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Robert the Bruce - Wetherspoons pub. Dumfries, Scotland.
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh in the south of Scotland, located in the region of Dumfries and Galloway. The town is situated on the banks of the River Nith, and has a rich history and cultural heritage.
Dumfries was an important trading centre in medieval times, and played a key role in Scotland's wars of independence. The town's most famous resident was the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who spent the last years of his life in Dumfries and is buried in the local churchyard.
Today, visitors to Dumfries can explore the town's many historic landmarks and attractions. These include the ruins of Dumfries Castle, which dates back to the 13th century and played an important role in Scottish history; the Burns Mausoleum, where Robert Burns is buried; and the Robert Burns Centre, which houses a museum dedicated to the poet's life and works.
Other popular attractions in Dumfries include the Dock Park, a beautiful public park with gardens, play areas, and sports facilities; the Dumfries Museum, which offers a fascinating insight into the history of the town and the wider region; and the Theatre Royal, a restored Victorian theatre that hosts a wide range of performances and events throughout the year.
Dumfries is also a great base for exploring the surrounding countryside, which is home to a wealth of natural beauty, including rolling hills, rugged coastline, and tranquil lochs. Visitors can enjoy a range of outdoor activities, such as hiking, fishing, and cycling, as well as explore the many picturesque villages and towns that dot the landscape.
1860s Arsenal Buildings
Esquimalt Harbour -Originally constructed by the Royal Navy the buildings are slowly being restored.
During the war, the tunnels of Piccadilly Circus were used to store expensive works of art from the London museums and galleries, unknown to anyone until they were unearthed after the war. Here an old photograph shows them being carried out during rush hour, and note the guy carrying this expensive artwork .. with a lit cigarette in his hand!!
Taken at the annual Spring Grove car show held in Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This beauty has been restored to it's original condition other than a few power upgrades to the flathead motor. Many like this one have been chopped rather than restored. I would think it would do well in a concours de elegance show. Althought ai can't blame the owner on a hot day like this was, but from my point of view as a photographer, it sure is a shame it was parked under some trees which cast some unwanted shadows on it. I would love to get it in a different place, but you have to do whatever is necessary to get the shot before the car gets away never to be seen again.
Built in 1894-95, this Beaux Arts-style ten-story skyscraper was designed by Edward B. Green and William S. Wicks for Robert G. Dun and Company, a business credit rating agency. The building was the first skyscraper in Buffalo, and was clad in orange-brown buff brick with decorative terra cotta trim, one-over-one windows, decorative brick window trim, decorative surrounds at the first floor entry doors on the Pearl Street facade with transoms featuring roman lattice motif, two-story curtain walls with metal spandrels on the first and second floors of the Pearl Street facade, oxeye windows above the entry doors, a rusticated third floor brick exterior, a series of large arched recessed bays with triple windows topped with arched windows between the fourth and seventh floors on the building’s principal facades, with metal spandrel panels and pilasters, two elliptical oxeye windows on the seventh floor of the Pearl Street facade, flanking the central arched window, multiple small cornices, and a red brick scar left where the cornice at the top of the building was removed in the late 20th Century. The building is listed as a historic landmark by the City of Buffalo, and saw its exterior and common spaces mostly restored in the 1980s, though the cornice remains missing.
Newly restored Greater Manchester Transport 4002, ANE2T, a Leyland Titan TN15, seen at the Manchester Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, at the SELNEC 40 event. Shiny!
A picture of 4002 in service can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/sloopjonb/3836516894/in/set-7215761...
This photo was ranked amongst the "World's Best Photo of Malaysia"
After an amazing 41 years and over 5.3 million cars, the Rover Mini finally ended production on the 4th of October 2000. The story does not end here however - A new "MINI" arrived to much fanfare and a new generation of fans - and the "Classic" Mini retains a HUGE following from its fans around the world. Long live the Mini! Mini World and Mini Resources are two links I can suggest to you guys to start your reading.
Wonder why all this fuss about Mini? Well, I practically grew up in one. And please look as what it might have looked like before the restoration, a parody by a good friend CS Wong
Gears: Nikon D50, Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI
Location: Kampung Cina (Chinatown), Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
The article below originated from:
Traditional Building Magazine
Updated: Jan 6, 2020
Original: Feb 2, 2016
Originally built in 1916, the Palm Beach courthouse was a tour de force of Neoclassical architecture. The architect Wilber Burt Talley designed a granite base, brick and stone façades, soaring Indiana limestone columns and Corinthian capitals that held up triangle pediments, and a dentil molding below the cornice. The four-story, 40,000-sq.ft. the building housed the county government offices and records, as well as the jail.
Almost immediately the courthouse ran out of space, and 11 years later an addition was constructed 25 feet to the east. Talley again served as the courthouse architect, and the 1927 addition was similar in appearance and used many of the same materials as the original building. In 1955, the two buildings were connected with usable rooms to accommodate the growing county.
Yet another addition was required in the late ’60s; it was completed in 1969. The architecture firm Edge & Powell delivered a brick building that nearly doubled the square footage to 180,000 sq. ft. This time, the addition was less than sympathetic. In fact, the 1916 and 1927 buildings were lost in the center of the new construction, which wrapped around them completely.
The building was utilized for 36 years in this configuration, until 1995, when a new courthouse opened across the street. Expansions had plagued the 1916 courthouse almost as soon as it was built, and this was no exception. “After the new courthouse opened, the old one was slated for demolition,” says Rick Gonzales, Jr., AIA, CEO and principal at REG Architects. “Since I knew about the 1916 courthouse, I recognized the potential of the site and got in touch with preservation specialists in the area. It took some time, but a group of us eventually convinced the county to fund a feasibility study, which we conducted in 2002.”
Gonzales talks about stimulating interest in the project: “We would go to the new courthouse to sell our idea and walk people up to the windows to look at the old site,” he says.
“‘Believe it or not, there’s a building inside that building,’ I’d say. That really piqued people’s interest.”
The county agreed to fund the project, and demolition of the additions began in January 2004 and was completed two years later. “It took a long time because it was a selective demolition,” says Gonzales. “We needed to be careful to salvage many of the materials from the 1927 building to use in the restoration of the 1916 structure. It resembled the original, so we took everything we could for reuse.” A number of materials were recovered, including limestone, granite, wood windows, doors, marble wainscot, mosaic floor tiles, wood flooring, trim, and hardware.
While a majority of the materials were the same from building to building, the detailing was not identical. “We were working from the drawings of the 1927 building because we couldn’t find drawings for the earlier structure,” says Gonzales. “We had thought the detailing was the same, but when we put our studies together we saw that the rhythm, proportion, and cornices were different.”
When REG Architects couldn’t apply the 1927 documentation to the restoration, the firm examined what was remaining of the building and the few images that had survived. “For a while, we had no cornice pieces, because all of the exterior ornamentations had been destroyed when the façades were smoothed for the addition,” says Gonzales. “Then a contractor found a 16-in. piece, which we used to re-create the cornice line.”
Other elements that needed to be re-created, such as the granite and limestone porticos on the north, south, and west façades, were designed using historic photographs. “We found limestone with the same vein from the same Indiana quarry that was originally used,” says Gonzales. “We were extremely lucky in that the quarry ran out of that vein right after our order.” REG Architects was also able to match the granite.
Many components of the building were salvaged and restored. The cornerstones were restored and placed in their original locations at the northwest corner. The 12 Corinthian capitals and the load-bearing limestone columns – each of which weighs 30,600 lbs. – were pieced back together and repaired. “Placement of the capitals was especially tedious,” says Gonzales, “because it needed to be precise. They were then secured with pegs and glue.”
On the north, south, and west elevations, the brick was restored and, when necessary, replaced. “We couldn’t locate replacement brick with the same hues as the existing brick hues,” says Gonzales, “so we hired artists to stain it so that it blended with the original brick.” On the east elevation, REG Architects specified new brick so the new façade clearly stood out from the old ones.
To the same point, new hurricane-proof wood windows were chosen for the east elevation, while REG Architects was careful to preserve as many old windows as possible on the other elevations. Hedrick Brothers repaired 76 original wood windows as well as the window hardware. “We found a local manufacturer, Coastal Millwork of Riviera Beach, FL, to get the original windows tested for hurricane-preparedness,” says Gonzales. “The company reinforced and laminated the windows, so we were able to reinstall them.”
The crowning achievement of the exterior work was the re-creation of an eagle crest on the west pediment.
Based on a small postcard and images of other eagle crests, Ontario, Canada-based Traditional Cut Stone designed the crest for Palm Beach. “They created a small scale model and then a full-scale model in clay,” says Gonzales. “The final piece, which took five months to produce, was hand-carved from five pieces of Indiana limestone.” Traditional Cut Stone was also responsible for all of the limestone work on the building. REG Architects based much of its interior design on the Desoto County Courthouse in Arcadia, FL, which was built by Talley in 1913.
“The dilemma about the interiors was that there was little archival material and few original photographs to give a precise vision for the interiors,” says Gonzales. “Emphasis was placed on trying to restore the character of the main courtroom and the main interior public spaces.” The main courtroom on the third and fourth floors was especially aided by the Desoto research. The millwork was re-created and the plaster ceiling and moldings, maple flooring, doors, and door hardware were restored. Replica lighting was fabricated.
Architectural elements in the corridors and staircases received similar treatment. Hendrick Brothers uncovered the original mosaic flooring and had it repaired. Only five percent of the tile needed to be replaced; in these cases, matching tile from the 1927 building was used. About 80 percent of the marble wainscoting was salvaged, while the other 20 percent was replaced with matching marble from the original quarry. Wood doors and door hardware were salvaged and reused.
All of the building code upgrades – including efficient HVAC, fire protection, and hurricane protection – were hidden as much as possible with historic finishes. The alley elevation provided an ADA-accessible entrance and space for elevators.
The newly restored Palm Beach County Court House now accommodates a museum for the historical society, as well as offices for the County’s Public Affairs Department and County Attorney. “People say this project was an alignment of the stars,” says Gonzales. “It was. We were lucky to have the opportunity to save this building, we worked with a lot of great people, and it turned out well. It was a great labor of love.” TB
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.traditionalbuilding.com/projects/courthouse-unwrapped
downtownwpb.com/things-to-do/history-museum-and-restored-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Pat_Johnson_Palm_Beach_...
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A couple of quick scenes for an ongoing storyline in Brethren of the Brick Seas on Eurobricks. Both scenes recycle older builds of mine and are for the purpose of illustrating the story only.
In Museum Mauritshuis The Hague, The Lamentation of Christ (c.1460-1464) by Rogier van der Weyden is being restored in a specially built studio in the exhibition space of the Museum.
The restoration project in public includes a very special loan: Rogier van der Weyden’s Entombment of Christ (1460-1464). This painting comes from the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.
More of the restoration and the paintings at:
johanphoto.blogspot.com/2018/08/rogier-van-der-weyden-ont...
A section of the recently restored 2nd-century Roman theatre, which is a famous landmark in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
On the Zijkanaal, Amsterdam North. Last time I walked passed here which was probably 5 years ago this crane was in pieces behind some fencing.
Looks good what has been done to it.
Also a new bridge just along from it.
Wakehurst Place. The house is completely wrapped in fireproof cladding so that work can be undertaken in repairing the roof. The public were able to access a viewing platform to see the work and to have a view over the gardens.
81/123 pictures in 2023: Preservation of a building
This Mobil service station, built in 1936, is located in Ellensburg Washington. It was restored by Bruce Crossett, and named after him. A cannabis store now occupies the service station office.
For more information on Ellensburg:
Preserved ex London United Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer DPS689 (SN03LFE) arrives at the Alton Bus Rally, having been excellently restored on the exterior.
US Sugar's immaculately-restored ALCO Pacific #148 runs southbound past one of the many sugar cane loading facilities which dot this industrial railroad. This particular site is located in Palmdale, Florida. Yes, US Sugar is developing a steam tourist operation, but first and foremost, this is a working railroad, which hauls sugar cane from the fields to the processing mills. As cane is harvested, it is typically placed in wagons or trucks and brought from the fields to loading facilities such as this one. Special cane cars are then brought into the siding, past the loading dock, and one by one, are filled with raw cane. Most of these facilities appear to use some sort of winch mechanism to pull the string of cars during the loading operation. Diesel electric locomotives then bring the trains to US Sugar's processing mill, which is a massive facility just south of the City of Clewiston. As I understand it, ALL cane is brought to the mill by rail. There are no truck terminals on site. Cane load-out sites like the one pictured here are located all over the railroad.
The restored home will become the visitor center for Robinson Perserve in NW Manatee County, it was moved by barge down the Manatee river to its present location. Captured as a summer thunderstorm rolls in.
Explore Front Page 2010-09-18
This is the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood along the Griboedov Canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The name refers to the blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was assassinated here, on the 13th of March 1881, by anarchist conspirators. In 1883 Tsar Alexander III began the construction of the church as a memorial to his father. Work progressed slowly and the church was not completed until 1907. Architecturally the church differs from Saint Petersburg's other churches and cathedrals that predominantly are built in Baroque and Neoclassic style. The Savior on Blood harks back to medieval Russian architecture in the spirit of romantic nationalism. It intentionally resembles the 17th-century Yaroslavl churches and the celebrated Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the church was ransacked and looted, badly damaging its interior. The Soviet government closed the church in the early 1930’s. After the Second World War, it was used as a warehouse for vegetables, leading to the sardonic name of “Savior on Potatoes”.
In 1970, management of the Church passed to Saint Isaac's Cathedral (then used as a highly profitable museum) and proceeds from the Cathedral were funnelled back into restoring the Church. It was reopened in 1997 but has not been reconsecrated and does not function as a full-time place of worship, it is a Museum of Mosaic. Even before the Revolution it never functioned as a public place of worship, having been dedicated exclusively to the memory of the assassinated tsar and only memorial services were held here.
HDR made from three shots with tripod, AEB -2, 0 +2. Equipment: Canon EOS 500D and EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 4.0, Photoshop Elements 7.0, Topaz Adjust 4 and Noise Ninja.
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Downbeat Magazine, New York, Feb. 1947
William P. Gottlieb, Photographer
www.loc.gov/resource/gottlieb.04251.0?r=-0.361,-0.015,1.8...
© William P. Gottlieb, 1947
© Alain Girard, Restored & Colorized, 2022
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St Monans is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately 3 miles west of Anstruther, the small community, whose inhabitants used to make their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Path. The former burgh rests on a hill overlooking the Firth of Forth, with views to North Berwick, the Bass Rock and the Isle of May. St Monans contains many historical buildings, including the now defunct windmill (which can be visited) that once powered a salt panning industry, and a 14th-century church that sits on the rocks above the water on the western side. Approximately 1⁄2 mile west of St Monans are the remains of Newark Castle, a 16th-century manor that has since fallen to ruin through cliff erosion and disrepair. In 2002, with the permission of Historic Scotland, an unsuccessful attempt to restore the castle was made. [Wikipedia]
Calke is a bit different from most National Trust properties in so much as it is not restored but allowed to decay gracefully over the course of time.
VIA 6309 was cosmetically restored last year and entered the Angus Pavillion (Exporail's main building) last fall.
My project today. Using the "piggyback" method to diagnose which RAM chip is faulty in a very old computer.
A beautiful house begging to be restored.
Getsemani Neighborhood, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Back in the 2000s, Getsemani was considered a dangerous area, but its historic streets have transformed over time into the city’s official backpacker quarter. Hip hostels and artsy cafés have popped up to serve those who are not traveling on the luxury budget that the Old City demands. Getsemani also now has its own raging nightlife scene, much of it fuelled by its homegrown but African-rooted Champeta music, and houses some of the city’s top restaurants.
theculturetrip.com/south-america/colombia/articles/street...
These seven photos continue my documentation of our camping trip.
We took a side trip to the airport in Dubois, Idaho to see the recently restored 1920's airmail beacon, arrow, and control shack. It turned out beautiful. You can see pre-restoration photos in my Giant Concrete Arrows album.
This former Santa Fe GE B40-8W was acquired by Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, who is in the process of restoring it to its original Warbonnet paint scheme. During our guided tour of the former Rock Island shops at RRHMA's "Summer of Safety" Open House, we were given a chance to see and learn about the locomotive's progress, which includes body work prior to a new coat of red and silver paint. 6/29/24.
The Sainte-Chapelle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʃapɛl], Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France.
Begun some time after 1238 and consecrated on 26 April 1248, the Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion relics, including Christ's Crown of Thorns—one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom.
Along with the Conciergerie, the Sainte-Chapelle is one of the earliest surviving buildings of the Capetian royal palace on the Île de la Cité. Although damaged during the French Revolution, and restored in the 19th century, it has one of the most extensive 13th-century stained glass collections anywhere in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Chapelle
To be honest, I had never heard of this church, and I had been to Paris twice. It’s really stunning, fascinating.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives. In bills passed by Congress during its construction, it was referred to as the Hoover Dam, after President Herbert Hoover, but was named Boulder Dam by the Roosevelt administration. In 1947, the name Hoover Dam was restored by Congress.
Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques used were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction, with 7 million tourists a year. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
Source: hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/hoover-dam
85 years after its completion, Hoover dam is still considered an engineering marvel. It is named in honor of President Herbert Hoover, who played a crucial role in its creation.
For many years, residents of the American southwest sought to tame the unpredictable Colorado River. Disastrous floods during the early 1900’s led residents of the area to look to the federal government for aid, and experiments with irrigation on a limited scale had shown that this arid region could be transformed into fertile cropland, if only the river could be controlled. The greatest obstacle to the construction of such a dam was the allocation of water rights among the seven states comprising the Colorado River drainage basin. Meetings were held in 1918, 1919 and 1920, but the states could not reach a consensus.
Herbert Hoover had visited the Lower Colorado region in the years before World War I and was familiar with its problems and the potential for development. Upon becoming Secretary of Commerce in 1921, Hoover proposed the construction of a dam on the Colorado River. In addition to flood control and irrigation, it would provide a dependable supply of water for Los Angeles and Southern California. The project would be self-supporting, recovering its cost through the sale of hydroelectric power generated by the dam.
In 1921, the state legislatures of the Colorado River basin authorized commissioners to negotiate an interstate agreement. Congress authorized President Harding to appoint a representative for the federal government to serve as chair of the Colorado River Commission and on December 17, 1921, Harding appointed Hoover to that role.
When the commission assembled in Santa Fe in November 1922, the seven states still disagreed over the fair distribution of water. The upstream states feared that the downstream states, with their rapidly developing agricultural and power demands, would quickly preempt rights to the water by the “first in time, first in right” doctrine. Hoover suggested a compromise that the water be divided between the upper and lower basins without individual state quotas. The resulting Colorado River Compact was signed on November 24, 1922. It split the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding amongst themselves how the water would be allocated.
A series of bills calling for Federal funding to build the dam were introduced by Congressman Phil D. Swing and Senator Hiram W. Johnson between 1922 and 1928, all of which were rejected. The last Swing-Johnson bill, titled the Boulder Canyon Project Act, was largely written by Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work. Congress finally agreed, and the bill was signed into law on December 21, 1928 by President Coolidge. The dream was about to become reality.
On June 25, 1929, less than four months after his inauguration, President Herbert Hoover signed a proclamation declaring the Colorado River Compact effective at last. Appropriations were approved and construction began in 1930. The dam was dedicated in 1935 and the hydroelectric generators went online in 1937. In 1947, Congress officially "restored" Hoover's name to the dam, after FDR's Secretary of the Interior tried to remove it. Hoover Dam was built for a cost of $49 million (approximately $1 billion adjusted for inflation). The power plant and generators cost an additional $71 million, more than the cost of the dam itself. The sale of electrical power generated by the dam paid back its construction cost, with interest, by 1987.
Today the Hoover Dam controls the flooding of the Colorado River, irrigates more than 1.5 million acres of land, and provides water to more than 16 million people. Lake Mead supports recreational activities and provides habitats to fish and wildlife. Power generated by the dam provides energy to power over 500,000 homes. The Hoover Compromise still governs how the water is shared.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Nevada) "نيفادا" "内华达州" "नेवादा" "ネバダ" "네바다" "Невада"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Hoover Dam) "سد هوفر" "胡佛水坝" "हूवर बांध" "フーバーダム" "후버 댐" "Гувера" "Presa Hoover"