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Miami est. 1896, pop. 2.6MM • Coconut Grove
aka Coconut Grove Cemetery, Grove Bahamian Cemetery • burial ground for black Americans, largely of Bahamian descent • from c. 1880, Bahamians settled this area of the Grove, known today as West Grove (West Village, Black Grove) • early residents called the neighborhood Kebo, African name for Mt. Kilimanjaro's highest peak
• named for Charlotte Jane Sawyer Stirrup (1875-1928), wife of Grove Real Estate Developer Ebenezer Woodbury Franklin Stirrup (1873-1957) • both are buried in this cemetery
• all burials above ground • no layout, graves inches apart • persistent urban legend that cemetery was location for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" disproven • Cemetery Where Michael Jackson Filmed Thriller (1:20)
• Charlotte Jane Memorial Park video (3:38) • A Charles Avenue Love Story • Wikipedia
• Stirrup was born in the Bahamas on Governors Harbor Island off Eleuthera • illegitimate child of Stirrup family's Bahamian servant & her wealthy white employer • mother died when he was 9 • emigrated to S. Florida in 1888, age 15 • worked in Key West as carpenter’s apprentice, then laborer in a S. Dade pineapple field
• moved to racially segregated Coconut Grove, 1899 • said to have worked as chauffeur at James Deering's estate, Villa Vizcaya • Stirrup & childhood sweetheart/wife Charlotte Jane, a laundress, had 10 children, 6 of whom survived to adulthood • couple said to have built houses at night by lantern light while holding day jobs • Stirrup invested earnings in real estate & became a millionaire as one of the Grove's largest landholders, owning much of what later became the area's business district
• the Stirrups built a house on Charles Ave., lived in it until his death 58 yrs. later • constructed over 100 homes, giving Coconut Grove one of the highest percentages of black home ownership in US at the time -Not Now Silly
"Father believed in every family having a house, a yard and a garden, so you would feel like you had a home. He felt that people became better citizens when they owned their own homes." –E.W.F. Stirrup's eldest daughter, Kate Stirrup Dean, dean of girls, Carveer High School, 1976 interview
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota
Deadwood (Lakota: Owáyasuta; "To approve or confirm things") is a city that serves as county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was named by early settlers after the dead trees found in its gulch. The city had its heyday from 1876 to 1879, after gold deposits had been discovered there, leading to the Black Hills Gold Rush. At its height, the city had a population of 25,000, attracting Old West figures such as Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok (who was killed there).
The population was 1,156 at the 2020 census. The entire town has been designated as a National Historic Landmark District, for its well-preserved Gold Rush-era architecture. Deadwood's proximity to Lead often prompts the two towns being collectively named "Lead-Deadwood".
Source: www.cityofdeadwood.com/historic-preservation/page/nationa...
With each footstep on its brick-paved streets, across the tombstones of Western legends long dead and through its thick forests of dark ponderosa, Deadwood Gulch echoes with sounds of days past - the sounds of history.
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the entire community of Deadwood is alive and vibrant with historic character over 125 years in the making. Since its founding in 1876, Deadwood has been synonymous with the Wild West. From its early days as a lawless gold camp to its transformation into a model Victorian community and a modern center for commerce and entertainment, the town has always had a legendary reputation unparalleled in the American West.Deadwood's birth was sudden. Thousands of faceless miners, muleskinners, lawmen, gunslingers and gamblers descended upon this narrow and rocky canyon in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory in 1876. They prospected, opened shops, built houses, drank, bet it all, lost fortunes and gained riches beyond their wildest dreams. It was America's last great gold rush.Legends were made almost overnight with a lucky shovelful of earth or turn of a card, but they were just as easily lost with a well-placed bullet. Wild Bill Hickok, frontier gunfighter, came to Deadwood with the other '76ers to seek his fortune. Thanks to a pistol shot to the back of his head, he never left. He sleeps on a hill overlooking the gulch to this day, next to the graves of Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock, Potato Creek Johnny, Preacher Smith and hundreds of Deadwood's other legendary denizens.
But as the legends passed on, so did the gold. The ancient mansions, grand stone balconies and elegant brick façades began to decay. Deadwood seemed destined to turn into a ghost town, fading slowly into history like so many of its famous residents had done long ago...But it was not to be. In 1989, Deadwood became the third place in the United States (after Atlantic City and Nevada) to legalize gambling. Once again the brick-paved streets of Deadwood heard the thunder of pistol shots, the songs of slot machines and the click of chips against card tables. Once again people rushed to the sweet ponderosa-touched alpine air of Deadwood Gulch to seek their fortunes. And once again the beautiful Victorian buildings of Main Street, restored to their former glory, were filled with an air of elegance and grace.
Growth and change since 1989 has been regulated and limited by Deadwood's Historic Preservation Commission, Planning Commission and City Commission. The town continues to too plan for each future while protecting its past. This is evident in the Comprehensive Plans and Master Plans it has developed over the years. For its part, the Historic Preservation Commission adopted standardized Design Guidelines for the Downtown Commercial District, the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Rehabilitation and a comprehensive sign ordinance.
Source: www.britannica.com/place/Deadwood-South-Dakota
Deadwood, city, seat (1877) of Lawrence county, western South Dakota, U.S. Located just northeast of Lead and about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Rapid City, Deadwood lies in a canyon formed by Whitewood Creek in the northern Black Hills, more than 4,530 feet (1,380 metres) above sea level. Built at the base of the steep wooded inclines of Deadwood Gulch and extending up the hillsides, it was named for the dead trees found in the canyon.
The city was founded during the 1876 gold rush, when about 25,000 miners swarmed the surrounding hills. Its turbulent reputation as a lawless outpost of frontier violence was magnified by the Deadwood Dick series of dime novels. Wild Bill Hickok, soldier, scout, and marshal, was killed in a Deadwood saloon on August 2, 1876, by Jack McCall. Hickok is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, near Calamity Jane, Preacher Smith, Seth Bullock, and other celebrated frontier characters who died in the vicinity; the reenactment of Hickok’s killing and the capture and trial of McCall is a popular tourist spectacle. A railroad link was completed in 1891, and Deadwood became a regional trading centre. Gambling was central to Deadwood’s history, but it was prohibited in 1905; gaming in Deadwood was again legalized, through a state referendum, in 1989.
The economy is driven largely by tourism, based primarily on dozens of gaming halls (many with Old West themes). Some ranching and lumbering also take place in the area. Deadwood is surrounded by Black Hills National Forest and has many outdoor recreational opportunities, including snowmobiling and skiing. The city itself is a national historic landmark. The Adams Museum has exhibits on local history, and the Broken Boot Gold Mine allows visitors to pan for gold and tour a historic underground mine. Inc. 1876. Pop. (2000) 1,380; (2010) 1,270.
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(South Dakota) "داكوتا الجنوبية" "南达科他州" "Dakota du Sud" "दक्षिण डकोटा" "サウスダコタ" "사우스다코타" "Южная Дакота" "Dakota del Sur"
(Deadwood) "ديدوود" "朽木" "bois mort" "डेडवुड" "枯れ木" "데드우드" "дейдвуд"
Mexico City est. 1521, pop. 21.2MM • the preceding Aztec city of Tenochtilan est. 1325, pop. (estimated) 200K • the Centro Historico district of Mexico City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site • oldest known map of Mexico City
• the Templo Mayor (Great Temple) was one of the main Aztec (Mexica) temples in capital city Tenochtitlan • after destruction by Spanish army under conquistador Hernan Cortés (1485-1547), ruins covered over by Mexico City • location eventually forgotten • scale model of temple & digital illustration of Tenochtitlan as it appeared when Spaniards arrived
• part of temple discovered, early 20th c. but no excavation because site covered with upscale neighborhood • temple rediscovered by electric co. workers, 25 Feb, 1978 • site excavation, 1978-1982 headed by archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma • Templo Mayor Project authorized by presidential decree • 13 bldgs. from 19th-20th c. demolished to clear site • 7,000 artifacts recovered, now housed in Museo del Templo Mayor (Templo Mayor Museum)
• Sacred Precinct surrounding temple reported to have 78 bldgs. • all that remains of temple is a platform & a section of paving in south courtyard
Hernán Cortés letter to King Carlos V, 1520:
"Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families. Around the interior of the enclosure there are handsome edifices, containing large halls and corridors, in which the religious persons attached to the temple reside. There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is higher than the tower of the principal tower of the church at Seville."
"Three halls are in this grand temple, which contain the principal idols... leading from the halls are chapels with very small doors, to which the light is not admitted, nor are any persons except the priests, and not all of them. In these chapels are the images of idols... The principal ones, in which the people have greatest faith and confidence, I precipitated from their pedestals, and cast them down the steps of the temple, purifying the chapels in which they had stood, as they were all polluted with human blood, shed ill the sacrifices. In the place of these I put images of Our Lady and the Saints, which excited not a little feeling in Moctezuma and the inhabitants, who at first remonstrated, declaring that if my proceedings were known throughout the country, the people would rise against me..."
"I answered, through the interpreters, that they were deceived in expecting any favors from idols, the work of their own hands, formed of unclean things; and that they must learn there was but one God, the universal Lord of all, who had created the heavens and earth, and all things else, and had made them and us; that He was without beginning and immortal, and they were bound to adore and believe Him, and no other creature or thing."
• after the conquest, Cortés directed the destruction & leveling of the city • A place for human sacrifices -BBC • Templo Mayor & Its Symbolism -Guggehneim • Unburying the Aztec -National Geographic • Khan Academy
Kruzenshtern leaving Trave river in heavy rain at the windjammer parade of the festival "100 Jahre Passat" (100 Years Passat) in Lübeck-Travemünde, Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern (Russian: Барк Крузенштерн) is a four masted barque and tall ship that was built in 1926 at Geestemünde in Bremerhaven, Germany as the Padua (named after the Italian city). She was surrendered to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation and renamed after the early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770–1846). She is now a Russian Navy sail training ship.
Of the four remaining Flying P-Liners, the former Padua is the only one still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her home ports in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) and Murmansk. After the Sedov, another former German ship, she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation.
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The "birthday child" Passat (Link in German!) is a four-masted steel barque and one of the Flying P-Liners of the shipping company F. Laeisz of Hamburg, Germany, launched in 1911 by Blohm & Voss shipyard. Today it is a museum ship, a venue and a landmark of Lübeck-Travemünde.
May 2011
El Centro Jurídico Tomás Moro y Hazteoir.org entregan 100.000 firmas para la destitución de los concejales en #Madrid que incitan al odio y a la violencia.
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Aún puedes unirte a las peticiones ciudadanas. Si quieres pedir la dimisión de Guillermo Zapata (concejal que hizo bromas sobre el Holocausto, las víctimas de ETA y las niñas de Alcasser, entre otros) y Pablo Soto (que publicó amenazas de muerte en su Twitter), puedes FIRMAR aquí: hazteoir.org/alerta/65326-expulsion-concejales-violentos
Por último, si quieres pedir la destitución de la concejala Rita Maestre, que está imputada por asaltar una capilla de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid al grito de "arderéis como en el 36", puedes FIRMAR aquí: hazteoir.org/alerta/65349-pide-expulsion-portavoz-ayuntam...
Consciousness/Source >> Spirit World >> Higher Dimensional Positive Extraterrestrials.
Consciousness uses various experiences as contact modalities and as invitations to higher consciousness: Out-of-Body Experiences, Near-death experiences, mystical/meditational experiences, ET contacts, shamanic journes, Spirits (e.g. of died loved ones), certain types of positive channelings (like The Jeshua Channelings), remote viewing (which is a certain out-of-body experience).
See the survey results of a 5000 participant survey made by FREE Foundation (co-founded by Mary Rodwell) on experiencer.org
De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America,.
Amsteldam,Chez S. J. Baalde;1779-1782..
A visit to Wightwick Manor & Gardens in Wolverhampton.
It was a cold Sunday afternoon. The manor is in the Tettenhall area of Wolverhampton.
The legacy of a family's passion for Victorian art and design, Wightwick Manor (pronounced "Wittick") is a Victorian manor house located on Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. Owned by the National Trust since 1937, the Manor and its grounds are open to the public. It is one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Aesthetic movement and Arts and Crafts movement. Wightwick was built by Theodore Mander, of the Mander family, who were successful 19th-century industrialists in the area (Mander Brothers), and his wife Flora, daughter of Henry Nicholas Paint, member of Parliament in Canada. It was designed by Edward Ould of Liverpool in two phases; the first was completed in 1887 and the house was extended with the Great Parlour wing in 1893. Notes taken by Theodore Mander at a lecture given in Wolverhampton in 1884 by Oscar Wilde on the 'House Beautiful' inspired Wightwick's interiors.Taking inspiration from this lecture, Theodore and his wife Flora decorated its interiors with the designs of William Morris and his Arts and Crafts contemporaries.
This family house is a notable example of the influence of William Morris, with original Morris wallpapers and fabrics, De Morgan tiles, Kempe glass and Pre-Raphaelite works of art, including works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Evelyn De Morgan, Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown and John Everett Millais
The Manor has the work of 11 professional female artists on permanent public display, more than any other in the National Trust, including notable examples of works by Lizzie Siddal, Evelyn De Morgan, Lucy Madox Brown, Marie Spartali Stillman, May Morris and other female artists. Most of these artworks were collected by the Manders.
In 1937 Geoffrey Mander a radical Liberal MP and local paint manufacturer who had been left the timber-framed house by his father Theodore, persuaded the National Trust to accept a house that was just 50 years old, under the Country Houses Scheme Act.
This house of the Aesthetic Movement was, by 1937, a relic of an out of fashion era. Yet, so complete was the design that it was worthy of preservation. Having given the house to the Trust, Geoffrey Mander and his second wife, Rosalie, became its live-in curators, opening the house to the public and adding to its contents. In particular they added a notable collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Rossetti, Burne-Jones and their followers.Descendants of the family retain a private apartment in the manor.
The house has 14 acres of Victorian garden and the outbuildings house stables (now a tea room); a gallery in the old malt house; gift shop; and an antiquarian bookshop.
It is situated just off the main A454 Wolverhampton to Bridgnorth road, approximately three miles to the west of the city centre.
The manor has been Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England since July 1950, and its gardens are Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Grade I Listed Building
A look around Wightwick Manor. The home has been preserved as the Mander family left it in 1937 when it became part of the National Trust.
Guest bedrooms
Acanthus Bedroom
fireplace
Imaginations calm and fair,
The memory like a cloudless air,
The conscience as a sea at rest.
Istanbul, Turkey, Oct 10 2010
Over 7,000 march down Istiklal Street in the city center to urge politicians to pass clean energy policies.
Organized by Global Action Group, this demonstration was one of over 7,000 climate action events taking place in in 188 countries around the world on 10/10/10 as part of “The Global Work Party.” This synchronized international event is organized by 350.org, and is expected to be the largest day of environmental activism in history.
Photo credit: 350.org/Gökşen Şahin
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www.crich-memorial.org.uk/history.html
The summit of Crich Hill is reputed to have been the site of a Beacon Fire, which signalled the sighting of the Spanish Armada in the English Channel in 1588. It is believed that after the thrashing the Spanish received from Drake, his ships and the good old English weather, it was again used to celebrate the victory. In 1988 this most famous naval victory was again celebrated on its 400th anniversary with a new Beacon Post and Brazier being built and in 2002 it was again rebuilt as a cairn and brazier to commemorate HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee.
In 1734 there were a number of small lime kilns on the Hill and the public footpath which runs across the Hill to Crich is believed to have been used by Salt Merchants who packed the salt on horses or mules, transporting it southwards from the Cheshire area.
THE TOWER
The first record of any tower type structure is during the reign of King George III (1760) when a wooden tower was erected to provide both a landmark and a place from which to take in some of the best views available. It is thought that this tower was erected to mark his accession to the Throne. Owing to its wooden construction in such an exposed area, it only lasted about 25 years before being demolished. In 1788, Francis Hurt paid the princely sum of 210 to have a conical limestone tower with a wooden top constructed on the site of the old tower. By about 1843 the conical tower was in such a poor state of repair that a decision was taken to rebuild and in 1849 some of the stones of this conical tower were used to build the base of the new circular tower that was built from grit stone.
The circular tower was opened in 1851 (the year of the Great Exhibition) and it had a stone stairway winding up inside. An engraved tablet set in the wall at the top showed that the tower was 955 feet above sea level.
It could be said that this tower was the forerunner of The Sherwood Foresters Memorial. In June 1856 it was the scene of a jubilant crowd celebrating the end of the Crimean War (1854-56) and Sergeant Wetton of the 95th Derbyshire Regiment, a resident of Crich, was carried to the top of the Hill in a specially adapted chair as he had lost a leg at the Battle of the Alma (20th September 1854). There is no doubt that he would have been happy that the war was over, but it is certain that he would have remembered his Regimental Family and the comrades who never came home. In 1881 the 95th Derbyshire Regiment joined the 45th Nottinghamshire Regiment to form The Sherwood Foresters.
In June of 1882 there was a major landslide in the area of the quarry and this had a serious subsidence effect on the tower, lightning strikes and further minor movements of the ground in the immediate area resulted in the closing of the tower to the public for reasons of safety.
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Monday 28 October 2013: Kalaw (ကလောမြု့)
Up early to explore the market, as recommended, only to find that the rain made for a delayed start to the day in Kalaw - so a largely empty market. Still it did mean that I was up in the Winner Hotel's rooftop restaurant breakfast room when the monks returned to the Thein Taung Paya monastery (just on the other side of the Union Highway from the hotel) after their morning tour of the town collecting alms. With the rain easing off, I returned to the market to see stall holders setting up shop and then climbed up the covered red step staircase to see more of the monastery which provided great (albeit cloudy) views out over Kalaw and some very, very young puppies (I'm not talking novice monks here!).
The day's "12 mile trek through tea plantations and small villages, with a scenic descent back to Kalaw" included a local guide who was excellent, pointing out crops, orchards and birdlife, and explaining the tea leaf processing taking place in the village where we had an early lunch which included some local delicacies: To Hpu Gyauk (Burmese tofu crackers). Alongside lots of rich red mud, we encountered beautiful flowers, the occasional butterfly, vast spiders webs with large spiders holding court and gathering prey at the centre, hanging gourd gardens and rice fields glowing bright green when the clouds lifted for a while. All that said it did feel like a very well trodden route for tour groups to do as a day walk from Kalaw.
Back in town, I could have done with a guidebook to get more out of the afternoon's free time. I headed out to explore a little beyond the central markets now that the weather had brightened up a little, taking some more photos of the mirror mosaic pagoda - Aung Chan Tha zedi - that nestles between the hotel and the market and of the view from the monastery.
The day's highlight was trying some truly local food - a 500 kyat bag of Shan Tofu Salad - To Hpu Gyaw Thouk (I think...). Having watched two local men buying a bag each from a lady at a stall by the market, I just asked for the same, including the dashes and splashes that came from the 5 bottles and jars arrayed beside the tofu triangles. I wish I'd had the nerve to ask for a photo.... As I headed back to the hotel I was halloooed by Mac and Max, Clare and Anthony who were enjoying a Mandalay beer at a cafe bar perched above the Union Highway, which provided a perfect opportunity to tuck into a bottle of beer alongside my Shan State snack. The family running the bar were lovely, serving up my plastic bagged snack on a chintz saucer and with a spoon.
For dinner, Josh had booked a table for us all at the famous Thirigayha "Seven Sisters" Restaurant, which was OK but can't really live up to the hype.
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York (1770 – unknown) was an African American slave known for his participation with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. As William Clark's slave, he performed hard manual labor without pay, but participated as a full member of the expedition.
York was born the in in Caroline County near Ladysmith, Virginia. He, his father, his mother Rose and younger sister and brother Nancy and Juba, were slaves of the Clark family. York was William Clark's servant from boyhood, and was left to William in his father's will. He had a wife whom he rarely saw, and likely he lost contact with her when she was sent to Mississippi in 1811. It is not known if he fathered any children.
In 1804, Clark tookalong his slave York when he joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition. York was the only African American slave member of the Expedition. The journals record that the assignments given him attest to his skill in scouting, hunting and field medicine, but included manual labor in extreme weather conditions. York used a firearm to hunt game such as buffalo, as well as for "protection." The native nations treated York with respect, and he "played a key role in diplomatic relations" because of his appearance. When the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean, York voted along with the rest as to where the Expedition would build winter quarters.
Historian Robert Betts says that the freedom York had during the Lewis and Clark expedition made resuming enslavement unbearable. After the expedition returned to the United States, every other member but York received money and land for their services. York asked Clark for his freedom based upon his good services during the expedition. Clark refused. York pleaded to be reunited with his wife, who was a slave in Louisville; he even offered to work in Louisville and send Clark all his earnings. Clark refused, pleaded financial difficulties, although he let York send a couple of buffalo robes to his wife and, a couple of years later, visit her for a few weeks.
Clark said York was "insolent and sulky", whipped and jailed him, and threatened to sell him in New Orleans. Clark hired him out to a "severe master" in 1811, and he remained a slave at least until 1816. No reliable information has been published on York after this date.
As to York's later life and death, there are contradictory accounts by Washington Irving and Zenas Leonard. When Irving interviewed Clark in 1832, Clark claimed to have freed York, but that York regretted being free because he was a failure at business, and died trying to get back to serve his master as a slave again in St. Louis. Betts, as well as other historians doubt the accuracy of Clark's story saying that it reflects pro-slavery arguments that Africans were happy to be slaves, and could not lead successful lives as free people.
Betts and Historian Áhati N. N. Touré suggest another possibility: that York simply refused to return to Clark, and escaped to freedom. Leonard reported meeting with an African man living among the Crows in north-central Wyoming in 1834, writing: "In this village we found a negro man, who informed us that he first came to this country with Lewis & Clark — with whom he also returned to the State of Missouri, and in a few years returned again with a Mr. Mackinney, a trader on the Missouri river, and has remained here ever since - which is about ten or twelve years. He has acquired a correct knowledge of their manner of living, and speaks their language fluently. He has rose to be quite a considerable character, or chief, in their village; at least he assumes all the dignities of a chief, for he has four wives, with whom he lives alternately."
A statue of York, by sculptor Ed Hamilton, with plaques commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition and his participation in it, stands at Louisville's Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere, next to the wharf on the Ohio River.
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Is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is considered an alpha global city and is the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region. Its municipality, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in 84.8 km2 (33 sq mi), while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inhabitants, and 3.34 million people live in the broader agglomeration of Lisbon Metropolitan Region (includes cities ranging from Leiria to Setúbal).
Due to its economic output, standard of living, and market size, the Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon) subregion is considered the third most important financial and economic centre in the Iberian Peninsula. The Lisbon region is the wealthiest region in Portugal and it is well above the European Union's GDP per capita average – it produces 37% of the Portuguese GDP. It is also the political centre of the country, as seat of government and residence of the Head of State.
The city was under Roman rule from 205 BC, when it was already a 1000 year old town. Julius Caesar made it a municipium called Felicitas Julia, adding to the name Olissipo. Ruled by a series of Germanic tribes from the 5th century, it was captured by Moors in the 8th century. In 1147, the Crusaders under Afonso Henriques reconquered the city for the Christians and since then it has been a major political, economic and cultural center of Portugal. Unlike most capital cities, Lisbon's status as the capital of Portugal has never been granted or confirmed officially – by statute or in written form. Its position as the capital has formed through constitutional convention, making its position as de facto capital a part of the Constitution of Portugal.
Lisbon hosts two agencies of the European Union, namely, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), is also headquartered in Lisbon.
Português
Lisboa é a capital e a maior cidade de Portugal. A cidade é também capital do Distrito de Lisboa, da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, e é ainda o principal centro da sub-região estatística da Grande Lisboa. Eclesiasticamente, é sede da diocese e do Patriarcado de Lisboa. Lisboa possuía, em 2008 uma população de 489 563 habitantes e uma área metropolitana envolvente que ocupa cerca de 2 870 km², com cerca de 2,8 milhões de habitantes. A sua área metropolitana concentra 27% da população do país. A Região de Lisboa, que abrange do estuário do Tejo ao norte da Península de Setúbal, apresenta um PIB per capita superior à média da União Europeia, que faz desta a região a mais rica de Portugal. O concelho de Lisboa tem 83,84 km² de área, e apresenta uma densidade demográfica de 5 839 hab./km².
O concelho subdivide-se em 53 freguesias, encontrando-se em estudo a formação de uma nova freguesia, que abrangeria a zona do Parque das Nações. Faz fronteira a norte com os municípios de Odivelas e Loures, a oeste com Oeiras, a noroeste com a Amadora e a sudeste com o estuário do Tejo. Por este estuário, Lisboa une-se aos concelhos da Margem Sul: Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo e Alcochete.
Os principais meios de deslocação na cidade são o Metropolitano de Lisboa e os autocarros da Carris. Porém, todos os dias entram em Lisboa cerca de meio milhão de carros, provenientes dos concelhos periféricos. Estes carros entram na cidade pela CRIL, pela CREL, a Ponte 25 de Abril, a Ponte Vasco da Gama e outros meios rodoviários importantes à capital.
Lisboa possui inúmeras atracções turísticas. Os seus bairros típicos atraem visitantes pelas suas características peculiares. A baixa pombalina, Belém, Chiado ou Bairro Alto, são zonas onde afluem milhares de turistas e visitantes anualmente. Duas agências europeias têm sede em Lisboa: o Observatório Europeu da Droga e da Toxicodependência e a Agência Europeia de Segurança Marítima, ambas com projectos de novas sedes à beira rio. A Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa encontra-se igualmente sediada em Lisboa.
Para a década de 2010, Lisboa prepara-se para receber inumeros investimentos, incluindo a construção de um novo aeroporto, uma nova ponte, uma expansão em 30 Km do metropolitano, a construção de um mega-hospital (ou hospital central), a criação de duas linhas de TGV que a unirão a Madrid, Porto, Vigo e restante Europa, a restauração da parte principal da cidade (entre a Rotunda do Marquês de Pombal e o Terreiro do Paço), a criação em grande escala de ciclovias, assim como a modernização e renovação de várias infra-estruturas.
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Sprengel Museum Hannover
PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING!
09. October 2011 – 15. January 2012
Sprengel Museum HannoverSprengel Museum Hannover
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
LOWER SAXONY SAVINGS BANK FOUNDATION
PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! is an exhibition of the works of 31 photographers on a floor area of over 2,000 square metres. Since HOW YOU LOOK AT IT in 2000, this exhibition is the first and only one to provide an all-embracing overview of artistic photography from the 1960s to the present day. The exhibition has been organized by the Sprengel Museum Hannover in collaboration with the Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation. Starting out from the Foundation’s collection of large groups of works by both American and European photographers, the only collection of its kind in Europe, the exhibition explores the history and perspectives of the ‘documentary style’ of photography.
PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! constitutes yet a further step towards establishing Hanover as an important centre for artistic photography in the north of Germany.
The starting points of the exhibition are the works of Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, John Gossage, Nicholas Nixon, Martin Parr and Michael Schmidt. The artist photographers Rineke Dijkstra, Paul Graham, Thomas Struth and the photographers of the generations that followed, such as Jitka Hanzlová, Stephen Gill, Jochen Lempert, Elisabeth Neudörfl, Heidi Specker and Tobias Zielony, visualize the world with a style of photography that adheres strictly to the medium and yet is highly subjective. Max Baumann, Boris Mikhailov, Rita Ostrowskaja and Helga Paris extend the perspective with experiences of their own confrontations with different political systems, while Laura Bielau, Thomas Demand, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Wolfgang Tillmans and Jeff Wall use the documentary style of photography as a means of exemplifying the phenomena of visual perception. Many of the works are being exhibited for the very first time.
Integrated into the exhibition are three successive Project Rooms organized by three guest curators and each taking place for the duration of one month. They thematize three different methods of collecting and three different ways of using photography.
From 9.10. until 30.10.2011 the artist Thierry Geoffroy will investigate the idea behind the title of the exhibition – PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! – and ask: Who calls whom and what, and for what purpose, and out of what interests? On 1.11.2011 Markus Schaden will be setting up a study room devoted to the photography book as a ‘storage medium’ and collector’s item. From 6.12.2011 until 15.1.2012 Wilhelm Schürmann will be exposing the obsessions that can be the driving force behind a private collection of photographs, graphics, paintings and sculptures.
In the run-up to the exhibition HOW YOU LOOK AT IT at the Sprengel Museum Hannover, which was curated by Thomas Weski and Heinz Liesbrock on the occasion of EXPO 2000, the Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation began to purchase comprehensive groups of works by selected American and European photographers. Since then, the collecting activity of the Foundation has been focused on those works of photography that may be understood to be in the tradition of the ‘documentary style’ (Walker Evans, 1903-1975) and have been exercising a strong influence on photography since the end of the 1960s. Thus it has been possible – thanks not least to the recommendations of a high-calibre advisory board – to build up a photographic collection distinguished by its concentration on groups of works. In this regard the collection is unique in Europe.
The Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation’s collection and its perspective are now to be the subject of the present exhibition, which is being mounted jointly with the Sprengel Museum Hannover and also in the context of the Museum’s own well-cultivated photography tradition, which began in 1979 and can boast exhibitions of such great exponents of photography as Karl Blossfeldt, El Lissitzky, Judith Joy Ross and Michael Schmidt, to name only a few of many, or the “SPECTRUM” International Prize for Photography of the Foundation of Lower Saxony. ‘Collecting’ manifests itself here as an open system that operates self-reflexively in the aforementioned Project Rooms and is future-oriented and discussion-friendly in the exhibition’s supplementary events.
PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! is accompanied by a copious publication (Steidl, Göttingen). Visitors will also be offered a comprehensive information programme.
The exhibition has been curated by Inka Schube, Curator for Photography and Media Art, Sprengel Museum Hannover, and Thomas Weski, Professor of “Curatorial Cultures”, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig.
27 November -- As part of the 350 EARTH planetary art show, nearly 2,000
people gathered in Brighton-Hove, UK and formed an image of King Canute, who
futilely attempted to control the oceans according to legend. The image was
designed by Radiohead's Thom Yorke who generously donated his time, energy,
and art to make the event a success.
Photo: Malcolm Land / Sealand Aerial Photography Ltd.
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Wednesday 30 October 2013: Nyaung Shwe (ညောင်ရွှေမြို့) / Inle Lake (အင်းလေးကန်)
We walked from the Hu Pin hotel to Nyaung Shwe's motor boat dock where lots of long thin boats were manoeuvring to allow tourist passengers to board in groups of four. Donning life jackets ('responsible travel') we then zoomed off down the river channel towards Inle Lake meeting local taxi/bus boats coming the other way, rather more heavily laden.
Out on the lake, the scenery was superb - fishermen dotted around the lake with the green mountains looming all around. Plenty of space, blue skies above.
Our first stop was at a local village where we had time to mooch around the market and tried some rice-in-bamboo sticks which seemed familiar (from Laos I think). To get there, we turned off the lake waters and into channel lined by floating tomato beds and houses on stilts. As we approached the dockside these gave way to shallower ponds and waterways filled with pink water lilies - beautiful.
Then on further, crossing the lake to the handicraft village which was our main base for the rest of the day. I was a bit disappointed as I'd hoped we'd get to see some of the temples and pagodas that are dotted around the lake - Inthein in particular. Instead we had a sequence of visits to souvenir shops and small scale factories - silver smithing and jewellery, lotus stem silk weaving, boat making, interspersed with a walk through the village to the monastery and market (just stalls, no sellers - the market wasn't on in this village today - so why visit??) and lunch at a tourist place overlooking the water channels. Later after visiting the weaving sheds (the most interesting of the stops) we had another stop for iced coffees and a stroll along bamboo raised walkways and over bridges above shallow ponds filled with giant lily pads and beautiful water hyacinths.
Our journey back through the floating market gardens took us past (fast) the Phaung Daw Oo Paya (Hpaung Daw U Pagoda (ဖောင်တော်ဦးဘုရား)) and we were virtually in convoy with the other tourist boats motoring through the channels heading back to Nyaung Shwe. Both here and in the visit to the first village I felt very voyeuristic. It was clear that most of the people working in the tomato beds didn't like being gawped at or photographed by relatively wealthy foreigners. Who would?
A lovely long day out on the water - I just wish we'd seen more of the real life on and around the lake.
Dinner was advertised as a traditional Shan banquet - but at 10,000 kyat the price seemed steep especially as there didn't seem to be a veggie version (and I have to say I'd thought the meal was included in the trip price), so Anna, Miriam and I returned to the lovely Aurora to dine on Tomato salad, Carrot and Ginger salad, and a puffed rice beer snack starter.
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Parts of Stralsund, Strelasund sound, island Rügen and Rügen bridge, seen from the tower of St. Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), Hanseatic Town of Stralsund, district of Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Germany.
St. Marienkirche is a late gothic church which was built in the Northern German Brick Gothic style. The 104 m high tower is open for the public and offers a great view of Stralsund and its surroundings, including Strelasund sound and the island Rügen.
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The town of Stralsund lies in Northeast Germany in the region of Western Pomerania in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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The town lies on the sound of Strelasund, a strait of the Baltic Sea. Its geographic proximity to the island of Rügen, whose only fixed link to the mainland, the Strelasund Crossing, runs between Stralsund and the village of Altefähr, has given Stralsund the sobriquet "Gateway to the Island of Rügen" (Tor zur Insel Rügen). Stralsund lies close to the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.
A municipal forest and three municipal ponds (the Knieperteich, Frankenteich and Moorteich) belong to the Stralsund's town borough . The three ponds and the Strelasund lend the Old Town, the original settlement site and historic centre of the town, a protected island location.
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The centre of Stralsund has a wealth of historic buildings. Since 1990, large parts of the historic old town have been renovated with private and public capital, and with the support of foundations. As a result of the contempt for historic buildings in East Germany many houses were threatened by ruin. The Old Town in particular, offers a rich variety of historic buildings, with many former merchants' houses, churches, streets and squares. Of more than 800 listed buildings in Stralsund, more than 500 are designated as individual monuments in the Old Town. In twenty years, from the Wende in 1990 to November 2010, 588 of the more than 1,000 old buildings were completely refurbished, including 363 individual monuments. Because of its historical and architectural significance, in 2002 Stralsund's old town together with the old town of Wismar were added to entitled the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list as the "Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar".
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The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of Brick Gothic in the Baltic region, as exemplified in several important brick cathedrals, the Town Hall of Stralsund, and the series of houses for residential, commercial and crafts use, representing its evolution over several centuries.
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Stralsund short trip October 2012
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis
St. Louis is an independent city and inland port in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is situated along the western bank of the Mississippi River, which marks Missouri's border with Illinois. The Missouri River merges with the Mississippi River just north of the city. These two rivers combined form the fourth longest river system in the world. The city had an estimated 2017 population of 308,626 and is the cultural and economic center of the St. Louis metropolitan area (home to nearly 3,000,000 people), which is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, the second-largest in Illinois (after Chicago), and the 22nd-largest in the United States.
Before European settlement, the area was a regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. The city of St. Louis was founded in 1764 by French fur traders Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau, and named after Louis IX of France. In 1764, following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War, the area was ceded to Spain and retroceded back to France in 1800. In 1803, the United States acquired the territory as part of the Louisiana Purchase. During the 19th century, St. Louis became a major port on the Mississippi River; at the time of the 1870 Census it was the fourth-largest city in the country. It separated from St. Louis County in 1877, becoming an independent city and limiting its own political boundaries. In 1904, it hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Summer Olympics.
The economy of metropolitan St. Louis relies on service, manufacturing, trade, transportation of goods, and tourism. Its metro area is home to major corporations, including Anheuser-Busch, Express Scripts, Centene, Boeing Defense, Emerson, Energizer, Panera, Enterprise, Peabody Energy, Ameren, Post Holdings, Monsanto, Edward Jones, Go Jet, Purina and Sigma-Aldrich. Nine of the ten Fortune 500 companies based in Missouri are located within the St. Louis metropolitan area. The city has also become known for its growing medical, pharmaceutical, and research presence due to institutions such as Washington University in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. St. Louis has two professional sports teams: the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. One of the city's iconic sights is the 630-foot (192 m) tall Gateway Arch in the downtown area.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busch_Stadium
Busch Stadium, also referred to informally as "New Busch Stadium" or "Busch Stadium III", is a baseball park located in St. Louis, Missouri, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. The stadium has a seating capacity of 44,494, and contains 3,706 club seats and 61 luxury suites. It replaced Busch Memorial Stadium (aka Busch Stadium II) and occupies a portion of that stadium's former footprint. A commercial area, dubbed Ballpark Village, was built adjacent to the stadium over the remainder of the former stadium's footprint.
The stadium opened on April 4, 2006 with an exhibition between the minor league Memphis Redbirds and Springfield Cardinals, both affiliates of the St. Louis Cardinals, which Springfield won 5-3 with right-hander Mike Parisi recording the first win. The first official major league game occurred on April 10, 2006 as the Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6–4 behind an Albert Pujols home run and winning pitcher Mark Mulder.
The highest attendance for a sports event other than baseball was on May 23, 2013, when 48,263 people watched Chelsea Football Club and Manchester City Football Club play a friendly match. To date, the largest attendance for a baseball game occurred Mothers Day May 12th, 2019 with an attendance of 48,556 in a game between the Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 2004, then Anheuser-Busch president August Busch IV announced the brewing-giant purchased the 20-year naming rights for the stadium. Team owner William Dewitt, Jr., said: "From the day we began planning for the new ballpark, we wanted to keep the name ‘Busch Stadium.' August Busch IV and Anheuser-Busch share our vision for continuing that tradition for our great fans and the entire St. Louis community."
The stadium is the third stadium in St. Louis to carry the name Busch Stadium. Sportsman's Park was renamed Busch Stadium in 1953. Team owner August Busch Jr. had planned to name it Budweiser Stadium, but league rules prohibited naming a venue after an alcoholic beverage. Busch named the stadium after himself and later created Busch Beer. The first Busch Stadium closed in 1966 and both the baseball Cardinals, and the National Football League (NFL)'s team of the same name (now the Arizona Cardinals) moved to a new multi-purpose stadium, named Busch Memorial Stadium.
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La Défense is a major business district near Paris. La Défense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district with its 560 hectares (5.6 million square metres) area, its 72 glass and steel buildings and skyscrapers, its 180,000 daily workers, and 3.5 million square metres of office space.
Around its Grande Arche and esplanade ("le Parvis"), La Défense contains many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises, and is home to no fewer than 1,500 corporate head offices, including those of 15 of the top 50 companies in the world. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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La Grande Arche de la Défense is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France. It is usually known as the Arche de la Défense or simply as La Grande Arche. The two sides of the Arche house government offices. The roof section was an exhibition centre, housing the Musée de l'Informatique. The vertical structure visible in the photograph is the lift scaffolding. Views of Paris are to be had from the lifts taking visitors to the roof.
After a non-injury accident in the elevators in April 2010, the Department of Ecology, owner of the roof of the Grande Arche, decided to permanently close the computer museum, restaurant, and viewing deck. Access to the roof is still possible via the elevators in the north and south walls, but they are closed to the public. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Kai Tai Lagoon Nature Park, Port Townsend, WA
www.wnps.org/olympic/projects/kahTaiPrairie/index.html
The Kah Tai Preserve was created in 1987. It was recognized as unique botanical site in 1986. Over 90 different species were identified, 27 represent prairie indicator species.
The Kah Tai Valley, between the Straits of Juan de Fuca and Port Townsend Bay once consisted of open prairies and estuaries. Development quickly transformed this landscape; however, due to benign neglect of a small area within Port Townsend Golf Course, a colorful relic of the last ice age still remains.
From the words of a native son of Port Townsend pioneers, James McCurdy, the valley once was a botanical delight. "Myriads of wild flowers transformed the valley floor into a many-hued carpet." The remnant 1.4 acre prairie has been the focus of preservation and restoration by Olympic Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society.
Regular work parties have focused on stabilizing prairie plant communities and diligently battling the ever-present weeds. Although the native rose and snowberry shrubs are thriving at the prairie the goal is to promote herbaceous prairie species.
kahtai.blogspot.com/p/park-emerges.html
HISTORY
When George Vancouver( 1757-1798) arrived in 1792, the area around today's Port Townsend was occupied primarily by members of the Klallam (or S'Klallam) Tribe, who called the spot Kah Tai, meaning “to carry” or “to pass through.” The words were then used to refer to the valley that exists between North Beach and the boat haven. It was through this valley that natives would portage their canoes from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Port Townsend Bay so they could avoid the currents and rip tides, which exist off Point Wilson.
The lagoon at the end of the portage was a hunting ground as well as the site of an Indian encampment. Kah Tai came to refer not only to the portage, but also to the settlement and bay at the end of the valley.
The tribe wintered in large communal cedar pole-and-plank homes along the shoreline, moving off in smaller family groups during warmer months to fish, hunt, forage, and trade.
When Captain George Vancouver arrived at Kah Tai in 1792, Kah Tai Lagoon was a saltwater marsh that was flushed by the tides. Vancouver and his crew observed four tall poles near the lagoon. The Indians apparently made nets of nettles, which they slung between the poles, and flocks of ducks would become entangled in the nets as they flew low into the marshland. Vancouver named the area Port Townsend in honor of the Marquis of Townshend, a famed English commander. When the first white settlers arrived in 1851, they adopted the name Port Townsend and changed the name Kah Tai Valley to Happy Valley. Only the lagoon at the end of the valley retained the name Kah Tai.
When the boom of 1889 hit the area, the small body of water became an obstacle to development. Two trestle bridges were constructed, one connecting Lawrence Street with the western suburbs and the other an extension of San Juan Avenue. By 1907 the trestle bridges across the “swamp” had deteriorated to the point of being dangerous. The Leader reported that many drivers would go around the lagoon rather than risk their teams across the rickety structure. During this era the City Council had ordained that all rubbish was to be dumped from the midpoint of the Lawrence Street Bridge, which was said to have caused a “pile of rubbish big enough to build a courthouse of.” Councilmembers were warned that herds of rats “as big as good-sized dogs” prospered there, causing a threat to the public safety. A short time later the trestles had to be closed to public traffic due to unsafe conditions.
By 1930 Sims Way was constructed, providing a new access across the lagoon. In 1933 the Chamber of Commerce made a proposal to the Department of Game to declare Kah Tai a Federal Game Reserve. However, the proposal was turned down since 300 acres was the minimum acreage for a reserve and only 160 acres were available around the lagoon.
In 1935 the Chamber of Commerce asked the American Legion and VFW for assistance in cleaning up the lagoon and pulling up the old trestle pilings which marred the view. It was hoped that this volunteer beautification effort would transform the smelly snag-infested area into a place of beauty. Unfortunately the local civic groups did not have the resources to proceed very far toward that goal.
In 1938 the WPA revitalized the beautification plan by providing 15 men and $9,000 in federal money. The project included the removal of hundreds of old snags and pilings, the construction of a water control system, the draining of stagnant saltwater from the swamp and the turning of fresh water into the area by tapping a city reservoir overflow that ran nearby. Check gates were built under Sims Way which prevented backing in of salt water and tended to keep the pond at a constant level.
Wild rice was planted in an effort to make the lagoon more attractive to waterfowl. It worked. By the end of 1938 the bird population had risen from about 350 to 800. The State Department of Game recommended again that a Game Reserve be established at the site to provide sanctuary for the numerous shoveler, pintail, mallard, widgeon, teal, scaup, and bufflehead which were found there.
In 1939, 5,000 Montana black-spot trout were placed in the lagoon for the purpose of catching mosquitoes. In August of that year, only kids were permitted to fish. The kids didn’t have much luck and the reason is a matter of speculation. Perhaps the trout could not survive in the brackish waters of the lagoon or maybe the burgeoning duck population had gobbled up most of the young fish.
Due to the brackish character of the water, plant food species for waterfowl were slow to establish and the birds were getting hungry. Contributions by local citizens provided enough supplementary duck food so that by 1940 the duck population had exploded to an estimated 4,500 birds. The ravenous birds became a nuisance as they began to invade local farms and gardens in search of food. People who grew crops in the area were given permission to shoot the ducks on sight. Despite its sanctuary status, Kah Tai Lagoon once again became a popular hunting ground until the duck population had dwindled and the city firearm ordinances were passed.
This is a light fixture from an old-time movie theater, which was built in 1926. Went there to see the classic movie, "Rear Window"...an Alfred Hitchcock-directed movie, starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. If you ever get a chance to see it on the big screen, don't miss it!
I don't know if this light fixture is original to the building, which was renovated in 2006, but it fit the theater's atmosphere. I love its decorative stylings, as well as the shadows it cast.
July 2008 Photo Challenge - Day23
(Explored Aug 1, 2008 #403)
Nelson Henricks
Bow Island (Alberta), 1963
1995
7 min, sound
MNBAQ, purchase (2003.263)
In this video, Nelson Henricks transports us to a dreamlike, ghostly world in which he questions his own identity. This existentical quet includes his grandmother, his lover and the Canadian Prairies of his birth in a carrousel of revelatory images abou8t himself.
Claudie Gagnon
Montreal, 1964
19984 min, sound
MNBAQ, purchase (2009.87)
This video is infused with the burlesque atmosphere typical of Claudie Gagnon's universe. Hand Me the Sky, like an ode to the lifespan of love, scrolls through the everyday domestic life of a married couple. The scenes unfold under a cascade of snowflakes, as if in a snow globe. Time goes by the rhythm of La Paloma, a popular song by Sebastian Iradier themed on solitude and love.
Milutin Gubash
Novi Sad, Yougoslavia (now Serbia), 1969
2010
10 min 19 s, sound
MNBAQ, gift of the artist (2006.804)
In this video, Katarina Gubash, the artist's mother, unravels their family history in attempting to expolain why they immigrated. Viewers find themselves in a strange sitcom based on the honeymoon of the artist's parents. The absurdity of the events (the fake hotel, the actor's performances, Milutin's incursions into his mother's memory), like the oppressive nature of the situation described, provide insight into the disturbing context recounted by Gubash's mother. In this work, documentary and ficttional by turns, the artist acquaints us with the history of Yougoslavia during the Communist era under a political regimme, that imposed precarious conditions.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Monceau
Le parc Monceau est un jardin d'agrément situé dans le VIIIe arrondissement de Paris.
Ancienne propriété du duc de Chartres, qui fait dessiner par Carmontelle, un « pays d'illusions » avec des fabriques de jardin : ferme suisse, moulins hollandais, pagode, pyramide, ruines féodales, temple romain disséminés le long de sentiers accidentés, de bouquets d'arbres et d'îles.Lors de la Révolution, le jardin est confisqué et devient bien national en 1793; puis, il redevient propriété de la famille d'Orléans sous la Restauration.
En 1860, la ville de Paris achète le jardin : une partie est revendue au financier Pereire en vue d'un lotissement, tandis que l'autre sera aménagée par Jean-Charles Alphand. Les grilles sont de Gabriel Davioud.
Limité au nord par le boulevard de Courcelles, le parc Monceau est entouré de plusieurs rues ou avenues créées par Pereire et bordées de luxueux hôtels dont certains donnent directement sur le parc. La plupart de ces voies portent des noms de grands peintres du XVIIe siècle : avenue Vélasquez, avenue Ruysdaël, Avenue Van-Dyck, rue Rembrandt, rue Murillo.
Le parc comprend une rotonde, ancien pavillon du Mur des Fermiers généraux réalisé par Claude Nicolas Ledoux. Au détour des bosquets se trouvent des statues en marbre d'écrivains et de musiciens comme Guy de Maupassant créée par Verlet, Frédéric Chopin créée par Jacques Froment Thomas, Charles Gounod créée par Antonin Mercié, Ambroise Thomas créée par Alexandre Falguière ou Édouard Pailleron créée par Léopold Bernstamm. Le parc est entouré d'immeubles de luxe et d'hôtels particuliers.
Claude Monet a fait un tableau du parc en 1876.
Le parc fait 1 km de circonférence et 8,2 ha. Il est le lieu de prédilection de nombreux adeptes parisiens de course à pied. Un tour complet de parc mesure exactement 1107 mètres (en contournant l'aire de jeu pour enfants, sinon il faut compter 990 mètres).
Carmontelle et la création du « pays d'illusions ».
www.parcmonceau.org/historique.php
paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris08/parc_monceau.htm
Les statues :
Le Joueur de billes, statue en pierre par Charles Lenoir (1878)
Monument à Guy de Maupassant par Raoul Verlet (1897), au pied du buste de l'écrivain «rêve une femme qui vient de lire un de ses romans».
Monument à Alfred de Musset en pierre, par Antonin Mercié (1906).
Monument à Chopin, par Jacques Froment-Meurice, avec les figures quelque peu éplorées de la Musique et de l'Harmonie (1906).
Buste d'Edouard Pailleron, par Léopold Bernstam (1906). Monument à Gounod, par Antonin Mercié (1897), avec les personnages de ses opéras, Mireille, Juliette, Marguerite.
Monument à Ambroise Thomas, par Alexandre Falguière (1902); le compositeur est représenté en méditation, tandis que Mignon, l'une de ses héroïnes, lui offre des fleurs.