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The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing. With collections dating back to the earliest years of surfing on mainland United States, the museum houses a historical account of surfing in Santa Cruz, California.
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Located in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point on West Cliff Drive, the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum opened its doors in June 1986 as the first surfing museum in the world. The lighthouse was built in 1967 as a memorial to surfer Mark Abott, who died while surfing at the nearby Pleasure Point surf break.
Overlooking the Steamer Lane surfing hotspot, this little museum features photographs, surfboards, and videos tracing over 100 years of surfing history in Santa Cruz. After funding cuts in 2009, the Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Society and private donations kept the museum open.
The exhibits at the museum explore over 100 years of surfing in Santa Cruz. Introduced in 1885 by three Hawaiian princes who surfed the mouth of the San Lorenzo River on plank boards, surfing has permeated every facet of the Santa Cruz community. A plaque was dedicated to the princes: David Kawānanakoa, Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui, and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (later a delegate to US Congress) in April 2010.
Throughout its history, surf culture has reflected and responded to popular culture. Photographs chronicle the evolution of surfing culture in Santa Cruz from idyllic summers spent at the beach in the 1930s and 1940s, through the hipster beach party 1950s, the surf rock 1960s, the “soul surfing” 1970s, the neon 1980s, and the rebirth of classic long-board riding in the 1990s.
Examples of surfboards from each era are on display, from the huge hollow paddle boards and redwood planks made and ridden in the 1930s and 1940s to examples of early foam and fiberglass boards, and speedy short boards used to create radical new surf moves beginning in the 1970s.
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The museum contains the current Santa Cruz Light, marking Point Santa Cruz on the west side of Santa Cruz Anchorage.
The original lighthouse was one of a number of California coastal lights allocated funding by Congress in 1850, only 19 days after statehood. Because of disputes over ownership of the land, construction did not proceed until 1868. The original light was a two-story wooden structure, with a lantern housing a fifth-order fresnel lens. Erosion of Point Santa Cruz required the lighthouse to be moved back 300 feet (91 m) in 1879.
Around 1909 the lens was replaced with a fourth-order fresnel, for better visibility against the light of the city. The light was electrified in 1917, replaced by a wooden tower in 1941, and the original building demolished in 1948.
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Near Beverly Kansas. I am standing in Lincoln County to make the shot, but the old school is just across the line in Ottawa County.
… panorama of 10 photos … sorry that Flickr seems cannot allow it zoom a bit larger ...
Cattle Depot Artist Village is located on 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, Ma Tau Kok, Hong Kong. The site was originally used as a slaughterhouse from 1908 to 1999. It was renovated and developed into a village for artists in 2001. It is now home to around 20 art groups. … was built in 1908. It was owned by the government and was used as a cattle quarantine and slaughter centre for more than 90 years… In 1999, the old Ma Tau Kok Cattle Depot was finally closed down due to expressed concerns by the neighbouring residents about hygiene problems deriving from a slaughterhouse in the urban area… Built in 1907-08, elements of Western architecture are found. The site was made up of 5 blocks of distinctive red-brick buildings, offering a total space of 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft). It has pointed roof with tiles. It is the only remaining cattle depot in Hong Kong built before World War I. Listed as a Grade III historical site in 1994, it was upgraded to Grade II in 2009. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_Depot_Artist_Village)
The Old Grammar School (built in 1851) was the first high school in Peel County. It served the Township of Toronto, parts of Halton County and Etobicoke. The building was used for a school for over 100 years. In 1966 it became Streetsville Town Hall and in 1974, a Police Station.
The building currently hosts Streetsville Kinsmen Senior Citizens' Centre.
Source: Canadian Register of Historic Places
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Thème de Mars 2019 : Diagonale
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Eglise Saint-Jacques à Neuilly-sur-Seine
Est 1770 and a Greene King Brewery Pub since 1799 the Cricketer stands on Richmond Green, Greater London.
Happy Wall & Window Wednesday
On a street corner in downtown Cheyenne. A historic red-brick building with a distinctive dome and surrounding shops sits under a partly cloudy sky. Vehicles are parked alongside a paved street with visible crosswalks.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Poznan, Poland
Winter
An abandoned factory makes for a cool spot to gather some moody shots. I liked the patina and redbrick combo and as I walked by it continued to grab my attention. Beaten up, boarded up, forgotten but with so much moody soul and atmosphere left behind. I was too scared to go inside though. Ghosts ya know...everywhere in this country.
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I visited Ripon for just one night in March 2025, I’ve not been there for over 20 years and had been warned that it “had gone downhill in recent years”. I’m not sure I can agree with that statement, I found the town quite vibrant with plenty going on for both locals and tourists. Like many U.K. towns it obviously had some problems but it was still a place I would recommend to visit.
Day 98/365: 2015
The weekly theme is giving the mundane it's beautiful due.
This wall, at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, is part of a Victorian kitchen garden. The holes are from where the fruit trees were supported by nails.
I met Darryl in the neighborhood, and this is exactly how I first saw him. When I introduced myself and asked if I could get a picture, he spoke so softly that I had to ask him three times. I know I'm getting older, but my hearing isn't THAT bad.
(and to my fellow 365ers, those that are left, if anyone wants to still do the weekly topic, I'll put one up in the discussions)
And one more shout out to my fellow 365ers…98 days to go! The countdown has begun!
An old brick structure that the billyllama and i discovered while roaming around rural georgia on our road trip.
A camera, great company, good music, country air, bugles and beef jerky. for me, it doesn't get much better than that!
Took a spin to the lighthouse and it was very cold and windy and l was wearing the wrong footwear and had no grip so sadly could not stay long!It is 37 metres tall and has 168 steps inside.
Beacon Hill in the snowstorm. Shot with iPhone 6s in raw using Lightroom Mobile. Too bad the dog wasn't on this side of the sled...
Chamomile bench at Sissinghurst castle garden National Trust. Sissinghurst castle garden was the home of writer, poet and gardener Vita Sackville- West and Harold Nicolson.
Mr. Meowington is what some friends called the neighbourhood cat. Here he's enjoying the view. Such a sleepyhead, lol!
Happy new week my friends =)
The big wheel will stay in place until the end of January. The Town Hall here in Düsseldorf was built in 1570.
One of the most characteristic buildings in Wrocław - The Old Town Hall :)
The Old Town Hall of Wrocław stands at the center of the city’s Market Square. It is considered as a fine example of bourgeois Gothic architecture. The Gothic town hall built from the 13th century. Originally, it was a single story building and was expanded over the years. The current form dates from the late 15th century with ornaments on the Eastern and Southern facades. Now it's one of the main landmarks of the city. The Old Town Hall's long history reflects developments that have taken place in the city since its initial construction. The town hall serves the city of Wroclaw and is used for civic and cultural events such as concerts held in its Great Hall. In addition, it houses a museum and a basement restaurant.
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Jeden z najbardziej znanych budynków na wrocławskim rynku, czyli Stary Ratusz :)
Stary Ratusz we Wrocławiu – późnogotycki budynek na wrocławskim Rynku, jeden z najlepiej zachowanych historycznych ratuszy w Polsce, zarazem jeden z głównych zabytków architektonicznych Wrocławia. Ratusz znajduje się w południowo-wschodnim narożu bloku śródrynkowego. Dwukondygnacyjny, podpiwniczony, trójtraktowy budynek na planie wydłużonego prostokąta z wieżą i kilkoma przybudówkami powstał w kilku etapach budowlanych na przestrzeni około 250 lat (od schyłku XIII w. aż po wiek XVI). Współcześnie Ratusz mieści oddział wrocławskiego Muzeum Miejskiego – Muzeum Sztuki Mieszczańskiej, stanowiąc niejako jego główny eksponat.
Architect: Walter Burley Griffin: 1936
Designed by internationally renowned architect Walter Burley Griffin, who previously worked under architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Hindmarsh Incinerator is one of few such incinerators to remain in original condition in Australia and is therefore of high historic and aesthetic value.
The building’s formal architectural value as an example of early ‘organic’ modernism in South Australia is particularly important given the local conservative architectural context of the period. The bold use of textured, red brick cubic forms, at multiple levels, which abut the strong vertical element which houses the Incinerator stack, illustrates the architectural skill of Griffin. When compared to the contemporary architecture of the time, the Incinerator’s architectural style can be seen as a catalyst for modernism in South Australia. The building’s simplicity makes a strong architectural statement, particularly for an industrial building, a type which was traditionally afforded little architectural consideration.
Griffin was also responsible for the design of Australia’s capital, Canberra.
The Moot Hall was built in the first half of the 16th century, the exact date is unknown. It's believed to be one of the best preserved Tudor buildings in Britain. It is now home to the Aldeburgh museum and is still used for local council meetings.
The building was once used in the witch trials of 1645, when the Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, was called in by the residents to purge Aldeburgh of its bad fortune. He accused seven women of witchcraft and locked them up in the Town Hall. In February 1646, all seven women were hanged.
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Inside the Andaz Hotel in East London is this stunning six-storey staircase. The staircase pays delicate homage to New York's Guggenheim Museum and perfectly complements the architecture inside the luxury five-star hotel, which is housed inside a beautiful redbrick Victorian building outside Liverpool Street and which originally opened as the Great Eastern Hotel in 1884 as a purpose-built railway hotel.
Early-afternoon sunlight was streaming into the atrium when I visited. The hotel's staircase -- much like City Hall, Heal's and Newport Street Gallery -- is so beautifully designed by Conran and Partners that it's a delight to photograph from every angle. I spent nearly an hour shooting from top to bottom, but eventually fixated on a view looking upwards from a lower level, which I felt conveyed the drama of the bright light as well as the staircase's strong sense of repeating lines and geometry.
The image is a combination of seven exposures, shot handheld at a high-ish ISO and then manually aligned in Photoshop before being blended using a mixture of luminosity masks, gradient masks and the Pen Tool. I was drawn to the simplicity of the staircase, so when editing the image I removed elements that felt like distractions such as ceiling lights, smoke alarms and minor cracks in the walls, and tried to focus on the clean tonality created by the sunlight and the shadows. The exception was an inscription that winds along the underside of the ascending levels -- "The air seems to be filled with an intense creativity" -- which was so quirky and unique that I felt it had to stay. After this, I opted for a finish that bordered on monochrome, although I used Colour Balance adjustments with the Apply Image function as a layer mask to add a hint of blue and cyan to the midtones and shadows and a small amount of yellow to the highlights.
Inside Nik's Silver Efex Pro, I used the Dynamic Contrast and Soft Contrast sliders to gently enhance the brightness of the light overhead and the shadows along each level's ceiling. I also lowered the midtone and shadow structure, which softened the image and which seemed to add to the minimalist finish I was aiming for. Finally, inside Colour Efex Pro, I used the Pro Contrast filter to create a little more definition between the inside of each bright portion of the staircase and the darker tones along the ceilings.
This is one of the more straightforward scenes from London that I've photographed -- and indeed it was one of the easiest to edit -- but the simplicity and elegance of the architecture hopefully come across in the final image.
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This was the site of a log cabin built by James Westervelt. The current imposing structure replaced the log cabin in 1889.
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Albi is a commune in southern France. The episcopal city, around the Cathedral Sainte-Cécile, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2010 for its unique architecture.