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Proud, involved homeowners make this one of the few places where you can still see Houston as it was 100 years ago. Houston Heights was not marketed as an elite community but as a streetcar suburb, oriented toward blue collar and lower-middle-income socio-economic strata.
Homes in the Heights have varied architectural styles, including Victorian, Craftsman and Colonial Revival.
Stretching from the northern side of Sopot to the Gdańsk district of Brzeźno, this combined walking and cycle path runs for 10km alongside sandy beaches and a maze of trees and trails that form a nature reserve.
The Crooked House also called the Drunken House was built in 2003. this eccentric style was based on the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Inside you will find cafeterias, restaurants and shops.
just wanna share this one from one of my trips in china....
hdri image from three exposures....
my first day in beijing last september 2010...
this place was soooooo huge...finally i got to feel the "real china"...if ever you get to go to beijing visit this place...you will know why the chinese people are a proud race....
ill be posting more of these in the coming days....
got a lot of catching up to do here in flickr...hehe
goodnight everyone!!!
Top portion of the nearly 7 feet tall stone slab containing Old Kannada (Halegannada) inscription at Keshava Temple, Somanathapura, Mysore district, Karnataka, India
Milwaukee's Third Ward is one of the most fantastic warehouse districts in the entire nation. I'll never get sick of the amazing historic beauty here.
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The restaurant on the side of the pier entrance. A spa garden with rounded pergolas and a fountain marks the entrance to the pier, from which a sandy beach stretches to either side.
I'll call this the Hunter Home, mainly because the surname "Hunter" is inlaid in brick over the garage door. Brilliant, huh?
It appears that the garage was added much later to this late 19th-early 20th Century structure.
Millersburg, Holmes County Ohio USA
It is one of Poland’s most famous streets, frequently clogged in high season, and fondly known as Monciak (Mon-chack) to the locals.
There's something humbling about walking the same path that people did hundreds of years ago. As I crossed this wooden bridge towards the towering ruins, I was struck by the permanence of the past. The clouds seemed to dance around the stone, adding a dramatic backdrop to these remnants of history
Proud, involved homeowners make this one of the few places where you can still see Houston as it was 100 years ago. Houston Heights was not marketed as an elite community but as a streetcar suburb, oriented toward blue collar and lower-middle-income socio-economic strata.
Homes in the Heights have varied architectural styles, including Victorian, Craftsman and Colonial Revival.
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The Flemish barn is found in fertile West Brabant. Just like the Frisian barn, the Zeeland barn has a deck beam. The Flemish barn is based on the old Flemish monastery barn, and has an anchor beam beam . In the Zeeland barn, the doors are in the long facade, in the Flemish barn in the short facade. The black tarred plank walls and the large side doors are typical.
The Royal Castle of Pollenzo, was transformed in the 19th century from a medieval village into a refined royal residence by King Charles Albert of the House of Savoy. Designed in a picturesque neo-Gothic style, it served as a private retreat for the Italian royal family and a symbol of Romantic-era architecture. Today, part of the UNESCO World Heritage site 'Residences of the Royal House of Savoy,' Pollenzo also hosts a university dedicated to gastronomic sciences, blending royal heritage with culinary tradition.
Intricate cieling carvings and design inside Keshava Temple, Somanathapura, Mysore district, Karnataka, India
Some idols kept outside in the cloister near the entrance porch at Keshava Temple, Somanathapura, Mysore district, Karnataka, India
Proud, involved homeowners make this one of the few places where you can still see Houston as it was 100 years ago. Houston Heights was not marketed as an elite community but as a streetcar suburb, oriented toward blue collar and lower-middle-income socio-economic strata.
Homes in the Heights have varied architectural styles, including Victorian, Craftsman and Colonial Revival.
Today it is one of Poland’s most famous streets, frequently clogged in high season, and fondly known as Monciak (Mon-chack) to the locals.
Closeup view of the Stalinist architecture of Moscow State University.
The main tower, which consumed over 40,000 metric tons of steel, was inaugurated September 1, 1953. At 240 metres tall, it was the tallest building in Europe from its completion until 1990. It is still the tallest educational building in the world.
Cleveland, Ohio
This outstanding monument marks the gravesite of John Hay (1838-1905), statesman, journalist, and secretary of state under Theodore Roosevelt. As a young man, he was secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Hay's monument was created by noted American sculptor James Earle Fraser (1876-1953).**
The inscription reads " The fruit of rightiousness is sown in place of them that make peace."
The statue is the Archangel Michael.
**More history: Sculptor James E. Fraser also designed the famous Buffalo/Indian head nickle in 1913.
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Work on the pier has been completed, and this includes the addition of a marina which reputedly cost €11 million and which now provides Sopot with moorings for around 100 yachts, as well as a full support network of chandlers and marina management.
The Crooked House also called the Drunken House was built in 2003. this eccentric style was based on the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Inside you will find cafeterias, restaurants and shops.
Signboard in the entrance porch of the cloistered Keshava Temple, Somanathapura, Mysore district, Karnataka, India
The Crooked House also called the Drunken House was built in 2003. this eccentric style was based on the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Inside you will find cafeterias, restaurants and shops.
A copy of the Northern Star and Freedoms Advocate, a mid-nineteenth-century Albany-based anti-slavery newspaper.
Cleveland, Ohio USA
NRHP Structure - #73001411
Added to the NRHP in 1973
The President James A. Garfield Memorial Mausoleum, completed around 1890. This is the most lavish mausoleum ever built for a US president.
Garfield (1831-1881), the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated in 1881 after serving only six months in office. He was an Ohio native.
The interior of the dome is stunning. Here's a photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/zuikosan/2912592731/in/photostream/
And a link to the rest of the set (which will be added to in time):
Visited the Hearst Catle during the memorial weekend, and was very impressed by the design, architecture, and the POOLS!!!
The architecture was just amazing to see, and the tour was quite awesome too...although I was way too busy in taking photos, rather than listening to our excellent tour guide's introduction...:-)
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