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At the open-air museum of Groß Raden. This is the site for a Slavic settlement from the 9th and 10th centuries AD - and show two distinct building phases. The first settlement dates to the middle of the 9th century, but after just a few decades it was totally destroyed through fire. But the settlement was rebuilt again around 900.
The building to the left, with wattle and daub walls, is how the houses in the first phase looked. When the settlement was repopulated they built the kind of much sturdier blockhouses you can see to the right.
The place is thought to have been a gathering place, both for religious things and the exchange of goods, for the West Slavic tribe the Warnower (or Warnabi, Wrani et c. - the name comes in many forms).
The settlement (the name lost to us) was destroyed again around the year 1000 - but how is still a bit of a mystery. It has been speculated, though not proven, that this had something to do with the campaign by German king Otto III against Slavic tribes he made in 995.
After the abandonment this spot was left alone, not used to much more than animal grazing, until the archaeologists started to dig there in the 1973. The museum was opened in 1987. The main archaeologist behind this excavation, Ewald Schuldt, lived to see this, but died just a couple of weeks later.
I pretty sure these two prairie dogs were youngsters rough housing with each other. They spend 5 minutes restling and chasing each other around.
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Virginia City, Montana
In 1863, life could not have been very easy in Virginia City, Montana, but when gold was discovered in Alder Gulch the lure of new found wealth brought as many as 10,000 folks in to participate in their share of the wealth. They came from far and wide, and it seemed no distance was too far to travel! And Virginia City became the center of one of America's richest gold mining areas. "The mining districts of Alder Gulch produced and estimated $50 million in gold, although some historians believe that number is too low, and place the total value at around $150 million." Make shift housing was built by the hundreds, and were barely enough to keep one dry in the summer, and warm in the winter, but they became home for the most hardy. And along with those who worked the rivers and streams and the mines lusting for their share of the windfall there came the bandits and the highwaymen who chose the less legal and less physical way to garner "their share of the wealth." Stagecoach robberies were common, and the risk was high for the travelers who chose that means of transportation, often with their pockets and bags bulging with the newly found precious metal. Fights, brawls, lootings, and even murders were common, and it finally took a dedicated group of vigilantes to quell the crime rate. And when the suspected criminals and thieves were found and captured there'd often be a short path to the gallows with no trial or lawyers to intervene.
Mining and exploration in Virginia City remained somewhat active for nearly a century after the initial find, but over time the yields became less and less. With time, the once booming area population of nearly 10,000 dwindled to what it is today. As of the 2021 count, the population of Virginia City had shrunk to 223 people. And with those few remaining folks lies the remnants and machines and surviving buildings from those boom times. Albeit considered still an active city, most today would considered it a ghost town, and by most standards, it is just that.
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Cavendish Road, a street in Markyate village (Hertfordshire) flanked by 1930s semi-detached homes. For "first-time buyers", this type of home used to be affordable and, therefore, the first step on the "housing ladder". In today's Britain, however, and in may parts of Europe in fact, young people are increasingly unable to afford the purchase of even small homes as prices have rocketed. Renting such homes is not only expensive, perhaps even more expensive than paying off a mortgage, it also prevents young people from ever getting on the housing ladder. Dreams and expectations remain unfulfilled. And for that, we all will have to pay a price. Leica M8, Voigtlaender NC 1.4/35 (polariser).
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With new housing now a feature at Woodthorpe, Riddles designed Standard '5MT' 4-6-0 no.73156 heads past with the up 10:40 Loughborough-Leicester North train.
2022 GCR Last Hurrah Steam Gala
Hamra Housing. Looking up through some plants at a residential building in Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon. Shot with a Canon 5D4 with a 50mm lens.
This is a great location to take pictures of Half Dome. This view shows the meadow that has Half Dome on it East side. I looked online and found that this housing is for Park employees, but I'm not sure who qualifies to get them. What a view to wake up to every morning! Of course you could also watch the sun set with your favorite beverage.
Karl-Marx-Hof is a municipal residential complex with 1382 apartments in Heiligenstadt, a neighbourhood of the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling. It was built in the years 1927-30.
Karl-Marx-Hof is a so-called Gemeindebau, which is the German word for "municipality building" (pl. Gemeindebauten). It`s one of the best-known Gemeindebauten in Vienna.
"Gemeindebauten have become an important part of the architecture and culture of Vienna since the 1920s. Up to 1918, the housing conditions of Vienna's growing working class were appalling by modern standards. When the Social Democratic Party of Austria gained control of the municipal administration during Austria's First Republic (1918-1934) (so called "Red Vienna"), it began the project of improving living conditions for workers. A large number of Gemeindebauten, usually large residential estates, were built during that time. Including those buildings that were finished after the events of February 1934, 64,000 apartments where completed, which created housing space for about 220,000 people. Apartments were assigned on the basis of a point system favoring families and less affluent citizens.
The classic interwar Gemeindebauten typically have a main entrance with a large gate, through which one enters into a yard. Inside, there are trees and some greenery, where children can play without having to go out on the street. Apartments are accessed from the inside.
This fortress-like structure made the buildings adaptable to military use. Several Gemeindebauten in Vienna, most notably the Karl-Marx-Hof, were sites of fighting during the Austrian Civil War of February 1934, when they were defended as Social Democratic Party strongholds." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeindebau
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