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Hong Kong Culture | Modern Hong Kong History started in 1841.
Visit Hong Kong - one of the World‛s GREATEST Cities!
Hong Kong is blessed with some of the most amazing panoramic city views in the World today and even better 75% of the land area consists of country parks and wetlands plus we have 575+ named hills and peaks offering some great hiking trails and lots of very fine beaches and remote islands - in a nutshell, Hong Kong is full of surprises!
Victoria Peak, The Peak Tram, Victoria Harbour, The Big Buddha | Po Lin Monastery, Tai O Fishing Village, The iconic Star Ferry, The Ocean Terminal Deck, The iconic Street Tram on HK Island, TST Promenade, Cheung Chau Island, Peng Chau Island, Temple Street Night Market, The Ladies Market, Chi Lin Nunnery | Nan Lian Garden, Statue Square, The Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, Tsz Shan Monastery, Tai Kwun Centre, Hollywood Road, The Mid Levels Escalator, Aberdeen, Stanley, The West Kowloon Cultural Centre, Food Markets... the list goes on and on of cool and unusual places you should “visit or do” when you come to Hong Kong.
Book a Private Tour of Hong Kong to maximise your time here and gain an in depth understanding of this amazing city, in addition we have a great food culture and night life scene with some 15,000 - 20,000 Restaurants and Bars officially and unofficially and any and all visitors should take a private or group food tour in Hong Kong!
Hong Kong has one of the very best public transport systems in the world (MTR Subway and Buses + 18,163 Taxi‛s) they are cheap, reliable and easy to use.
Hong Kong - Some Facts - Population 7.5 Million people | 92% Ethnic Chinese | English is an Official Language along with Cantonese and Mandarin | 1,114 sq km or 430sq miles of diversity | 263 Islands | People | Street Scenes | Traffic Scenes | Nature Scenes | Animals | Buildings | Shopping | Gardens | The Countryside | Islands and the Ocean + Daily Life and anything interesting, all Districts, Hong Kong
☛.... and if you want to read about my personal views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link is shown below, I have lived in Hong Kong for over 50 years and completed 2,324 Private Tours of Hong Kong between 8th April 2011 and February 11th 2020
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
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Flu, or something, hit me hard and literally nailed me to the bed.
As soon as I felt better... grabbed the camera.
lol - a friend took this shot of me in action at the wedding in Banff. Kinda funny. I had to give them a count of five to make sure that the youngest brother was looking at me. He was being a monkey.
This year, United Way, conducted three Point-in-Time (PIT) training's to train 75+ volunteers and assemble 800 “Thank You” packages that were given to people who were interviewed in appreciation for their time and participation in interviews.
Over 1000 volunteers participated in this years count, they set off from five deployment centers across the county.
The data collected from the PIT will be instrumental in advocating for and ensuring we have the right housing options and services to #endHomelessnessOC
In the lab, resources are being developed to enhance the resilience of the emerging bioenergy seed oil crop, penny cress, to climate change. Specifically, Alyssa Carrell is focused on utilizing microbes to increase penny cress's ability to withstand higher temperatures. This ties into other work to employ microbiomes to extend plant phenotypes to enhance their resilience to climate change.
Richmond Hotel
422 Broad Street
Built in 1909, the Richmond Hotel was once one of the finest hotels in Downtown Jacksonville for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era. Featuring 48 upper floor rooms and a 65 seat restaurant, its famed guests included Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. The Richmond closed for good in the early 1970s, following desegregation. Today, its street level retail spaces are occupied by Delo Studios, an art gallery, meeting and event space. However, the building’s former hotel rooms have largely sat empty and untouched over the past five decades.
The Richmond Hotel in 1942. (Courtesy of the Crisis Magazine)
The Richmond Hotel is a historic building located in the LaVilla neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. The building was originally built in 1909 as a hotel for Black patrons. Following desegregation, the hotel closed in 1969. As of 2018, the ground-level area of the Richmond Hotel is occupied by Delo Studios.
The Richmond Hotel is situated on the corner of N Broad Street and West Church Street, adjacent to the Duval County Courthouse. It is located in the northwest quadrant of Downtown. Specifically the hotel can be found in the northwest corner of the LaVilla neighborhood, a historic African-American neighborhood that is east of I-95 and south of W Union Street.
The Richmond Hotel is a 3-story structure, situated on .22 acres of land. There is now a .07 acre lot behind the building. The entire building spans 17,620 square feet.[2] The second story balcony could be used to oversee the street below.
Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage cites a 1942 magazine describing the Richmond Hotel as an:
"Outstanding hotel for colored people in Jacksonville...[located] close to all principal Negro businesses, theaters, and churches, and less than five minutes drive from the railroad terminal. Most of its 38 rooms have running water, with many bathrooms adjacent. The Richmond Hotel boasts a quiet, homelike atmosphere. A Tea Room is operated for the convenience of guests" .
History
Originally built in 1909, the Richmond Hotel operated as the hub for prominent black residents and celebrities to stay during the time. At the time it was the only black-only hotel in the area. Compared to other segregated places, the Richmond Hotel was of a premier quality at the time. It was a popular destination at the time for famous African-American artists such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday.
As a result of desegregation, the hotel closed its doors to the public in 1969. Thereafter, it was utilized for retail purposes. Following the forlorn times of segregation, the hotel's business progressively died to the point where it is now essentially abandoned. For some time throughout the 70s and 80s, various retail stores were placed on the ground-level floor of the building. The upper two levels were reserved as boarding houses rented out to locals.
Perhaps the most popular retail store located in the hotel was the DeLoach Furniture Co., a family-owned furniture store that served Jacksonville for over 90 years prior to its closing in the mid 2010s.
Throughout the 1990s, demolition derby parties were held throughout the Downtown area, including LaVilla.[4] While The Blue Chip (another hotel for African-American guests in LaVilla) did not survive demolition, the Richmond Hotel did. The former site of the Blue Chip is now a vacant lot.
Currently, the Richmond Hotel operates under the name Delo Studios, a multi-use space for meetings and events, galleries, and photography studios.
Harlem of the South
Throughout the 1920s until the 1960s, LaVilla was known as the "Harlem of the South" due to its bursting creativity. The neighborhood was notorious for its many theaters such as the Ritz Theatre, the Strande Theatre, and the Roosevelt Theatre.[5] Likewise, many nightclubs and diners lit up the streets after dark, including Hayes Luncheonette, Mama's Restaurant, Nick's Pool Parlor, and Manuel's Taproom. When guests would come to visit the theaters and clubs, they would stay in nearby hotels, such as the Richmond Hotel (renamed Egmont Hotel) and Hotel de Dreme (renamed in the 1920s as the Wynn Hotel).
The most prominent area of LaVilla for bohemians was Ashley Street. Due to the Richmond Hotel's location to Ashley Street, the hotel was once a popular place to stay for many famous and affluent people.
The Great Fire of 1901
It is possible that the success of the Richmond Hotel (and more largely, Ashley Street) can be attributed to the Great Fire of 1901. On May 3, 1901, a fire erupted in LaVilla, lasting 8 hours and burning up 146 city blocks. The fire destroyed over 2,300 buildings and left nearly 10,000 residents without homes.
The fire began at a candle factory on the corner of Ashley and Davis Streets, spreading to the St. Johns River.
James Weldon Johnson, a principal of a local school claimed that local firemen only attempted to save white neighborhoods, leaving the prominently black portions of town in flames:
"We met many people fleeing. From them we gathered excitedly related snatches: the fiber factory catches afire - the fire department comes - fanned by a light breeze, the fire is traveling directly east and spreading out to the north, over the district where the bulk of Negroes in the western end of the city live - the firemen spend all their efforts saving a low row of frame houses just across the street on the south side of the factory, belonging to a white man named Steve Melton."[6]
After the fire ended, multiple noted architects helped to rebuild the city. Henry J. Klutho of New York was significant in the redevelopment of the downtown area, though he is not attributed to the Richmond Hotel. Due to reconstruction efforts by those like Klutho, various apartments buildings, office spaces, churches, and libraries were built throughout LaVilla and the surrounding downtown neighborhoods.
Underwater Odyssey snorkeling sea tour in Pattaya Thailand 22 January 2025
One of the best for observing the tropical underwater world, guided snorkeling tour from Pattaya City to Samae Sarn National Park. In the first half of the day there will be a speed boat trip with snorkeling near a group of uninhabited islands, where Nemo fish and sea turtles live. And secondary, after a delicious lunch - time to relax at Hat Nang Ram, the beach in Sattahip. Snorkeling equipment, meal and transfer are provided.
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Overnight island tours from Pattaya
Kanchanaburi - River Kwai from Pattaya
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Advocates in NYC kicked off a secondary campaign against Pandora Jewelry for its ties to Ahold Delhaize, a grocery conglomerate profiting off of severe animal cruelty--they continue to allow pigs and hens to be intensively confined in small cages for their entire lives. Pandora and Ahold Delhaize share a board member, Jan Zijderveld.
Under Mr. Zijderveld's poor leadership, Ahold continues to source from farms that keep animals in these tiny cages. Now, Pandora is under fire for its ties to Ahold Delhaize. Any business affiliates of Ahold Delhaize board members, like Pandora, will be protested until Ahold makes a meaningful commitment to ban these cages.
4 November 2011. This logging coupe is located in the Tyenna Valley, near Mount Mueller in south-west Tasmania, and is 1200 metres from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. This forest is part of the core area of 430,000 hectares that was promised protection as part of the Intergovernmental Agreement. Forest campaigner Miranda Gibson has been living in the upper canopy of a giant eucalypt in the middle of this coupe, to highlight the destructive cable logging operations that are planned for this tract of forest. As of late January 2012, she has been living in the tree for almost 5 weeks, and plans to stay there until this forest is protected. You can learn more about Miranda and the ObserverTree at www.observertree.org. Photo: Alan Lesheim
Underwater Odyssey snorkeling sea tour in Pattaya Thailand 10 January 2025
One of the best for observing the tropical underwater world, guided snorkeling tour from Pattaya City to Samae Sarn National Park. In the first half of the day there will be a speed boat trip with snorkeling near a group of uninhabited islands, where Nemo fish and sea turtles live. And secondary, after a delicious lunch - time to relax at Hat Nang Ram, the beach in Sattahip. Snorkeling equipment, meal and transfer are provided.
Details and reservation online: thai-online.tours
Instant reservation: +66-838-383-539
WhatsApp: +66-838-383-539
Viber: +66-838-383-539
Telegram: @thaionlinetours
E-mail info@thai-online.org
Read in Russian language: thai-online.org/
Around the world excursions and guided tours: www.7stars-tours.com. Use the link to search best deals and online reservations with the lowest prices!
ALL THINGS TO DO IN PATTAYA
All the best, newest, popular and not expensive excursions in Pattaya - on our THAI-ONLINE website. Can read and download the price with all of our proposals.
Reserve excursions in Pattaya online +668-3838-3539
Pattaya exhibitions and galleries
Beaches and islands of Pattaya
Pattaya snorkeling tours, sea cruises
Pattaya water parks and attraction parks
Pattaya sea fishing, lake fishing
Religious tour, Sak Yant tattoos
Journays from Thailand to other countries
Overnight island tours from Pattaya
Kanchanaburi - River Kwai from Pattaya
Cambodia Angkor Wat from Pattaya
Tours to Northern Thailand from Pattaya, Phuket, Bangkok
Phuket, Samui, Songkla, Narathiwat from Pattaya
Exclusive overnight excursions
Package tours to Thailand and not only
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Die Wiener und Wienerinnen wissen selber am besten, was ihr Grätzel noch lebenswerter machen würde. Um ihre Wünsche zu erfahren brauchen wir keine Umfragen wälzen. Dafür gehen wir zu den Leuten. Diesmal waren wir im Gasometer unterwegs.
Fotografin: Steffi Dittrich
This set includes pictures from my 2006 China trip. During the summer of 2006, I spent time in Beijing with my friends Alice, Maria and Nick. Later that year, Alice and I studied abroad for a semester in Shanghai with the NYU in Shanghai program. Throughout that time, we traveled around China to cities and villages everywhere! Enjoy our adventures!