without protective restraining devices, water or protection from the sun, the ridiculous changing of well known historical names around town, the 'bring our high school students back home' campaign issue, an evolving community social identity problem, the controversial hanging up of the biggest pride flag they make above the main entrance of heritage site Cornwallis Inn issue, the questionable loss of the local disposal site after it was ordered shut down by the Province but they didn't offer to build a replacement leaving the area without this necessary public service, a current Town failure to provide entertainment events that exceed the grade school level, and given that water is a basic human right why such an exorbitant fee charged to homeowners by Kentville water commission just to turn the water on at the road, the recent rash of multiple takeovers of so many long time local small businesses by foreign interests, and the ongoing lack of adequate street lighting and potholes, streets and residential sewer and sidewalks still in need of repair ? And there was also the major inconvenience felt by many local residents when the slow motion repairs on Canaan Ave had moved at turtle race speed and resulted in this vital access route being closed off to local traffic for many many Months, ( very much unlike the speedy installation and priority given to the new downtown sidewalk by Phinneys ) ?
And so, is it time to stop the newcomers mentallity, and to consider making it compulsory for all candidates seeking these important Town governing positions be born and raised and reside in Kentville due to a current lack of historical knowledge or understanding and respect for the local residents that is now being shown by the elected Town officials ?
March 10th 2014 - A Date That Will Live on in Infamy - Warden Brothers and Kings County Council shut down the entire Waterville CCW3 Airport Complex with their calculated forced eviction ?
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On the recent 2023 edition of the Grand Street Parade :
"it looked like some of the spectators along the route just joined in and began walking along to make themselves a part of the parade ? "
May 27th, 2023 - Dismay, disillusion and disappointment prevail in Kentville over shocking changes and many missing regular entrees in this years 2023 Grand Street Parade ? Where is our famous Queen Annapolisa and where are the many Apple Blossom Princesses and child attendants riding in their beautiful hand crafted decorated floats ? Where's the town criers ? And what about the dazzling majorette groups, Scottish pipers, and multi instrumental large marching bands that always come ? And where are the Hantsport and Windsor floats and their large delegations ? And where are Aylesford, Digby, Annapolis Royal, Canning, Middleton, Wolfville, and more ? Why are so many towns and villages that normally participate in the parade not included this year ? It was also sad for the first time ever, not to see Kentville's Apple Blossom Princess, (aka Miss Kentville) included as many Kentville residents young and old identify with their Apple Blossom Princess Kentville at this time of year ? However her royalty-less float could still be seen in the parade when replaced by a local multi-race grouping of everyday town residents all sitting around together in a social scene meant to identity Kentville as being diverse and inclusive ? The New Minas float also didn't include an Apple Blossom Princess this year, however her float was transformed into an advertisement for the famous New Minas UFO incident which all New Minions identify with. The Berwick float didn't include a Princess Berwick this year but was altered to proudly identify the town with its upcoming Centennial celebrations. And the Kingston float also did not include the usual Apple Blossom Princess this year but instead advertised the long running Kingston Steer Barbecue that all Kingstonians identify with. The RCMP contingent was good to see again although they sent less officers than usual ? It was notable that only 1 other large marching band appeared in the parade when usually 4 or more big bands, many with pipers, attend when traveling up from places like Cape Breton, Bridgewater, Dartmouth etc ? And where are all the pets and animals ? There's no horse teams, wooden wagons, riders or livestock this year ? Even the usual greyhounds weren't there ? Also noticed that some spectators must have just joined in and began walking along with the parade, and others must have come over from the Children's parade with their strollers to join in ? There was a variety of advertisers, most from out of town but some local ? There were various Political parties represented in the Parade with the largest delegation coming from the Liberals who vigorously shook hands and waved flags that didn't seem to include the red maple leaf flag that most spectators identify with ? All in all, this Year's parade seemed to be a bare minimum effort without a celebrity parade marshal, nor the usual royal pageantry, nor the 7 to 10 spectacular Princess floats, nor any of the large marching bands and majorette groups that usually enter, nor the usual agriculture and livestock component, nor the popular Scottish pipers bands that usually attend, nor the large out of town contingents that always travel in to Kentville to participate ? This was not the famous grand street parade that Kentvillians are so accustomed to and it did not come up to the high standards and professionalism set by previous Grand Street Parades ? It was clear that what was being hailed as a newer, bolder, inclusive and diverse parade had instead gone backwards and lost the diversity and contribution of many absent nearby Valley communities and town Princess contestants and Child attendants that participate in the Queen Annapolisa competition and prestigious Friday evening gala at Acadia University in Wolfville, and also participate in the many Princess Teas and Royal party attendances at schools hospitals, senior citizen homes, and shut-ins, as well as at the Friday Memorial Park outdoor concert and the Saturday morning Children's Parade followed in the afternoon with a Royal trip down Main street in the famous Grand Street parade ?
And so, to quickly sum up, can any such strange and incomplete, hastily thrown together, lackluster, amateur hour version of the world famous Kentville Grand Street Parade that was missing all of the Queen Annapolisa Royalty and missing the 7 to 10 Apple Blossom Princesses and their 7 to 10 handcrafted individual Town Princess floats, and missing the unique character and diversity contributed by many of the nearby Valley communities that no longer were included in the parade, and, that had also failed to include many out of town big marching bands and pipers that usually come, and also lacked representation and display of local farming, agriculture and livestock,, now signal the end of the once glorious Grand Street Parade era ?
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2011 Grand Street Parade Kentville 79th ABF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVgh3Dh2xn8&t=208s
2012 Grand Street Parade Kentville www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1VBx50b18
2014 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEo14IZKxp8&t=11s
2015 Kentville Grand Street Parade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBifeG2SdPY&t=47s
2016 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wedvN5_Iw&t=8s
2017 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozwyGpvfSY&t=1978s
2018 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOK1GmiLmNk&t=986s
2019 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdEx8Zf-q0&t=1492s
The diversity usually provided by many of the nearby Valley communities that usually attend was not included in this years Parade ? view the complete 2023 Kentville Grand Street Parade, www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lchie
A concerned Kentvillian must finally speak up,, www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/44424045874
Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630.
Manhattan House (SOM, 1947-1951). The prototype for the postwar Upper East Side - courtesy SOM's Gordon Bunshaft, who went on to reside here until his death - gives the lie to the idea that meanly-executed tower-in-a-park housing was the straightforward result of Modernist light-and-air dreams, given access to superblock scales. Here, with well-to-do occupants in mind, and absent the emerging and increasingly restrictive federal standards for social housing, the full-block site is developed as a variant on a particular type of prewar garden-apartment, a sawtooth typology that occupies a (relatively) high forty percent of the lot, while upping the green space and the surface area available for windows and balconies. This may reflect the involvement of Albert Mayer, affiliated with the Regional Planning Association and its decades of dabbling in garden-apartment schemes (among other things).
It also, one suspects, reflects a sense of urbanity palatable to the Upper East Side, upper-income tenant base; New York Life Insurance, the developer, was clearly testing the limits of the laws barring insurance companies from luxury development. See the satellite view, and compare to that of the Sedgwick Houses, designed by Bunshaft for NYCHA at exactly the same time. Parallel brick slabs set in an ill-defined green void were not actually the best the Modernists had to offer - just the best that real estate interests would permit the government to provide.
(Archi-trivia fun fact: John Johansen worked on this project, right before founding his own practice.)
Last year CEA Project Logistics were employed to assist the Royal Thai Navy in the transportation and shipping of a USD multi-million Seahawk Helicopter.
This project was executed with the upmost efficiency with all parties involved being very happy with the outcome.
Such was the professionalism of the teams at CEA and the impression they gave, the Royal Thai Navy once again employed their service and assistance on a very similar project.For this project another Seahawk helicopter was to be transported and shipped to Australia for maintenance and repairs.
CEA teams, Royal Thai Navy personnel and representatives from the maintenance company convened at Utapao Airport in Rayong province Thailand to begin the project. As with all projects CEA conduct a tool box talk was given to the teams to explain the lift and rigging plan for the day. Rigging equipment was then prepared while another team set up a safe exclusion barricade for the operational activities.
Personnel from the Royal Thai Navy carefully moved the valuable cargo into position for the lift.Two Modular spreader bars were assembled with the required nylon slings attached, these were then attached to the waiting 55 T mobile crane. The slings and shackles were attached to the designated lift points on the Seahawk, with the fuselage of the helicopter being protected by use of sling pads. Chain blocks were used to make precise alterations to the lift to ensure that the helicopter lifted level.
As the helicopter rose form the ground a Drop-Deck Air Ride trailer was placed underneath, the Seahawk was lowered on to the trailer and secured in her slots. All slings and shackles were carefully removed and the rigging team went to action securely lashing down the helicopter readying her for the journey to CEA HQ in Laem Chabang.
Upon arrival at CEA the Seahawk was transported to one of their main warehouses and removed from the trailer. After all checks were complete a CEA Shrink Wrap team set to work enveloping the whole helicopter in an industrial grade shrink wrap that will protect the Seahawk from the corrosive effects the elements can produce during transportation.
The Aircraft was transported again on the Drop-Deck Air Ride Trailer to Laem Chabang Port where a Mafi Trailer was awaiting. Prior to loading the Mafi was thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with Cilsin 25 to negate any issues with Australian DAFF/AQIS authorities upon arrival. As the fore wheels were wider than the Mafi a steel plate extension was fabricated by the CEA team for a safe and secure load. The Aircraft was safely loaded onto the Mafi and professionally lashed by CEA under the close supervision of a 3rd party marine surveyor.
After she was loaded a tug master pushed the Mafi and aircraft into place on the RoRo vessel where it was safely secured for the transit to Australia. Hats off to the CEA team who once again handled another multi-million USD shipment without incident.