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Speedway, Indiana, our small town, is full of tovely porches - front and back. People personalize their porches in so many ways. There's something special about a community that takes such good care of their homes.
Front stained glass window above entrance doors, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Detroit, MI. The window portrays Mary holding her Infant Son with her parents, St Anne and St. Joachim, at her side.
Whilst in a Taxi heading from Tung Chung, through Lantau and onto West Kowloon, This car flew by.
It's emblem is a circle with a 7 pointed star or asterisk. I assume it is a chinese brand/replica.
AC299
Does anyone know what it is ?
Bridge over the Ma Wan Channel
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South Street Seaport Historic District, Downtown Manhattan, New York City, New York
The East River waterfront of lower Manhattan, which includes the site of today's South Street Seaport Historic District, played an Important part In the early history of New York City and became, over a period of two hundred years, one of the most prosperous commercial districts in the City. This development of -the South Street Seaport area from a small cluster of wharves in the 18th century to an Important part of the leading port of the nation in the mid-19th century reflects the rise of New York City as an International! center of commerce.
As early as 1625 when the Dutch West India Company established a trading post at the foot of Manhattan Island, the area south of today's seaport served as a landing site for Incoming boats. The Dutch constructed a small floating dock which extended Into the East River from what Is now Broad Street. As lower Manhattan, then Mew Amsterdam, became more populous, a few streets were cut through the surrounding countryside. One of the first was Queen Street (now Pearl Street), !a!d out In 1633. which rapidly became the core of the mercantile community of 17th century Manhattan. Queen Street ran along the waterfront until the latter half of the 18th century when landfill extended the eastern boundary of Manhattan out to Mater and later to Front Street. Still later, in the early 19th century, South Street was created on additional landfill.
This southeastern shore of Manhattan was quickly recognized as the natural site for the city's harbor. It was safer to land here than to attempt the more treacherous western shore, where a ledge of rocks proved hazardous. In addition, since the East River was narrower than the Hudson It provided much-needed shelter for the small early vessels.
Early In the development of Manhattan the shipping trade, centered around the East River harbor, supplied the city with an important source of revenue. The Schermerhorn family, which was to play such an Important part In the development of South Street Seaport, established a regular shipping service from Mew York to Charleston In 1728. The port also enjoyed prosperous trade with England at this time, as local merchants sent their goods across the Atlantic In their own ships. Nonetheless, on the eve of the Revolution, Mew York's trade lagged behind that of Boston, Philadelphia and Charleston, due primarily to the poor condition of her wharves, which were dismal and badly maintained. Throughout the 18th century, these seaboard cities competed with one another for leadership In the shipping trade, and It was not until many years after the Revolution that New York could claim her superiority.
After the British won the Battle of Long Island In 1776, they occupied the port of New York for eight years. During this period the city became the center of British authority In America, thereby cutting off much of the domestic trade of the harbor. When the British finally evacuated In 1783 the port suffered a difficult time, since many of the Tory merchants naturally moved to England, consequently disrupting several commercial enterprises. In addition, the cutting of ties with England severely limited New York's sphere of trade and It soon became necessary to seek new markets.
One such endeavor was that of the Empress of China, whose pioneer voyage to Canton In 1784 opened a new world to New York merchants. in the next decade, the New York port gradually recovered from the effects of the Revolution, fortunately, the British, upon resuming trade, selected Mew York as the most advantageously located U.S. port to which to export their goods. By 1797 New York had surpassed both Boston and Philadelphia In Import and export trade. It was to maintain this position of supremacy for at least the next 50 years, with the brief exception of the War of 1812 (1812-1815).
The most significant Impetus to the rise of the New York port as a leading commercial center was the founding of the Black Ball packet line In 1818. These square-rigged liners sailed from South Street just below Peck Slip and were the first vessels to establish regular service between New York and Liverpool. The first group of ships sent to Liverpool Included the Amity. Courier, Pacific and James Monroe. These crossings could require as many as twenty-three days or more. The great success of the Black Ball Line soon led to competitive Imitators such as the Red Star Line and also to additional lines sailing to Le Havre and to London. In the 1840s these packet ships were replaced by the
far-speedier clipper ships. The frequency and regularity of these transatlantic voyages were Instrumental in establishing New York's primacy in world trade.
Another major boost to the prosperity of the port of New York came with the completion of the Erie Canal In 1825. This waterway, extending from Lake Erie to the Hudson, enabled goods and produce to be easily transported to the thriving city from the rural mid-West and to be sold for good prices. The large supply of grain from this newly accessible hinterland soon made Mew York the principal flour market of the East. In addition, thousands of rural tow;;3 became major distributing centers for foreign Imports shipped to them along the Canal.
During the early decades of the 19th century, the environs of the port underwent several changes, undoubtedly stimulated by the prosperity of the shipping trade. By 1810 South Street had been created on landfill, although the block on which today's Fulton Market stands remained partly swamp until 1821. In 1811 the prominent merchant Peter Schermerhorn began construction of his now famous row of counting-houses along today's Fulton Street. Originally called Beekman Slip, the street was named In honor of Robert Fulton, whose Brooklyn Ferry began landing at the foot of the street In 1814. Another Important thoroughfare of the district was Pear! Street. MM 11am Earl Dodge, the son-in-law and business partner of Anson Phelps whose office was located near the seaport, noted the early significance of the street: "At this time (1818), the wholesale dry goods trade was confined almost entirely to Pearl Street from Coenties to Peck Slips . . . and any party Intending to commence that business must first be sure that he could obtain a store In Pearl Street." By the 1830s, the South Street Seaport area was a burgeoning mercantile center with major shipping and trading concerns established here; It was as well the site of the thriving Fulton Market which had moved from Peck Slip to Fulton Street In 1822.
In 1835 a disastrous fire destroyed much of lower Manhattan, Including many early buildings near the seaport. The fire began on a winter night when the severe cold froze the water In the fireman's hoses. Since the majority of the city's buildings were of wood, more than six hundred structures were destroyed, Including the first Merchants Exchange of 1827 on Wall Street. Immediately after the fire new construction began, but the financial effect of the catastrophe contributed to the Panic of 1837 when all building came to a standstill.
By the 1840s, the seaport had recovered and began to thrive again. Old prints of the area at this time depict It as a bustling commercial center. Its streets were lined with sea captains Just returned from Europe, merchants stocking their counting-houses, and market people busily exchanging goods. Many of the prominent citizens of the district were New Englanders who had come to the seaport to make their fortunes. Among these were Captain Josiah Macy from Nantucket and Able! Abbott Low from Salem, Mass., who with his brother founded the successful China trading company. These merchants and sea captains were considered the elite of New York. Another type of tradesman prospering In the district was the "commission merchant" who served as a "commercial Jack-of-all-trades" and was the middle man between the merchant proper and the broker for the goods. By 1850, New York was second only to London among the ports of the world. The activity of the harbor was recalled by Thomas Floyd-Jones In his Backward Glances - - Reminiscences of an Old New Yorker: "Looking east was seen In the distance on the long river front from Coenties Slip to Catherine Street, innumerable masts of the many California clippers, and London and Liverpool packets, with their long bowsprits extending way over South Street, reaching nearly to the opposite side."
Also arriving at the seaport were thousands of immigrant families from all over the world seeking new opportunities in America. Between 1820 and i860, five and one half million alien passengers came to the U.S. and more arrived at the South Street Seaport piers than at any other port of entry. This flood of Immigration brought the fear of disease to the seaport, and a number of cholera and yellow fever epidemics paralyzed the business of the area. Hotels and boarding houses were opened In the district during the 1850s to accommodate ihb; transient population as well as the many overseas merchants.
HOLY MOTHER OF EFFING GOOSE!!
Really? Really?!!
Is this real life?!
Thank yoooooooooooooooouuuu so much, you guys!
This made me so happy. I can't even... I don't even...
Grey aluminum windows, shop entrance and shop front for My-Furniture.co.uk in Stapleford, Nottingham. Second phase to be installed in the next 6 weeks.
Front panel works almost. Power button and light are great, USB works, and so does FireWire, but no audio. It doesn't switch from the back. Not sure what do do there. It's not really an issue though since I run my output through a small mixer that always has a pair of headphones connected to it.
My photo of my resin family was on Explore's geo tag's front page!
Thanks Claudia for showing me this AGAIN and even taking the time to "print screen" it!
The other time I got front page was with a picture of Lolla from my personal Flickr!
A cold front arrives over Sydney.
Done and on time too! The pictures of the corset on me didn't turn out; so I will re-shoot and post them later. interestingly it doesn't pucker when I wear it, but it does on Sally (of course I don't have it tightened down here at all, especially in the waist). It comes up to the bottom of my bust and stops at the bottom of my hips.
front view of After School Pants shortened. I moved the decorative patch on the side up when I shortened them. I also eliminated the taper on both the inside and outside of the legs
and cut the legs straight.
Having just passed one of its sisters on the city service from Broomhill to Cribbs in Bristol, 33960 SN65ZCU is seen having just passed Arnos Vale cemetery and is heading towards Temple Meads station.
Some work was done on the fibregass at the front of the bus. The grille surround, originally in one piece, was modified as a matter of course by Tayside to ease replacement, with the two corner panels separate and joined to the centre section with bolted metal strips. The strip on the nearside was wider, and the existence of piece of checkerplate rivetted on the fibreglass inside the entrance vestibule suggested that a front-end accident had taken place at some point.
We were having our morning coffee recently when the ledger board pulled loose from the house and we dropped about 8 inches. I'll guarantee you that will get your attention. We had to get a couple of bids and decided on our team (and chose well, fortunately). This is early on and you can see my Hi-Lift jack that I had placed to keep it from falling further and knocking a support post loose. Notice this end had moved a lot and I don't know how it didn't collapse further.
This is the finished result.
Cut, Color and Styling, by Adam O'Mahony.
Make Up done by an outside party, provided by Vidal Sassoon.
Front Parlor of the McKenzie House at Old Cowtown Museum. The house was built in about the 1880s and was moved to Cowtown in 1961. For many years it was occupied by the Girl Scouts and known as the Kirby House. The house was reinterpreted in 2013 as a home for a single woman and it is the 40th exhibit building opened at Cowtown.