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Harrington, Washington
Hotel Lincoln is located in Harrington, Washington. It is an historic 1902 hotel and is in the process of rehabilitation. It is on the local, state, and national register of historic places. I grew in the same town and my parents owned a different hotel 1/4 mile away.
Old rail equipment waiting for restoration, or maybe to just be used for parts.
Niles Canyon Railway maintenance facility near Sunol, California.
One thing that always amazes me is seeing these locomotives in person. It's hard to grasp how big they are until you are standing next to them and trying to photograph it!
This unit was restored just a few years later back to it's original paint colors. I'll post a photo I took in the comments below.
Former Algers, Winslow and Western Railway #4
1947 Alco RS1
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Indiana Railway Museum
French Lick, Indiana
About a 2 mile trek around the whole park. Part of it encircles a lake area which makes a great place for bird watching. HFF!
I believe that, sometimes, you can see ART "already" even if the piece is still not yet finished ;)
For the finished piece=> www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-RESTORATION/980307/8639235...
Ravenswood,
It is 100killometers south of Townsville an old Gold Mining township from around 1902.
These old chairs were awaiting restoration, but for the moment there discarded at the Railway Hotel.
We were pulling out of a small parking area after taking this shot www.flickr.com/photos/17469730@N00/52976731535/in/album-7... when I spotted the top of this building, I needed to investigate and found this lovely scene with these lovely trees and the backdrop of Canola fields and the Cheviot hills in the distance. As we left it rained so heavy I had to pull over. We were far off the beaten track and had found a few compositions in what felt like a remote area .
Carousel Horse Restoration work in progress on this authentic vintage carousel horse found in North Carolina.
Quedlinburg liegt im nördlichen Harzvorland durchschnittlich 123 m ü. NN, 50 km südwestlich der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg.
Quedlinburg wurde 922 urkundlich zum ersten Mal erwähnt.Die Stadt trat 1384 dem Niedersächsischen Städtebund und 1426 dem Hansebund bei.
Obwohl es im 2. Weltkrieg kaum nennenswerte Kriegszerstörungen gab, reichten die Bemühungen durch die DDR von 1949-1990 bei weitem nicht aus, den drohenden natürlichen Verfall der Altstadt zu stoppen. Die ursprünglichen Planungen der DDR in den 1960er Jahren, die historische Altstadt vollständig niederzureißen und durch einen zentralen Platz und sozialistische Plattenbauten zu ersetzen, scheiterten an Geldmangel.
Quedlinburgs architektonisches Erbe steht seit 1994 auf der UNESCO-Liste des Weltkulturerbes und macht die Stadt zu einem der größten Flächendenkmale in Deutschland.
Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994, the castle, church and old town were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
It was first mentioned as a town in 922
The Quedlinburg castle complex, founded by King Henry I and built up by Emperor Otto I in 936, was an imperial Pfalz of the Saxon emperors.
The town became a member of the Hanseatic League in 1426.
Quedlinburg was administered within Bezirk Halle while part of the Communist East Germany from 1949 to 1990.
Today, Quedlinburg is a center of restoration of half-tibred houses.
(Wikipedia)
Looking across buttes in Valley of the Gods towards Monument Valley with the early morning light filtered by a light cloud cover. This region exudes a spiritual grace, not surprisingly as a place of habitation by indigenous peoples for at least the last 12,000 years as well as a popular destination for many seeking peace in the empty raw landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.
Valley of the Gods is likely to be formally reincorporated into the Bears Ears National Monument with recent actions by President Biden, reversing the previous administration's drastic shrinking of the monument established by President Obama.
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I do not look at statistics all that often, but I did recently. I saw that just a couple weeks ago or so I had passed 3 million views. Which gave me pause for reflection. I first joined Flickr in 2007. I did not do anything with it for the first year, but as I started figuring out what it was about, I became more active. Since that time, I have shared 1000 photos.
I have enjoyed my interaction with other photographers from all over the world, loved seeing the world through their eyes. I have learned from their work and from their feedback. Awards groups, something not everyone loves, have functioned like small photo contests and have taught me a great deal. I have made friends with people I have never met in person. While not without its frustrations, Flickr has mostly been a positive experience for me, largely because of the photographers I have encountered and the work they have shared.
So thanks, all of you. Thanks for your interest in my work, your encouragement, and for sharing yourselves as you have courageously posted your own work for me to enjoy and learn from.
Here is another shot taken in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Native Americans know these mountains as a spiritually important place and I have to agree with them. I do not get out as much as I would like, but it restores me when I do. I appreciate having a place to share what I find there. Again, thanks to you all.
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Schnitger-Hinsz-orgel, in de Martinikerk
Het hoofdorgel behoort tot de bekendste en met 53 stemmen tot de grootste barokorgels ter wereld.
Het is in 1691-1692 gebouwd door Arp Schnitger, In 1728-1729 werd het orgel verder uitgebreid door Franz Caspar Schnitger, de zoon van Arp Schnitger. Omdat hij stierf werd het werk in 1730 afgemaakt door zijn meesterknecht
In de jaren zeventig werd Jürgen Ahrend uit Leer aangezocht om het orgel zoveel mogelijk terug te brengen in de staat waarin Hinsz en Struiwig het in 1740 hadden gebracht. Enkele waardevolle toevoegingen uit later tijd heeft Ahrend gehandhaafd. De restauratie duurde van 1976 tot 1984.
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Schnitger-Hinsz organ,, in the Martinikerk
The main organ belongs to the best known and with 53 votes to the largest baroque organs in the world.
It was built in 1691-1692 by Arp Schnitger, In 1728-1729 the organ was further expanded by Franz Caspar Schnitger, the son of Arp Schnitger. Because he died, the work was completed in 1730 by his master servant
In the seventies, Jürgen Ahrend from Leer was asked to return the organ as much as possible to the state in which Hinsz and Struiwig had brought it in 1740. Ahrend has retained some valuable additions from later times. The restoration lasted from 1976 to 1984.
I took notice when turning onto the street, The color, contrast, and hard shadows drew my attention and I just had to capture it as best I could.
An old tavern building restored in Ilasco Missouri. Falstaff beer was popular primarily in the St. Louis Missouri region. It never was very popular in Central Illinois. Ilasco is a ghost town that housed workers for a giant cement plant that had its heyday in the first half of the 1900’s.
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prism created by reflective light bouncing off of Chandeliers at Restoration Hardware Gallery - Leawood, KS
➣ Parcela Partagas Restoration Workshop - Relocation and rehabilitation of locomotives. Back left is the tower of Etecsa Building (telephone company). Location: Havana Chinatown, Centro Habana, Cuba.
➣ Atelier de restauration Parcela Partagas - Relocalisation et réhabilitation des locomotives. En arrière à gauche se trouve la tour du bâtiment Etecsa (compagnie de téléphone). Lieu: Quartier Chinois de La Havane, Centro Habana, Cuba.
➣ Taller de Restauración de Parcela Partagas - Reubicación y rehabilitación de locomotoras. Atrás a la izquierda está la torre del Edificio Etecsa (compañía telefónica). Ubicación: Barrio Chino de La Habana, Centro Habana, Cuba.
I imagine the bill for the scaffolding must have been huge! I hope it is sufficiently protected against the wind as I reckon it must whip over this coast during the winter months
(59/365) Best viewed Large. When we win the Euromillions (positive thinking) we'll buy this half mile long strip of land adjacent to the sea canal at Blennerville, Tralee & restore these old buildings as holiday lets. The only inhabitants right now are few old goats & Starlings (3 on the roof) looking for nest sites. Who wouldn't want to wake up to views of Otters & Cormorants feeding in the canal, huge flocks of Golden Plover wheeling overhead & the haunting cry of Curlew echoing all around. HFF everyone!
Abandoned monastery originally dating back to the early 1600's. The monastery closed in the 1800's and was later converted into the chapel of a psychiatric hospital built around the property. Fully abandoned a long with the hospital for a few decades, the roof is collapsing into the sanctuary as the local town struggles to figure out a plan for restoration.
Built as Générale de Banque, Mons, Belgium.
Design (1969): by unknown architect.
Restoration (2021): A&G Atelier d’architecture.
Now: Rosa Parks Building Université de Mons.
Vintage pick-up truck on the street in Leipers Fork TN. Across the street is Fox & Locke, a bar, restaurant and live music venue with a motorcycle oriented crowd. Place was hopping on this warm spring Sunday afternoon.
Crystal Palace Subway is a beautifully designed and crafted relic of Victorian construction. Hidden under the Crystal Palace Parade it was built to provide access to the Crystal Palace.
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass building originally erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. After the exhibition, it was rebuilt in an enlarged form at the top of Sydenham Hill. It proved a popular attraction and stood from 1854 until its destruction by fire in 1936.
Source: cpsubway.org.uk/history
This subway is going to be so impressive when it is opened to the public (and all the builder's material is removed :-) ).
Photo taken during another London Open House event.
Beekbergerwoud
The Netherlands has 20 national parks and hundreds of other nature reserves. Most are owned by Staatsbosbeheer and Natuurmonumenten and include lakes, heathland, woods, dunes and other habitats.
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the territory of the Netherlands belongs to the Eco region of Atlantic mixed forests.
In 1871 the last old original natural woods (Beekbergerwoud) were cut down, and most woods today are planted monocultures of trees like Scots Pine and trees that are not native to the Netherlands. These woods were planted on anthropogenic heaths and sand-drifts (overgrazed heaths) (Veluwe).
For a long time the Beekbergerwoud has been known as the last `primaeval` woodland of the Netherlands.
Natuurmonumenten started in 2006 with the restoration of the area and tries to gain back a little of the fairytale wilderness.
Nutrient-poor and crystal clear water wells up at some places and there are still rare plants from the former swamp present. Seeds of native trees and plants are still in the ground and can sprout again.
Sources:
- a few poor translated lines from www.natuurmonumenten.nl/beekbergerwoud
- www.pieterwielick.com/info-the-netherlands.html
Beekbergerwoud
10 juni 2013, natuur in wording. Even ten zuiden van Apeldoorn ligt het Beekbergerwoud. Ooit het laatste oerbos van Nederland, ontwikkelt dit vroegere agrarische gebied zich al weer aardig tot een gevarieerd natuurgebied waar je heerlijk kunt wandelen. Zo’n 8.000 jaar bleef het Beekbergerwoud ongeschonden. Totdat in 1871 tot de laatste boom werd geveld. Er kwam een agrarisch gebied met weilanden en akkers. Natuurmonumenten is in 2006 begonnen met herstel van het gebied en probeert daarbij iets van de sprookjesachtige wildernis terug te brengen. Je kunt in het Beekbergerwoud wandelen vanaf de parkeerplaats aan de Woudweg in Klarenbeek. Helder water Een bijzonder natuurgebied om te beleven, want de omstandigheden voor unieke natuur zijn nog altijd aanwezig: Er welt op een aantal plaatsen kraakhelder, voedselarm water uit de bodem op. En zijn nog steeds zeldzame planten uit het voormalige moerasbos aanwezig. Zaden van oorspronkelijke bomen en planten zaten nog in de grond en kunnen weer ontkiemen. Verbinding met IJsseldelta Het herstel houdt in dat het schone welwater beter in het gebied blijft staan. Op een aantal bulten zijn al zoete kers, zomereik, haagbeuk en winterlinde geplant. Meer werkzaamheden zullen volgen, met als doel dat het Beekbergerwoud een aanwinst is voor de Nederlandse natuur. Een onmisbare schakel die de Veluwe als vanouds met de IJsseldelta verbindt. Zodat planten, zoogdieren, vogels, reptielen en amfibieën zich beter over grote afstand kunnen verplaatsen.
“And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, 'Good fences make good neighbors.' ”
Passive dune restoration at...
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
7 July 2023.
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▶ How the dune fencing appeared two years earlier, before restoration: here.
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The long derelict New York, Ontario and Western (O&W) depot in Middletown, NY is finally being restored after several years of post-fire abandonment. The north tower had to be demolished. The building will provide office space for community services.
The bus mall in Hobart, Tasmania. This is through the scaffolding for the restoration work that is happening to the iconic GPO building.
If you have some spare cash (and lots of it these days) you can restore this house to its former glory. Mind you, whatever it costs to buy this property, you'll have to spend equally as much in the restoration.
P.S. As someone who doesn't own a smart phone and prefers to leave the world behind on my walks, I'm always fascinated to observe that 98% of people can't walk without looking at their device. Perhaps its a fear this world will leave them behind if they do. I look at it the other way. This is merely a world of convenience. The way to peace lies inwards. As C.S. Lewis wrote in the final book of his Narnia Chronicles, "Further up, and further in." That requires reflection, and some inner restoration..