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Entrance to the main post office in Żyrardów. It's cocated in the old building from 19-th century. Ealier here was a big flax factory. And the red telephone booth is the advertising of the local language school :)
Poczta Główna w Żyrardowie. Ulokowana jest obecnie (od jakichś 3 lat) w dawnym budynku pofabrycznym. Po niedawnej rewitalizacji tych zabudowań przeniosły się tu niektóre instytucje oraz powstały sklepy i kawiarnie. Budka zaś, to reklama mieszczącej się w budynku obok szkółki językowej :)
The amazing 'Great Stairway' Drainage system is one of Australia's finest. consisting of many features throughout the system. The stairs themselves are very impressive with about 7 knee high stairs giving an overall climb of about 3 meters. Once climbed, it leads to this large redbrick chamber. Enormous in size!
I love this church window. The red brick wall, the greenery around, the mini steeple, the cemetery - it exudes peacefulness to me. A quiet, soothing atmosphere.
The old Bethlehem Steel Headquarters Building on Third Street in Bethlehem, Pa.
This was the night of the supermoon, the brightest of the year, and the sky was luminous, amazingly so for a bright city. The reddish glow on the bricks here comes from the street lights and a concert being held a block away in front of the blast furnaces.
The company actually left two vacant HQ buildings in this city. The Martin Tower, built across the river in 1972, replaced this one, which dates to 1916. Redevelopment proposals have been offered for both buildings but there are major obstacles at both: Asbestos in the Martin Tower and general decay here. I opened the chained front doors of this building as far as they would go and a wave of moldy air came wafting out at me.
In 25 November in my hometown was unveiled a monument to Philippe Henri de Girard. His name took the name of the town - Żyrardów :)
Philippe Henri de Girard - was a French engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame in 1810. He was also the uncredited inventor of food preservation using tin cans. In 1825 he was hired by the government of the Kingdom of Poland to develop the Polish textile industry. He became the expert of the Polish government, as well as the Bank of Poland. Because of financial support of the latter, in 1831 he organised the first major factory of his project in Marymont near Warsaw. Two years later he moved with his business to the village of Ruda Guzowska, where the factory had better prospects. Soon it became a great success and brought fame and prosperity both to the settlement and to Girard. In honour of Girard, Ruda Guzowska was renamed to Żyrardów, a toponym derived of the polonised spelling of Girard's name. In 1844 Girard returned to France, where he planned to open more factories. However, he died the following year. Apart from the town of Żyrardów (currently one of the biggest satellite towns of Warsaw), Girard became a name-sake for a street and a college in 18th arrondissement of Paris and two lycea in Żyrardów and Avignon.
Od 25 listopada mamy w Żyrardowie nowy pomnik - Filipa de Girarda, od którego nazwiska wzięło nazwę miasto :)
Filip de Girard - francuski inżynier i wynalazca. W wieku 14 lat skonstruował urządzenie do pozyskiwania energii z fal morskich. 1810 roku brał udział w rozpisanym przez rząd francuski konkursie na zbudowanie przędzarki włókien lnianych. Wynaleziona przez niego przędzarka potrafiła z jednego kilograma lnu uprząść 150 km nici. Urządzenie to zrewolucjonizowało proces produkcji tkanin lnianych. Przebywał na ziemiach polskich w latach 1825–1844, powołany przez księcia Franciszka Ksawerego Druckiego-Lubeckiego, ministra skarbu rządu Królestwa Polskiego, na stanowisko naczelnego mechanika przy Wydziale Górniczym Komisji Rządowej Przychodów i Skarbu. Do jego zadań należało instalowanie w kopalniach i hutach urządzeń mechanicznych oraz ulepszanie już istniejących. Był dyrektorem technicznym zakładów lniarskich w Marymoncie, które w 1833 przeniesiono do wsi Ruda Guzowska. Od jego nazwiska wzięło nazwę miasto Żyrardów, powstałe na terenie Rudy Guzowskiej i okolicznych wsi. W 1880 roku w przędzalni tej pracowało 16 tysięcy wrzecion.
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.
Autumn is still lingering on campus. Also I am enjoying using my wide angled function on the iPhone 11pro
I love this door. I pass it when I walk up to the gym, and I always think, "Must bring my camera," and this time, I remembered.
This, now disused, Italianate sewage pumping station is alongside the Chesterfield canal in Worksop. It really is a very imposing construction and is in excellent condition, I hope another use can be found for the building as it would be a shame to lose it.
The DeSoto County Courthouse is an historic redbrick courthouse building located at 115 East Oak Street in Arcadia, Florida. Designed by architects Bonfoey & Elliott of Tampa in the Classical Revival style, it was built in 1912-1913 by the Read-Parker Construction Company to serve as DeSoto County's third courthouse and the second one built in Arcadia. It was restored in 1976 and is a contributing property in the Arcadia Historic District.
The building was designed by the Tampa architectural firm of Bonfoey & Elliott. In 1989, the DeSoto County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.
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Portrait of a cat, which I've seen during my walking. He lives on the same street, just a few houses away :)
Koci model, którego spotkałam podczas spaceru. Mieszka na tej samej ulicy co i ja, tylko kilka domów dalej :)
In EXPLORE - 31 October 2025, # 94 :)
I had lunch with some clients today. It's so great that they have an office here in town so that we can meet up. We talked work for a bit. Then it was girl talk.
The strip of open canal stream disappears under a road and enters this huge Red-Brick Pipe, absolutely enormous in size!
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.
Sunnycroft, located on the outskirts of Wellington in Shropshire, is a rare surviving example of a Victorian suburban villa. It was built 1880 and extended in 1899. The house remained in the same family, until its handing over to the National Trust in 1997. Sunnycrofts character and intimacy comes from it remaining complete with its original interior fixtures and fittings. Pictured: Bedroom with its original wallpaper, tiles and fireplace.
We visited the castle on a very hot day and spent most of the time in the welcome shade of the surrounding park.
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built Tudor castle near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. From 1957 to 1988 its grounds were the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Today it is used by the Bader International Study Centre of Queen's University, Canada.
Herstmonceux Castle is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England; brick was an unusual material for the time in Britain. The builders of Herstmonceux Castle concentrated more on grandeur and comfort than on defence.