Kasteel Medemblik of Radboud staat aan de oostkant van de haven in Medemblik. Het kasteel dateert uit 1288 en is gebouwd in opdracht van Floris V. Het kasteel was een zogenoemde dwangburcht want Floris wilde niet alleen een dam opwerpen tegen de veelvuldige infiltraties in zijn gebied door de Friezen, maar ook steunpunten hebben waar hij de pas onderworpen West-Friezen onder de duim kon houden.

Oorspronkelijk had het kasteel in grote lijnen dezelfde plattegrond als kasteel Muiderslot.Daarvan resteren nog twee woonvleugels, twee vierkante torens en een ronde hoektoren. De rest is in de loop der eeuwen verdwenen, alleen de contouren zijn nog zichtbaar.

Op 4 september 1939 werd Rembrandts schilderij De Nachtwacht hier tijdelijk in veiligheid gebracht, voordat het in mei 1940 naar een bunker in de duinen bij Castricum verhuisde.

Medemblik, Noord Holland …..

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A typical part of the Dutch coastal landscape. A piece of old land that once has been conquered, but has been taken back by the sea.

In the background the contour of the mighty sea dike that protects the hinterland is visible.

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Ouro, Porto

… slightly dilapidated and lonely on the side of Clacton Pier.

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Bric a brac from a former golden age.

Braunschweig

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… once the Pancras Public Baths, now Kentish Town Sports Centre, providing 3 pools and a gym to the neighbourhood community.

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This Romanesque-style building was Winchester’s public elementary school from 1901 through 1958. Located on the first lot of the original town, platted in 1830, the building fell into disrepair before being purchased in 2004. It has since undergone a total restoration and has now been repurposed as a county museum.

The Old School Museum displays artifacts related to local history, agriculture, transportation, communication and public education. There is a great collection of interesting and unique items gathered from the businesses and society of early Scott County.

During the restoration, careful attention was paid to historic detail. Indeed, the school building itself serves as a tribute to the building trades and craftsmanship of a bygone era.

Winchester's former elementary school is a contributing property within the Winchester Historic District listed in 1979 on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes 438 buildings, of which 273 are contributing.

Winchester is the seat of Scott County. Located in West Central Illinois, the city is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area. The estimated population of Winchester in 2019 was 1,467.

This place used to be amazing, with small colourful boats lining up each side of the jetty well before I took up photography. Now it is part of an Oyster company, and it still looks great, but nothing compared to what it used to. I've visited this place 5 times, with disappointment on all times apart from this morning, but I still think it isn't good enough for final print and display. Still a great morning, but perhaps time to move onto another location!

Main Street in decline.

Ehemaliges Kloster

Toronto ON: 2015

A former Episcopal church in Sharon Springs, NY that is now a private home.

Neuharlingersiel, February 2021

Former textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)

Amsterdam - Albert Cuypstraat.

Voormalige hulpwacht van de brandweer (1889-1897), opvolger van de post in de Ferdinand Bolstraat (vandaar de roepletter F). Er was ruimte voor een brandspuit en voor de stalling van een paard dat de spuit moest trekken. De manschappen sliepen waarschijnlijk op de verdieping.

Destijds was de Albert Cuypstraat nog grotendeels een ongedempte sloot. De Zaagmolensloot kwam tot aan de linkermuur van het gebouwtje (amsterdamopdekaart.nl).

Na vertrek van de brandweer kwam er een gemeentelijk klachtenbureau in, vervolgens een administratief punt voor de Stadsreiniging. In 2015 stond het gebouwtje enige tijd te huur als opslag, winkel of horeca. De originele deuren werden als verkoopargument gebruikt (Wikipedia).

DDD / TDD.

First buildings from 1862, now a cultural center.

Former radio station Radio Kootwijk is a monumental building with a special history, in which connection is central. The building is architecturally unique, in its special Art Deco style.

Architect Julius Luthmann was commissioned in 1920 to build a hall for the large dynamo of long-wave radio transmission equipment. The desolate sand drift near Apeldoorn lent itself well to an interference-free transmitter. Luthmann was not allowed to use wood and iron, so it was made entirely of concrete. In the rich Netherlands of those days, no more or less was looked at. The design has been worked out to perfection and finished in Art Deco down to the last detail.

History:

At the start of the twentieth century, the Netherlands was a trading nation with extensive overseas territories. Its interests were served by a quick connection to the colonies, especially the Dutch East Indies. Direct communication took place by way of electric telegrams, which required cable connections. Prior to this, the Netherlands was dependent on England and Germany. When the First World War broke out the disadvantages of this dependence increased. In 1918, the government decided to realise their own international communication network, independent of the neighbouring countries. After much political debate it was decided to build a long wave transmission station enabling permanent contact with the Dutch East Indies using radio telegraphs.

To establish the radio transmitting station they looked for an uninhabited, remote terrain so there would be minimum interference to the transmission traffic from the environment. The 450 hectare terrain was bought by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management from the Dutch National Forestry Commission.

About 150 labourers from Amsterdam levelled the terrain. The antenna terrain was constructed as a circular plain with a diameter of approximately 1200 metres, a ring of five 212 metre high masts around a central mast at the foot of the transmitter building. The radio transmission centre was officially put into operation in May 1923, initially for Morse telegraph traffic. The developments in radio technology advanced rapidly. After a few years it became apparent that the long wave connections were outdated and too expensive. They switched to a short wave frequency for a higher signalling rate, better connections, lower energy consumption and smaller equipment.

The station initially operated under the name Radio Assel, but also became known under the name Radio Hoog Buurlo. 'Kootwijk Radio' was the international call sign for radio traffic. Queen Emma brought about the first telephone connection in 1929 with the Dutch East Indies with the legendary words: “Hello Bandoeng Hello Bandoeng! Can you hear me?". The first conversations, which invariably concluded with the Dutch national anthem Wilhelmus, were free as it was still in an experimental phase. Subsequently, people had to pay considerable amounts for a phone call to family members overseas. The PTT (state enterprise for Post, Telegraphs and Telephony of the Netherlands) tried to interest the public in overseas phone calls through advertising. Cheap family phone calls, only on Saturdays with 30% discount off the normal rates cost f 21 in those days for a three minute call to Java, for example. In those days the average weekly salary was f 25.