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An old, abandoned two room schoolhouse, since converted to one room. After I finished shooting in and around the building, a gentleman drove up and stopped to chat. He actually went to school here. He took horse and buggy or horse and sleigh to school! How cool is that! Too bad it was so cold, cause we could have chatted for hours. The info I gleemd from him though was golden! A definite must revisit in warmer weather!
The Hotel Boulderado is located at 13th and Spruce St. in downtown Boulder, Colorado. It opened its doors on New Year's Day 1909. The original 1908 Otis Elevator is still in operation.
As one of the first Boulder hotels, it is located in the heart of downtown. The hotel's name comes from the words "Boulder" and "Colorado" so no guest would forget where they had stayed. The hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (#94001226)
Hotel Boulderado is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Hotel Boulderado houses three restaurants. Located off of the main lobby are Spruce Farm and Fish, a fine-dining restaurant, and the Corner Bar, a more casual eatery. The basement contains a speakeasy-style bar, License No. 1, which recently replaced Catacombs. All three restaurants share a kitchen.
The Hotel Boulderado appears in Stephen King's novel Misery.
History
In 1905, Boulder was home to 8,000 residents, the University of Colorado, one of the Chautauqua cultural and educational resorts, and twenty-six automobiles. Residents called the city the "Athens of the West." As a new-forged railroad hub, the city did have some hotels to accommodate visitors, but in December 1905, the city council launched the "hotel proposition," furthered by the Boulder newspaper, the Daily Camera. Committees from Boulder's Commercial Association raised funds in the form of $100 subscriptions, and the Boulder Hotel Company was formed, which owned the hotel until 1939.
The hotel was opened with a Gala Ball on New Year's Eve of 1908. The first guests checked in on New Years Day, 1909. The first guest register is still on display in the main lobby, and the modern hotel still commemorates their opening every year with a New Year's Eve Gala Ball, voted the #1 Place to Celebrate New Year's Eve by Downtown Boulder readers.
Ghost Sightings
It is said that Room 347 at Hotel Boulderado is haunted and has had many ghost sightings throughout the years. Many guests have complained that the water has turned on sporadically throughout the night.
(Wikipedia)
This house, along with the Conover Barn, sits with the Britannia Schoolhouse and Farmhouse on 200 acres in the middle of the City of Mississauga. The property was given to the Board of Education in the 1830's as a farm which would produce enough revenue to keep the school going. It's amazing the school board has been able to hold on to the property at a time when values are skyrocketing. The land and buildings are now used as an Educational Field Centre with a variety of programs to teach children about cultural, agricultural and ecological heritage.
I drive by it all the time and am continually astonished that such a property exists in an urban/suburban area. There are apartment buildings, office towers, stores and masses of houses surrounding this heritage oasis.
So I've tried photographing this many times but each time I would get home, look at the pictures and recognize that something just wasn't right. It finally occurred to me that the house generally appears 'dead'. It's not lived in nor is it often open to the public so the pictures always looked lifeless .....even if the light was good.
On the day I shot this, I was headed down to the lakeshore with my camera and for the first time I saw the door open as well as the truck parked to the side which gave the appearance of something happening. It looked alive and I just had to try again.
Now usually there's no way to stop on Hwy 10 to get a photograph and I knew by the time I found a place to put the car that door would probably be shut. However, on this particular day there was a police car in the right lane, red lights flashing, having stopped someone for some kind of traffic violation.
Instead of passing the officer, I pulled right in behind him, fired off a couple of shots (with the camera that is) and drove off quickly before he decided he was being gifted with a morning ticket bonanza.
As an aside, while I was reading about this property there was a history of Mississauga. I'm so used to the name I'd forgotten that the name comes from the peoples who originally inhabited this area.
Explored February 9, 2017
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The Belen Hotel located on Becker Avenue, Belen in the County of Valencia. Built in 1907 by German immigrant Mrs. Bertha Rutz for railroaders and other rail guests. She ran the hotel until her death in 1953.
Now a residence and art gallery.
The red brick façades of typically Dutch buildings in downtown Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Lichte Gaard Street.
A winter night after a light snowfall in Portland's Old Port. Six-image panorama.
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Another windmill shot, I liked the contrast of the red bricks against the green surroundings and the rather dramatic sky.
The last photo on the castle in Malbork and the river Nogat. There were a lot of things to watch :)
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, the largest Gothic castle complex in the world, is a 13th-century Teutonic castle and fortress located near the town of Malbork on the river Nogat in Poland. It was originally constructed by the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. In 1457, during the Thirteen Years’ War, it was sold by the Bohemian mercenaries to King Casimir IV of Poland in lieu of indemnities and it since served as one of the several Polish royal residences and the seat of Polish offices and institutions, interrupted by several years of Swedish occupation, and fulfilling this function until the First Partition of Poland in 1772. From then on the castle was under German rule for over 170 years until 1945. The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, on its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997.
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Ostatni rzut oka na zamek w Malborku i rzekę Nogat. Było tam co oglądać :)
Zamek w Malborku – jeden z największych zamków na świecie, położony na prawym brzegu Nogatu, wzniesiony w kilku etapach od 1280 do poł. XV w. przez zakon krzyżacki. Początkowo konwentualna siedziba komtura, od 1309 po przeniesieniu przez Siegfrieda von Feuchtwangena stolicy zakonu do Malborka, siedziba wielkich mistrzów zakonu krzyżackiego i władz Prus Zakonnych do 1457, w latach 1457–1772 rezydencja królów Polski, od 1466 siedziba władz Prus Królewskich, od 1568 siedziba Komisji Morskiej, w 1772 zajęty przez administrację Królestwa Prus i zdewastowany w latach 1773–1804; rekonstruowany w latach 1817–1842 i 1882–1944, zniszczony w 1945, ponownie rekonstruowany od 1947; w 1949 wpisany do rejestru zabytków, w 1994 uznany za pomnik historii, w 1997 wpisany na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO jako jeden z najznakomitszych przykładów średniowiecznej architektury obronno-rezydencyjnej w Europie Środkowej. Od 1961 zamek jest siedzibą Muzeum Zamkowego w Malborku.
In EXPLORE 19 March 2022, # 72 :)
Eine etwas andere Ansicht von Schloss Ulrichshusen. Die niedrige Aufnahmeposition und der dunkle Stein im Vordergrund verstärken den Blick von unten auf das Schloss und verleihen ihm eine beinahe monumentale Wirkung. Das abendliche Sonnenlicht zeichnet einzelne helle Flächen auf Fassade und Hügel, die in der Schwarzweißumsetzung zu grafischen Elementen werden.
Aufgenommen mit der Fujifilm GFX100 II und dem Fujinon GF 20–35 mm f/4 bei 33 mm und Blende 11.
Looking down Princess Street, a side road off the High Street towards the Grade II Listed LeTalls windmill, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
LeTalls windmill was built sometime before 1839. It originally had 5 or 6 sails, the sails were destroyed in a storm in 1863, not replaced and the mill was then powered by steam power (which had previously been a secondary power source introduced in the 1840s). The last milling took place in 1967 after which it was sold and used for grain drying and storage. It was converted into the Crown Mill apartments in 1990. Princess Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Princess Street was oiginally a private road called Salthouse Lane with terraced housing, it was adopted by the Lincoln Corporation on 21 June 1860 and renamed Princess Street. It was widened in 1886 on the south side. The terraced housing was removed and replaced by the present houses after the 1960s.
Under the winding tower
The Zollern Colliery
A castle of labour
At first sight palatial redbrick facades and artistically adorned gables on buildings dotted around a grassy square are more reminiscent of an aristocratic residence than a coal mine. This was exactly one of the ideas behind the architecture.
Today the “mansion of labour” in the west of Dortmund is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and impressive testimonies to Germany’s industrial history. The engine house with its famous Jugendstil (art nouveau) doorway is already an icon. But the museum’s outstanding industrial architecture is only one of many different attractive facets. The various sections of the exhibition will take you into a world of harsh working conditions, and the stories of the men and women who worked in coalmining during the 20th century will bring this vividly to life.
Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building.
A crisp morning view of the historic Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station. The iconic red-brick architecture, originally designed by Kingo Tatsuno and completed in 1914, stands in striking contrast against the modern glass towers of the Chiyoda business district. This facade remains one of Japan’s most recognizable landmarks and a symbol of the city's resilience and restoration.
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Une vue matinale du côté historique de la gare de Tokyo, face à Marunouchi. L'architecture emblématique en briques rouges, conçue à l'origine par Kingo Tatsuno et achevée en 1914, offre un contraste saisissant avec les tours de verre modernes du quartier d'affaires de Chiyoda. Cette façade demeure l'un des monuments les plus reconnaissables du Japon, symbole de la résilience et de la restauration de la capitale.
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The misty November day in my hometown (I took this shot almost at midday). On the photo you can see the buitding of the old flax factory :)
Żyrardów - small town in Central Poland, located in the Mazovia region. It owes its unique atmosphere to the characteristic architecture of an industrial town. The original spatial layout of the community, which grew around a manufacturing plant in the mid-19th century, has been preserved to the present day. The historic center of Żyrardów (mostly buildings from red bricks) is the only industrial architecture complex from the turn of the 20th c. in Europe that has been preserved to modern times in full. The old settlement covers a 76-ha area in the central part of the town. Diversified architectural forms and styles characterize the city, which has resulted from the multi-cultural character of Żyrardów. The flax trade gave the town its origins. A factory manufacturing flax that was one of the largest and modern factories in Europe was established there in 1829. Karol Dittrich and Karol Hielle, two industrialists from Germany, founded the plant. The town derives its name from the first technical director of the plant, Philip de Girard who, among others, invented a mechanical flax-spinning machine.
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Budynki dawnej żyrardowskiej fabryki wyrobów lniarskich w mglisty listopadowy dzień (zdjęcie robione prawie w południe) :)
Żyrardów leży w centrum Polski, na Mazowszu. Swój niepowtarzalny klimat zawdzięcza charakterystycznej architekturze miasta zaprojektowanej w połowie XIX stulecia. Zabytkowe centrum Żyrardowa jest jedynym w Europie zachowanym w całości zespołem urbanistyczno-architektonicznym miasta przemysłowego przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Osada fabryczna obejmuje centralną część miasta o powierzchni ok. 76 ha. Charakteryzuje ją różnorodność form architektonicznych i stylów, co wynika ze zróżnicowania narodowościowego mieszkańców Żyrardowa. Początek miastu dała fabryka lniarska, która powstała na terenie dzisiejszego Żyrardowa w 1829 roku. Była to jedna z największych i najnowocześniejszych fabryk ówczesnej Europy. Została założona przez dwóch przemysłowców z Niemiec: Karola Dittricha i Karola Hielle. Żyrardów zawdzięcza swą nazwę pierwszemu dyrektorowi technicznemu fabryki, Philipowi de Girard. Był on m.in. wynalazcą maszyny do mechanicznego przędzenia lnu.
In EXPLORE 26 November 2021, # 144 :)
Taken over a year ago wandering the streets and captured some great light between buildings. Nikon D90.
The crack in the structure - when you realize that what you thought was a reality, is ultimately just a reasonably well-made fake
Inside the Nave of the ruined St John the Evangelist (1732) Stanmore, Middlesex. North West London. England. UK.
While I walked by this building I was caught by the symmetry of the vertical lines of red bricks with windows and the diagonal stretch of flower boxes. Luckily, I had my camera with me...
Done in a hurry, can be processed better, but that green in contrast with those red bricks can only be found here in B. There's a saying that a Belgian is born with a brick in his stomach...strong stomachs we must have (hence the mussels & fries!) ;)
View of Wierum, a village in the municipality of Dongeradeel in the province Friesland of the Netherlands.
Originally the 11th century church stood in the middle of the mound (wierde), but inundations led to the disappearance of the north-eastern side of the village. As a consequence the church lies at the foot of the seadyke now.
The sea behind the dyke is called the Wadden Sea ( Waddenzee ). It lies between the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the range of Frisian Islands, forming a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands. It is rich in biological diversity. In 2009, the Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.