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Shot today near my home, on the same Atlantic Coast as the shot below - but about 160 km north ( no sand.here :)
Operator: Prospect Coaches
Vehicle Type: Mercedes-Benz Atego 1218L / Plaxton Cheetah
Registration: PR15 UBY
Pictured in Halesowen working a W5 Halesowen College Shuttle.
24/6/2022.
an exercise was held at the Prospect SES station so I took a some photos of the units while they were in the yard
(1 in a multiple picture set)
I've taken a few other shots from this vantage point in Prospect Park looking down onto Highland Ave., but I liked the lighting on this one.
Glasnevin Cemetery, officially known as Prospect Cemetery, is the largest nondenominational cemetery in Ireland. It first opened in 1832 and is located in Glasnevin, Dublin.
Prior to the establishment of Glasnevin Cemetery, Irish Catholics had no cemeteries of their own in which to bury their dead and as the repressive Penal Laws of the eighteenth century placed heavy restrictions on the public performance of Catholic services, it had become normal practice for Catholics to conduct a limited version of their own funeral services in Protestant cemeteries. This situation continued until an incident at a funeral held at St. Kevin's Cemetery in 1825 , provoked public outcry when a Protestant sexton reprimanded a Catholic priest for proceeding to perform a limited version of a funeral mass.
The outcry prompted Daniel O'Connell, champion of Catholic rights, to launch a campaign and prepare a legal opinion proving that there was actually no law passed forbidding praying for a dead Catholic in a graveyard. O'Connell pushed for the opening of a burial ground in which both Irish Catholics and Protestants could give their dead dignified burial.
The cemetery is located in Glasnevin, Dublin, in two parts. The main part, with its trademark high walls and watchtowers, is located on one side of the road from Finglas to the city centre, while the other part, "St. Paul's," is located across the road and beyond a green space, between two railway lines.
Glasnevin Cemetery contains many historically interesting monuments as well as the graves of many of Ireland's most prominent national figures — Charles Stewart Parnell and Daniel O'Connell as well as Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Maude Gonne, Kevin Barry, Sir Roger Casement, Constance Markiewicz, Brendan Behan, Seán MacBride, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Christy Brown, Frank Duff, Luke Kelly of the Dubliners. Boyzone singer Stephen Gately was cremated at Glasnevin Crematorium, which is located within the cemetary grounds, on October 17th, 2009.
The cemetery also offers a view of the changing style of death monuments in Ireland over the last 200 years: from the austere, simple, high stone erections of the period up until the 1860s, to the elaborate Celtic crosses of the nationalistic revival from the 1860s to 1960s, to the plain Italian marble of the late twentieth century. Glasnevin Cemetery has grown from its original nine to over 120 acres.
The high wall with watch-towers surrounding the main part of the cemetery was built to deter bodysnatchers, who were active in Dublin in the 18th and early 19th century. The watchmen also had a pack of blood-hounds who roamed the cemetery at night. Prime Minister, Robert Peel, when questioned in Parliament on the activities of the body-snatchers, admitted that it was, indeed, a "grave matter".
Glasnevin is one of the few cemeteries that allowed stillborn babies to be buried in consecrated ground and contains an area called the Angels Plot.
Taken during a photo walk around Vancouver, BC. First one in a couple of weeks. Walked around Coal Harbour, Stanley Park, and up to Prospect Point.
The Irish National Botanic Gardens are located in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. The 27 acres (19.5 hectares), are situated between the River Tolka and the Prospect Cemetery.
The gardens were founded in 1795 by the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) and they have grown to hold 20,000 living plants and many millions of dried plant specimens. There are several architecturally notable greenhouses.
Today the Glasnevin site is the headquarters of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, which includes several sites around the country.
The botanic garden participates in national and international initiatives for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. The Director, Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, is also the Chair of the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation.
As well as being a tourist destination and an amenity for nearby residents, it also serves as a centre for horticultural research and training, including the breeding of many prized orchids.
The soil at Glasnevin is strongly alkaline (in horticultural terms) and this restricts the cultivation of calcifuge plants such as rhododendrons to specially prepared areas. Nonetheless, the gardens display a range of outdoor "habitats" such as a rockery, herbaceous border, rose garden, bog garden and arboretum. A vegetable garden has also been established.
The National Herbarium is also housed at the National Botanic Gardens. It contains a collection of nearly 750,000 pressed plants, collected over the garden's two-hundred-year history. The gardens contain noted and historically important collections of orchids. The newly restored Palm House houses many tropical and subtropical plants. The Cactus House is currently (2008) being emptied for refurbishment.
In 2002, a new multistorey complex was built; it includes a cafe and a large lecture theatre.
It has responsibility for the Arboretum at Kilmacurragh, Co. Wicklow, a centre noted for its conifers and calcifuges. This is located some 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Dublin.
Foundation stone 10 Apr 1915 by Bishop Nutter Thomas, architect Dean Berry, opened 24 Nov 1915. War memorial hall foundation stone 20 Nov 1920 by Governor Sir Archibald Weigall, opened 22 Aug 1921 in Gloucester St. Belltower & bells dedicated 7 Nov 1971. First services 1879 in mud hut (site of later Medindie Congregational church), then in Mrs Whitby’s private school (corner of Carter St & Prospect Rd) until mission church & school opened 1884 in Clifton St (sold 1924).
The new edifice . . . Money has not been spared to make it a church beautiful. . . . The walls will be of brick, and stone, well buttressed and artistically designed. On the south side, at the rear, a day chapel is designed . . . Provision is being made for a tower 70 ft. High, but this will not be constructed at present. The design, however, will appear quite complete without this. The arcade is to be of rubbed brickwork, with pointed arches.” [Daily Herald 12 Apr 1915]
“four years ago the big building in Gloucester street, known as St. Cuthbert's Memorial Hall, was started. This structure comprises a large hall, a kindergarten, and 16 classrooms for day and Sunday school work, and stands as 'a memorial to the valour and sacrifice of Australian men and women in the Great War'. . . During the next few months several striking additions are to be made to the church. A chancel screen; which will be one of the finest in Australia, is in course of construction, as are also, a handsomely carved sounding-board and canopy for the pulpit. Two large stained glass windows, for the sanctuary are also being ordered from England.” [Register 5 Jan 1926]
“To provide additional vestry accommodation, a building, 50 ft. long, 20 ft. wide, and 30 ft. high, will be added to St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, Prospect, soon. It will contain a large choir vestry and a minister's vestry, and will provide strongroom accommodation and fireproof cupboards for records. The existing choir vestry will be used as an organ chamber.” [Advertiser 24 Oct 1933
Two beautiful sanctuary windows from Messrs. Heaton, Butler, & Bayne, London, are to be dedicated in S. Cuthbert’s Church, Prospect, by the Rector (Rev. W. H. Johnson), on Sunday morning, September 19. They are in memory of the late Mr. John Barker, and his son, Mr. A. E. Barker. [Register 11 Sep 1926]
Watchtower
Jehovah's Witness properties
55 Prospect Street on the near left
117 Adams Street on the near right
81 Prospect Street on the far left
77 Sands Street on the far right
I've seen abandoned housing projects in other cities before, but never here in New York City. This is one of three buildings of modest size and height that are completely empty.
The windows have been taken out, doorways are gated, the playgrounds, gardens and basketball courts surrounding them are in dis-repair. Even the parking lots are gated.
I have no idea what happened here, but I am curious. From the looks of things, it might not have been such a bad place to live.
Cherry Blossom Trees in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has more than 200 cherry trees of forty-two Asian species and cultivated varieties, making it one of the foremost cherry-viewing sites outside of Japan. Cherry trees are found on the Cherry Esplanade and Cherry Walk, in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, and in many other locations in the Garden.