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Canon Eos 30, Fomapan 400. Stand developed in Bellini Euro HC, 1+100, 60 minutes and scanned with an Epson V600.
Not the normal class 60 on the Robeston Sdgs to Westerleigh Puma Dbc , but 66133 .running past Plumbers Brook at Lydney.
Second in my new series of 16 CMF vignettes is the series 9 plumber. And the poor guy has been called upon to fix a clogged up toilet...
Because we all love to build toilets out of Lego, right? I thought about having some creature coming out of the toilet, but ended up settling for a more calm version of just being filled with water.
This could have so many titles honestly.
Here's some old-school-ish figs from The Super Mario Bros Movie, an absolutely underrated gem that everyone should watch at least once.
I know that sounds like sarcasm, but legit, I love this movie and everything in it. Drunk Bob Hoskins? Fantastic animatronics? Absurdist humor? a complex, immersive world? Dennis Hopper as Donald Trump? This movie has all that and more.
The figs are pretty self-explanatory. I know Luigi doesn't have a mustache in the movie, but these two heads were too good to pass up.
Anyways, that's all for now.
Monkey.
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In 1925, Florida’s population was 75,000—a third of whom were said to be real estate agents. The population of cities throughout Florida was growing faster than the existing infrastructures could handle. For example, Miami’s population was growing so fast that officials there took measures to avert famine. There were frequent ice shortages and public utilities were hard-pressed to keep up the demand for electricity, gas, and phone service. Real estate advertising in the local Miami Daily News swelled to 504 pages.
Clearwater was seeing a similar boom, with accommodations at a premium. The city needed a large, luxury hotel in the heart of downtown.
Through the careful planning and financing of Ed Haley, the construction of the Fort Harrison began in 1925. Over the next year and a half, the local newspaper ran stories about the hotel’s progress. Large ads placed in the same paper informed locals about a large number of new residents that the project was brought to the town—including skilled construction workers, plumbers, and electricians.
The Fort Harrison officially opened in December of 1926 with a large dinner and dance in what would become the Crystal Ballroom. From that point forward, it became a social and cultural center for Clearwater. Most recently, the Fort Harrison has again become a popular location for weddings receptions, banquets, and other special events. In addition to the renovated and restored Crystal Ballroom and Auditorium, the gardens and poolside pavilion are also popular venues for these occasions.
The photographic history also highlights the World War II era in Clearwater. The Fort Harrison billeted the 588th Army Airborne Squadron, but soldiers from all over the country stayed there while receiving military training. In seeing the photos, one can almost hear the echo of the soldier’s feet as they ran off to muster in front of the Pinellas County Courthouse in the early hours of the morning.
The post-war years through the 1950s marked an era of growth and prosperity for Florida’s west coast, including Clearwater. In response to a development boom, U.S. Highway 19 leading into Clearwater from the north was widened, and in 1954 the Sunshine Skyway was constructed, an engineering marvel of a bridge creating another link to the city from the outside world.
It was also during this time in the 1950s that the Fort Harrison was the springtime home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
The hotel, then run by the Jack Tar Corporation, would undergo many changes and modernizations over the next 15 years, and by the 1960s it was being touted as a major convention center and a “Brilliantly Modern Motor Hotel.”
As described in the informative booklet, the Fort Harrison also played in the history of rock’n’roll (Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones wrote the rock classic “Satisfaction” while staying there in 1965) and the beginnings of the Clearwater Jazz Holiday (jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie performed in the hotel during the early 1970s).
But into the 1970s, new housing developments and shopping malls on the city’s outskirts drew people from the city center and the pace of life in downtown Clearwater slowed. The Fort Harrison was not surviving as a commercial hotel and its owners decided to sell it off.
The building, purchased by the Church of Scientology in 1975, has since been restored to its original grandeur and beyond. While originally serving as the base of the Church’s international religious retreat, facilities are now once again open to the public, continuing its tradition as a valuable community asset.
The display and booklet—“The Fort Harrison: Celebrating Seventy-Five years of Heritage and Tradition”—commemorates in pictures and words the history of this Clearwater landmark, which mirrors the very history of the city.
The Clearwater and Pinellas County Historical Societies, the Tampa Library, and local residents provided stories and photos for this 20-page publication. A limited number of copies are available at no cost by writing to Downtown Relations Director, 503 Cleveland St., Clearwater, Florida, 33755.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.scientology-fso.org/directions.html
www.freedommag.org/english/cw/iss15/page07.htm
www.emporis.com/buildings/130200/fort-harrison-hotel-clea...
www.scientology-fso.org/history-of-clearwater/boomtime-th...
www.hisour.com/historicist-architecture-33793/#:~:text=Hi....
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