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Excerpt from www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_4/202406_N248_E...:
Tak Wing Pawn Shop
The building at No. 72 Des Voeux Road Central is four-storey high. It is a typical verandah-type shophouse where the front façade projects over the pavement and is supported by two columns to form a covered walkway. It is easily identifiable by the five plastered plaques bearing the Chinese name“德榮大押” on the front façade facing Des Voeux Road Central and the side elevation facing Man Yee Lane (萬宜里). The wall of the side elevation is finished with plaster marked with faux horizontal joint lines. There are altogether 15 metal-framed windows on the side elevation, with one row of four situated slightly higher than the others, which are believed to be the windows for the internal staircase. On the ground floor at the rear elevation is an enclosed backyard. A flagpole used to sit on a short stepped base on the left-hand side of the roof, but it was removed sometime between 1980s and 1990s and only the base remains now.
The building is situated at the intersection of Des Voeux Road Central and Man Yee Lane. Its location on the corner provides a side entrance, catering to customers who wish to avoid being seen entering the pawnshop from the main street.
The unique setting and some iconic features of a traditional pawnshop can still be seen inside the shop on the ground floor today. The main hall features a wooden “shy screen”(遮醜板), in an L-shape, blocking the view inside from the main door and side entrance to protect customers’ privacy. Behind the screen is a high counter that divides the front and back of the shop, where the pawnbroker serves customers. The height of the counter allows the pawnbroker to have a full view of the shop to ensure security. However, both the wooden screen and the finishes of the high counter are relatively new, following recent renovations carried out on the ground floor.
Security is a prime concern for this building, as evidenced by the verandahs on the upper floors, all of which are fitted with green metal grills to safeguard the pawnshop from burglars. Of particular interest are the coin motifs along the bottom of the metal grills, adding some decorative details to the functional design of the building.
The original built form of the building, including the footprint and the verandahs with their supporting columns, has been retained. Various renovations have been carried out over the years on both the exterior and interior of the building on the ground floor, such as the supporting columns and all the walls have been refurbished with new stone tiles and the floor has been laid with new modern tiles.
The changes seem to be mainly confined to the ground floor, whereas the exterior of the upper floors has remained intact. The only exception is that the figure “1940” that was previously painted on the roof parapet has now been removed. Overall, the building has been kept in a generally authentic condition in terms of its built form and original appearance. The building is an example of traditional pawnshop occupying an entire pre-war shophouse. The ground floor still opens for business, while the upper floors, which were previously used to store large pawned items, seem to be vacant. Pre-war shophouses that are entirely dedicated to a single pawnshop are becoming increasingly rare in Hong Kong as a result of urban development.
I removed a ceiling light fixture, inserted the camera in the glass bowl, and explored the subtle variations when it was backlit by different window light sources.
Je ne me souviens plus du nom de cette plante qui commence a pousser mais le motif de ces feuilles est splendide....
Ebauche de blason contemporain pour la Normandie réunifiée : d'acier à la vague de sables perlée de motifs de gouttes d'eau. :o)
Parce que "pourquoi pas ?"
Photos of this series: goo.gl/7e1fkZ
OLDENBURG - Grundschule / primary school (Eßkamp) / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/ngAi7d
OLDENBURG - Youth Club Ofenerdiek / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/g8r9of
OLDENBURG - Rudolf-Diesel Straße / Burmesterstraße / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/ZsI9AI
OLDENBURG - Warehouse Logemann / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/b0Y4sS
OLDENBURG - Sportshall TuS Bloherfelde / Graffiti, Street Art: tinyurl.com/ycftt9gl
OLDENBURG - Metal Wall - Stedinger Str., Drielaker 'Str. / Graffiti, Street Art: tinyurl.com/y7w3kfh5
OLDENBURG - Bridge Gallery / bridges near the city center - Brücken in Innenstadtnähe / Graffiti, Street Art: t1p.de/3ngz
OLDENBURG - UTKIEK : the old landfill / alte Mülldeponie / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/qcHfkz
OLDENBURG - Melkbrink / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/fQj9wO
` OLDENBURG ´ - is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Population 165.000 ( Dec. 31. 2015 ) ( Metropolitan Region `Bremen / Oldenburg´ 2.4 million people )
This is a close-up photo of sunlight shinning through the kitchen window reflecting on the interior base of a ceramic bowl.
Parfois, l'eau seule suffit à inspirer le foutographe maniaque.
Reste à savoir si cela en vaut le coup...
More motifs from the Japanese stitch dictionary, this time in white cotton thread.
Each sample piece has at least one mistake. :o But look- a daffodil!!
Me at the opening of my new exhibition "homeland" in the bar of one of my best friends last sunday. My long-time colleague Rainer Lehmann took the picture for the local press. He said, I won't get any more beautiful ...
Due to Corona there are no people. But prints are selling well.
This is the original text from the local newspaper;
Freising - When the early morning light casts a golden yellow shimmer over the landscape in the Ampertal, photographer Siegfried Martin is out and about with his camera. In the glittering dew, leaves, bark structure forms of tree bark and old wood or the rippling waves that the wind lays on the surface of the oxbow lakes along the Amperauen are presented. The large-format photos that the artist is currently showing in the Q-Bar in the Upper Old Town appear almost three-dimensional. He has been “on new, exciting paths” in recent years, says Martin. He has not abandoned analog work with his Leica M or the Hasselblad medium format cameras. However, his love for photography has been revived in recent years with the new generation of Nikon cameras. He was inspired by the “focus shift” function, which automatically varies the distance setting on his Nikon Z7 and thus improves the depth of field. He is turning more and more to minimalist motifs “on the doorstep”. On walks or bike rides through moss and Amperauen around Zolling, he can discover the "abundance" of nature. Stopping and listening to the splash of water or the wind rubbing through the grass and leaves - that is what is ultimately just as important to him as pressing the shutter release button. “The motif finds me,” says Martin. “Suddenly I stand in front of something and know that it is.” On numerous photo trips through China and Tibet off the main tourist routes in the last few decades, the photographer recalls. "There were endlessly spectacular landscapes that you had dreamed of for years and suddenly you were standing in front of it". But he also finds the beauty of nature “on a small scale” in the Ampertal, within a radius of just ten kilometers from his home town of Zolling. He calls the exhibition “Homeland” because home has become more and more important in recent years, as Martin muses. “Maybe it also depends on how old you are,” he says and laughs. The love of photography is revived every day. The motifs in the cycle of nature are simply beautiful and harmonious. Regardless of whether in winter the last leaf on the tree above the water of the Amper lights up in the morning light or pussy willows draw a surreal picture like a vortex of dancers: The pictures are touching and fascinating. mam
Et après "Diagonale BTP", voici une autre vision du même bâtiment, toute en motifs !
Parce que "pourquoi pas ?"...
Rockport, Mass. The name comes from the times when this was the most painted and photographed scene anywhere...........so the story goes.
Photo prise au parc de la Providence, à Alençon, en Normandie. Cette grille aux motifs simples semblait me supplier d'enfin faire quelque chose d'elle...
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This is a close-up photo of the bottom of a glass platter on the shelf in the Frenchy's store in Tusket.