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Oslo was first established in the 11th century in the area around where the Alna River flows into the Oslofjord, due to the strategic location both with regard to transport, trade and military. The place became the seat of a bishop in 1100. By 1300, the population had reached about 3000. Construction of Akershus Fortress started in 1299. At the time, the city was mainly made of wooden buildings, and had six churches, three monasteries and two manors: one for the king and one for the bishop. The city declined during the 15th and 16th century. Following the reformation in 1537, the economic base of the city fell away, and the city was repeatedly struck by fire.
Following the 1624 fire, King Christian IV ordered a new city plan, and changed the name of the city from Oslo to Christiania, in his own honor. A square city grid was introduced, and the first brick buildings were built. The city grew as an important port for lumber export, and the Bjørvika area east of the city developed with port facilities. By 1801, the city had 8900 residents.
From 1814, Christiania became the capital of Norway, which had regained partial independence from Denmark and entered a union with Sweden. Industrialization started in 1840, initially along the Aker River. The population grew rapidly, and new infrastructure was built. Commercial activities increased, and in 1854 the railway station was opened, connecting Christiania to Lake Mjøsa via the Hoved Line. In 1835, the population was 18,000; by 1890, it had reached 151,000. From 1878, the Oslofjord was kept permanently open with icebreakers. By 1900, Kristiania was the leading shipping city in the nation, and among the most important in the world.
In 1960, sales of cars exploded following the deregulation of sales. A new road system through Bjørvika was opened in 1970. Ten years later, the Oslo Tunnel connected the city's two railway networks together. Starting in the 1960s, containerization and automation became leading trends in the development of the port technology. The steady construction of new roads and port facilities created a physical and visual barrier that hindered Oslo from having access to the waterfront. European route E18 took up 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) of waterfront, until the Bjørvika Tunnel opened in May 2010.
This is the scene I took early in the morning on the cruise ship at YangZi River.
It was having light rain at the instant of the shot. I am informed that whenever there are storms at the upper YangZi, then the YangZi River would be more dirty as you look here.
However, I do know from experience; the color of the river or lake clarity does reflect the quality of the river water.
With the rapid industrialization & the demand of the energy to power the near double digits grow economy in China. The pollutions of the air & water certainly is an alarming issues for all people on earth not only China.
It is important to address the issue together; rather than pin point to China only.
We lives on the same earth!!
This image having been enhanced by Picasa & Corel Paintshop Pro Xi. It does looks like Canvas painting.
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Hailar, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia
Its late in the evening and the sky is glowing with reds. The developing signs of industrialization is on the horizon. Yes, development is coming fast to this beautiful place.
We were on the Jacobite train returning from Mailig to Fort William. This was the view as we approached Loch Shiel. Fort William is a town in the western Scottish Highlands, on the shores of Loch Linnhe. It’s known as a gateway to Ben Nevis, the U.K.’s highest peak
These hills are nearly treeless apparently due to the settlement by humans and particularly due to the effects of industrialization and overgrazing by sheep and other animals. Sad.
ENG: The great anonymity of a capital. Industrialized Apartment Block idyll in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf.
GER: Die große Anonymität einer Hauptstadt. Plattenbau idylle im Berliner Bezirke Reinickendorf.
I figured the Kurt Schumacher bridge might give me a good view of the city... wrong. Anyways, the harbor and the BASF - the huge aggregate of chemistry factories in the background that literally stretches for kilometers - is impressive. I'd say it was worth the detour.
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Die Völklinger Hütte ist ein 1873 gegründetes ehemaliges Eisenwerk in der saarländischen Stadt Völklingen. Es wurde 1986 stillgelegt. 1994 erhob die UNESCO die Roheisenerzeugung der Völklinger Hütte als erstes Industriedenkmal aus dem Zeitalter der Industrialisierung in den Rang eines Weltkulturerbes der Menschheit.
The Völklinger Hütte is a former ironworks founded in 1873 in the Saarland town of Völklingen. It was decommissioned in 1986. In 1994, UNESCO elevated the pig iron production of the Völklingen Ironworks to the status of a World Heritage Site as the first industrial monument from the age of industrialization.
Koreans' efforts to revive the economy of a country devastated by war led to industrialization and the subsequent concentration of population in cities.
In the process, Euljiro's Machinery Alley was formed after the end of the Korean War.
For that reason, this area still retains the architecture and residential patterns of the 1950s and 1960s.
Since the 1990s, the government has been pursuing urban redevelopment projects.
Most of this area is home to high-rise intelligent buildings.
However, only a few alleys maintain the old scenery, but even those may disappear at any time.
Most people who work here start at a young age.
And they engage in one task for their entire lives.
They use cutting machines, drilling machines, presses, arc welders, etc. to process heavy metal blocks. As you know, these tasks are very dangerous and can lead to accidents in the blink of an eye.
That's why they have safety concerns and taboos attached to them when working. Nevertheless, it is common for many people to lose a finger or two.
In conclusion
They don't like it when photographers hang around and make a fuss while taking pictures.
This man strongly urged me not to take pictures.
I had no choice but to give in by taking just one photo of the back while he was working.
Hmm.. I wrote a long post.
Who will read it...?
Eriadu is a planet located in the Outer Rim territories of the galaxy, known for its industrialized cities and strong Imperial presence. The planet was once a hub for trade and commerce, but it has since become a stronghold for the Galactic Empire, who have used its resources to fuel their military campaigns.
One of the ways the Imperials maintain control on Eriadu is through their constant patrols throughout the planet's cities and towns. These patrols are tasked with enforcing Imperial law and stamping out any criminal activity. One of the activities that the Imperials are particularly concerned about is the illegal sabacc games that take place in the planet's seedy underbelly.
Sabacc is a popular card game, often played for high stakes, and it attracts a wide variety of players including smugglers and bounty hunters, who are looking for a quick way to earn money. The Imperials have banned the game, as it is seen as a form of gambling and a distraction from their goal of maintaining control over the planet.
As a result, Imperial patrols frequently raid known sabacc dens and arrest any individuals found to be playing the game. This has made it difficult for those who wish to play sabacc on Eriadu, as they must constantly be on the lookout for Imperial patrols and avoid detection.
Despite the Imperial's efforts, there are still those who continue to play the game in secret, risking arrest or worse. For them, the thrill of the game and the potential rewards outweigh the risks, making Eriadu a planet where one must always be careful and aware of their surroundings.
Porta Nuova is one of the main business districts of Milan, Italy in terms of economy, and part of the Zone 2 administrative division. Named after the well-preserved Neoclassic gate built in 1810 on this site, it is now one of Italy's most high-tech and international districts, containing the country's tallest skyscraper: the Unicredit Tower
Porta Nuova has a 2017 city GDP of €400 billion, which makes it Europe's richest district within any city. A concentration of companies are based in Porta Nuova, with 4% of all institutions and conglomerates found in Italy, while Milan has 40% of all these business, and Milan's Lombardy Region has 53% of it.
Industrialization is also profusely increasing within the district. A total of three Fortune 500 companies are located in it, namely AlfaRomeo, Pirelli and Techint, with a lot of other significant companies, including luxury fashion house Versace and italian football giants Internazionale. Geographical Porta Nuova was the main engine of the global invention of "polypropylene" by Giulio Natta, or in other terms, plastic, popularized by several companies within the city during the 1950s. Porta Nuova began manufacturing trams, buses, and trains, as part of Milan's public transport system which now gave Milan Europe's most advanced light rail system.
In 2019, Milan is in course to have several tax-free or flat tax services, as part of attracting domestic and international businesses which will be initiated in the area of Porta Nuova. It is also an integrated response to gain several European Union agencies from United Kingdom following Brexit and to prevent a possible economic fallout.
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The Great All American Transcontinental Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017 in this modern time, where photographic devices in everyone’s mobile phone and social media and the 24 hour news cycle are an everyday part of the industrialized countries was probably the most watched and definitely the most photographed eclipse of all time. This was the first total solar eclipse to cross the United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic since June 8, 1918. Interestingly it was the total solar eclipse of the following year 1919, May 29th in which the first experimental test of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity was done, astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington measured the positions of certain stars before and during the actual eclipse and found that the positions differed in a way only explained by the sun’s actual gravity bending the light of the stars’ like a camera lens.
The truth is the moon crosses paths with the sun on every lunar cycle (28 days) which is referred to as the new moon. The moon’s orbit is offset from the Earth’s orbit around the sun by 5 degrees, so more times than not the shadow cast by the sun being blocked by the moon does not even reach the earth. When new moon is on a path that positions it right in front of the sun, the sun, moon and Earth are aligned and you have an eclipse. There are three types, a partial where only a portion of the sun is blocked, an annular where the moon’s distance is too great to completely cover the sun and finally what occurred yesterday a total eclipse if you were along the right path of totality 100% coverage. The New York Metro area was about 71% so to us a partial eclipse.
I considered traveling to the one of the locations in the path of totality the locations in the Carolinas was not that far of a drive, actually looked up accommodations but decided at this point in my life and my family’s life, that wasn’t a good or practical idea. So setup in my backyard yesterday, my Olympus DSLR with an lens with a 1.4 converter that gave me the equivalent of 840mm in terms of 35mm measurement with an Solar Filter on it, a Meade 60mm f/13 refractor telescope also with Solar Filter and B&H badged Lunt Solar System Solar Eclipse glasses my family and I were ready to go. The dogs were kept inside to protect their eyes and I was able to observe the entire eclipse as it started, photographing each stage with my Olympus E-5 with my 3 young adult children sharing in their wacky dad’s experience. My older daughter Ashley was posting pictures on Instagram through the glasses on her IPhone and of me running from apparatus to apparatus. My son Alex and his girl friend also viewed and my youngest Crystal stayed with me throughout, with her solar glasses on. Everyone got to look through the telescope at moon increasingly covered the sun then remember it was only 71% then began to uncover, totally cool and I was glad I stayed home and we all shared this experience.
So when the next total eclipse crosses the United States in 2024, maybe then I’ll try to travel to a location where there is totality, who knows that’s seven years from now. So this is one of my favorite of the many many images I was able to capture (that’s the advantage with digital compared to film really you can shoot so many frames with a big enough memory card) I like it because the clouds add a little texture to the image because my son even said it when he first looked through the telescope at a completely clear sky, is it real because the light of the sun and moon were so sharp. If you follow me on Instagram there will be more images there.
Taken with Olympus E-5 using an Olympus Digital 1.4 Tele Converter EC-14 on Olympus Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F/4-5.6 ED lens on a Bogen (Manfrotto) tripod with Lunt Solar Systems Solar Filter.
The Wupper is a right tributary to the Rhine river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It emerges near Marienheide, in western Sauerland. Its upper course is called Wipper. On its course of about 113 km it traverses the city of Wuppertal.
The river is not navigable and is located in the former Duchy of Berg. Before industrialization, the water was used for bleaching. Early industrialization profited from water power provided by the many rivulets to the Wupper.
It is crossed by the highest railroad bridge in Germany near Müngsten, between Remscheid and Solingen. A few miles further down, Schloss Burg is located on a hill overlooking the river. The river enters the Rhine river in Leverkusen, south of Düsseldorf.
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On site at Sugar Mill Gardens are many of the old parts of the machinery that eventually mechanized the sugar refining process.
This shot was taken all the way across the park from the sugar mill, but there are some large parts stacked under a small covering, adding an industrialized look to the nature around it.
Man has certainly left his mark, even in the cultivation of some of the pretty plants, and pathways leading to benches strewn throughout the gardens.
I've often wondered why they bothered to put a small roof over this collection, since it does little to protect the huge parts from sun, wind or rain, yet they remain intact after over a century of enduing the elements, not because of the covering that was added much later, but because of the strength of the materials used. Oddly enough, the older things outlive the newer things in this place.
The national economy of the Philippines is the 45th largest in the world, with an estimated 2010 gross domestic product (nominal) of $189 billion.Primary exports include semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil, and fruits.Major trading partners include China, Japan, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia.Its unit of currency is the Philippine peso (₱ or PHP).
A newly industrialized country, the Philippine economy has been transitioning from one based on agriculture to one based more on services and manufacturing. Of the country's total labor force of around 38.1 million, the agricultural sector employs close to 32% but contributes to only about 13.8% of GDP. The industrial sector employs around 13.7% of the workforce and accounts for 30% of GDP. Meanwhile the 46.5% of workers involved in the services sector are responsible for 56.2% of GDP.
The unemployment rate as of July 2009 stands at around 7.6% and due to the global economic slowdown inflation as of September 2009 reads 0.70%. Gross international reserves as of February 2010 are $45.713 billion. In 2004, public debt as a percentage of GDP was estimated to be 74.2%; in 2008, 56.9%. Gross external debt has risen to $66.27 billion. The country is a net importer.
The Philippine Stock Exchange with the statue of Benigno Aquino, Jr.After World War II, the country was for a time regarded as the second wealthiest in East Asia, next only to Japan. However, by the 1960s its economic performance started being overtaken. The economy stagnated under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos as the regime spawned economic mismanagement and political volatility. The country suffered from slow economic growth and bouts of economic recession. Only in the 1990s with a program of economic liberalization did the economy begin to recover.The Philippines has enjoyed sustained economic growth during first decade of the 21st century. However, as of 2010, the country's economy remained smaller than its neighbors in Southeast Asia such as Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia from both GDP and GDP per capita (nominal).
The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis affected the economy, resulting in a lingering decline of the value of the peso and falls in the stock market. But the extent it was affected initially was not as severe as that of some of its Asian neighbors. This was largely due to the fiscal conservatism of the government, partly as a result of decades of monitoring and fiscal supervision from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in comparison to the massive spending of its neighbors on the rapid acceleration of economic growth. There have been signs of progress since. In 2004, the economy experienced 6.4% GDP growth and 7.1% in 2007, its fastest pace of growth in three decades. Yet average annual GDP growth per capita for the period 1966–2007 still stands at 1.45% in comparison to an average of 5.96% for the East Asia and the Pacific region as a whole and the daily income for 45% of the population of the Philippines remains less than $2.
Other incongruities and challenges exist. The economy is heavily reliant on remittances which surpass foreign direct investment as a source of foreign currency. Regional development is uneven with Luzon—Metro Manila in particular—gaining most of the new economic growth at the expense of the other regions,although the government has taken steps to distribute economic growth by promoting investment in other areas of the country. Despite constraints, service industries such as tourism and business process outsourcing have been identified as areas with some of the best opportunities for growth for the country.Goldman Sachs includes the country in its list of the "Next Eleven" economies.But China and India have emerged as major economic competitors.
The Philippines is a member of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asian Development Bank which is headquartered in Mandaluyong City, the Colombo Plan, and the G-77 among other groups and institutions
If you say the word, "vaccine," in the United States today, many of us will turn off our thinking brain and revert to slogans we read on social media.
When you see a compound femur fracture, you recognize the harm. There's a bone fragment sticking out of this person's leg. It may be less visible but people who treat infectious diseases know the harm caused. They see patients every day who would have been better off if they had not contracted the disease. Medical treatment costs money. There's lost productivity. There are medical bankrupcies. Poor management of infectious disease is expensive. Indirectly, we all pay for these costs.
I claim, vaccine availability is part of a road that leads from developing country status to industrialized nation status. On the developing country side, where vacines cannot be had, you face higher mortality rates. Your grandchildren will die preventable deaths. We'll miss them a lot. They won't grow up to be friends and to be the great talents who solve our nation's problems. On the industrialized side, fewer grandchildren die. If you willfully go to the developing country side, it's an uphill battle to get back to 2024.
Everything I've posted up to this point was copyrighted. This is a single exception. The left half of this graphic is a Works Progress Administration poster in the public domain. The rest of what I've drawn in this one file is released into the public domain. Scoff at it or copy and enjoy as you see fit.
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A busy weekend made me go for some snapshot sunset, but later I wished I was carrying my tripod. With Raynox 2020 telephoto on top of my 55-250 IS (roughly 1 kg of lenses), the image stabilizer was of no use and with low light, I just managed this one, which was reasonably acceptable as having least shake.
The one shot at higher ISO, and lower aperture, did not come out good, so satisfied with this one.
In Cote d'Ivoire, for many people products are expensive and labor cheap. As a result, consumption is more sustainable there than in industrialized countries. Things are not thrown away but repaired. Even a plastic flip-flops is given for repair. This secures many small jobs.Despite a polio disease, he can feed his family.
By virtue of their size,placement,and dignity,these youthful laborers dominate the landscape setting-an open field near Pissaro's house at Éragny.Sympathetic to anarchist ideas,the artist wanted to preserve the values of agrarian society that were being threatened by the rapid industrialization of France.He began this picture in summer 1891 and completed it in mid-January 1892,a month before the opening of a major exhibition of his work organized by his dealer Joseph Durand-Ruel.Many of the fifty paintings were sold in the show,but Pissaro kept this canvas and gave it to his wife-the MET
Note:A drawing for the seated figure appeared in 1928 in the sale of Mme Pissaro's pictures.The field in the background near the artist's house at Éragny,is seen from the same angle in two other pictures.Pissaro probably began this picture in the summer of 1891,but,because of eye trouble,did not finish it until just before the retrospective exhibition of his work at Durand-Ruel in January 1892.He considered it one of the three most important of the fifty pictures he showed at the exhibition.This is the last large canvas that Pissaro painted.
Students and commuters pay no mind to their approaching ride as a Gakunan Railway service pulls into Gakunanharada Station in the early Friday morning "Rush Hour".
Built in 1936 by Nissan as the Nissan Heavy Industrial Railroad, the original railway's intent was to serve the many industrial plants around Fuji City. After the war, the Nissan zaibatsu was broken up, and later the railway was renamed in 1948 as the Gakunan Electric Train Co. Today, this private railway operates a fleet of vintage EMU's along a 9.2km stretch of industrial, and suburban trackage in Fuji City.
On a clear day, every station has a view of Mt. Fuji. Not today unfortunately as clouds covered the mountain. But in its place, a great many industries provide a fantastic backdrop of what is part of daily life in this area of Japan.
Gakunan Electric Train Co.
Gakunan 7000 Series.
Fuji, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
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Die Völklinger Hütte ist ein 1873 gegründetes ehemaliges Eisenwerk in der saarländischen Stadt Völklingen. Es wurde 1986 stillgelegt. 1994 erhob die UNESCO die Roheisenerzeugung der Völklinger Hütte als erstes Industriedenkmal aus dem Zeitalter der Industrialisierung in den Rang eines Weltkulturerbes der Menschheit.
The Völklinger Hütte is a former ironworks founded in 1873 in the Saarland town of Völklingen. It was decommissioned in 1986. In 1994, UNESCO elevated the pig iron production of the Völklingen Ironworks to the status of a World Heritage Site as the first industrial monument from the age of industrialization.
South of Nagoya in Kinnura Bay are the industrialized cities of Handa and Hekinan, both served by one private freight shortline, the Kinnura Rinkai Railway.
The line is split into two sections, the Handa Branch which serves a small intermodal facility, and the Hekinan Branch which serves a fly ash loadout at the end of the line. Their operations consist of a handfull of moves a day between 0800-1700 and is usually powered by ether a new KD58, or older KE65 Diesel Hydraulics. Here a pair of KE65's cross over the impressive Kinnura Bay bridge with an empty train of fly ash bound for the loadout at Hekinan City.
Kinnura Rinkai Railway, Heikinan Line
Kinnura KE65 (Train 5570)
Takahama, Aichi Pref., Japan
Nădrag’s industrial history is a microcosm of Romania’s broader industrial trajectory—from the promise of modern industry in the 19th century, through the aggressive industrialization of the communist era, to the stark decline following the 1989 revolution. The Ciocanul factory, once a symbol of economic vitality, now stands as a relic of a bygone era, overtaken by nature and time, as seen in the photo. While the factory’s abandonment reflects the challenges of post-communist transition, it also raises questions about the potential for revitalization—whether through cultural projects, tourism (like urban exploration), or environmental cleanup initiatives.
Following the Civil War, the cotton industry industrialized and grew considerably in Waco, Texas. The construction of the Waco Suspension Bridge and arrival of the Waco Tap Railroad in 1870 increased the number of people and goods entering and departing the city. Waco’s cotton market boomed, and by 1885, the city became known as the largest inland cotton market in Texas. When a second railroad connection arrived, it was named the Cotton Belt Route in honor of the large market to which it primarily catered. The Cotton Belt-Brazos River Railroad Bridge itself is of historical and architectural interest, being the second structure to span the Brazos after the 1870 Suspension Bridge. The St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas built the steel truss bridge in 1881 as it continued its expansion from Tyler to Corsicana to Waco to McGregor, according to the “Handbook of Waco-McLennan County History, Texas”.
This steel-truss bridge was the leading bridge design in Texas from 1880 to 1930. Constructed of a noteworthy pin-connected, multi-span structure displaying the Parker configuration that consists of 3 seven panel main truss spans and plate girder approaches. It was built as the Texas & St. Louis Railway, which reached Waco in 1881. The line, later known as the Cotton Belt or St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad, ran from Bird’s Point, Missouri, to Gatesville. The Waco Daily Times-Herald reported on June 5, 1907, that the new Cotton Belt Bridge was dedicated that morning to great fanfare, including a performance by the Baylor band at the Cotton Belt station at Third Street and Mary Avenue. The railway, also known as the Cotton Belt, had a depot on South Third Street until it was destroyed in the 1953 tornado. The railroad, which was part of the Southern Pacific system, ceased operations in the Waco area in the mid-1980's, leaving the bridge to sit vacant.
There have been plans in recent years to convert the abandoned railroad bridge to a pedestrian walking bridge but these have not panned out as of 2024.
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Ah, this scene has me nostalgic for the good old days before massive industrialization, minute specialization, and unbalanced trade. Self-sufficiency. This is a display of a bucolic rural scene at the Great American Dollhouse Museum.
The U.S. maternity care system is failing our women
Nearly 1/3 of women in the United States have major abdominal surgery to give birth now...and pre-term births are on the rise. Compared to other industrialized countries, the U.S. ranks second to last in infant survival. Tragically, the number of women dying in childbirth is also on the rise. The CDC warns that the hospital's cesarean rate should not exceed 15%, yet some U.S. hospital's are now delivering half of all babies surgically. The cesarean rate in 1970 was 6%. Now, across our nation nearly 1 in 3 low-risk mothers give birth via c-section, and if they go on to have more children, 95% will be born by repeat surgery. Hundreds of institutions ban VBAC, and babies are no longer allowed to be born breech.
"We’ve put birth in the same category with illness and disease and it’s never belonged there. Birth is naturally safe, but we’ve allowed it to be taken over by the medical community."
~Carla Hartley
"The whole point of woman-centered birth is the knowledge that a woman is the birth power source. She may need, and deserve, help, but in essence, she always had, currently has, and will always have the power."
~Heather McCue
On a more personal note...my first son was born via cesarean due to hospital interventions and "failure to progress." After becoming pregnant with our newest addition, I decided I wasn't going to accept that it meant being cut open again. It meant I had to trust my body's ability to give birth and not the system telling me that my body was broken. After extensive research and exploring, we decided our safest option was to give birth in the privacy and comfort of our own home. I gave birth in July of last year on our livingroom floor to a healthy 7lb 8oz baby boy.
Our bodies aren't broken, the system is.
Ludwigshafen is known at the ugliest city in Germany, and for good reason. Always a heavily industrialized city, it was never particularly beautiful and WWII certainly didnt help. However, the city is home to a very attractive fleet of Duewag trams. The trams were reactivated from the museum fleet several years ago and given a modern paint scheme to serve as weekday strengthening vehicles. Due to some construction the trams were operating on a slightly different route than normal. Here the tram is approaching the Marienkirche halt with one of the citiy's few somewhat nice buildings in the background.
By 1927, when the Broadview Hotel opened, East St. Louis was a growing industrialized city poised as the economic capital of southern Illinois. Completed in 1927, the seven-story Classical Revival fireproof Broadview Hotel was built at a time in which East St. Louis was investing in making over the city’s architecture and political culture following a devastating 1917 race riot. The Broadview Hotel was the city’s largest & finest hotel, and fulfilled its developers’ vision of building a hotel that would be a regional & statewide convention and meeting venue. Major organizations met in the hotel through the 1950s. Additionally, the hotel provided luxury rooms to visitors and even some permanent residents, as well as amenities in its restaurants & rathskeller enjoyed by travelers & locals. The Broadview also is an excellent example of hotel design & construction in the St. Louis region in the 1920's. Designed under the direction of Arthur J. Widmer for Widmer Engineering Company, the Broadview embodies the principles of Classical Revival design as well as modern urban hotel planning. East St. Louis would build no larger or finer hotel. During its heyday, the Broadview Hotel helped solidify the status of East St. Louis as an emerging large city and as Illinois’s largest downstate city.
For these reasons, the Broadview in East St. Louis, Illinois was deemed locally significant under National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria A for Commerce & C for Architecture and was added to the NRHP on December 31, 2013. All the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration that are located here:
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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