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Detail aus der Schaufassade des Rathauses in Stralsund in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Das Rathaus Stralsund ist ein im Stil der norddeutschen Backsteingotik errichtetes Gebäude, dessen Anfänge aus dem 13. Jahrhundert stammen. Das Gebäude am Alten Markt gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Profanbauten des Ostseeraums und als ein Wahrzeichen der Hansestadt Stralsund (Wikipedia).
Detail of the decorative facade of the town hall of Stralsund in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The town hall of Stralsund is a building in style of North German redbrick Gothic, whose origins date from the 13th Century come. The building in the Old Market is considered one of the most important secular buildings in the Baltic region and as a landmark of the city of Stralsund.
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Solid old red-brick storage shed in Oxenton, Gloucestershire with extinct creepy growth still clinging to the brick wall and currogated metal roof.
Historic redbricked rowhouses line the boulevard style street. The light at afternoon yesterday was so weird that even dark red things stood out starkly.
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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.
The Uni have started to light up the clock face with red lights. Very impressive look to Old Joe especially in the evening.
Saturday Self Challenge
Our challenge this week will be:
"Odd Numbers"
Take a photo of an odd number of any subject or object (3,5,7 etc.) and arrange it so that it's pleasing to the eye. You will have to use your compositional skills for this challenge:
All post-processing is allowed for this challenge.
I had this challenge sorted earlier in the week but today when I spotted this there was a quick change of plan. After a wait of around 20 minutes I managed to get the photo free of people with selfie sticks !!
The Liverpool Mountain is by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. It is his first public artwork in the UK and the first of its kind in Europe. The piece is inspired by naturally occurring spires or pyramids of rock, and the art of meditative rock balancing. It stands at 10 metres in height (32 feet) and is located in the Mermaid Courtyard, outside Tate Liverpool on the Albert Dock.
It consists of five coloured granite rocks, stacked vertically which seemingly appear to defy gravity.
This sculpture marks the 10th anniversary of Liverpool European Capital of Culture.
It’s would appear the residents of the city of Liverpool are divided into the ‘love it’ or ‘hate it’ categories. One local lady approached me as I was taking the photo expressing her dislike, followed shortly by another who loved it. So I suppose it’s make your own mind up. Personally I think it would have been much better without the paint job, I’m sure the natural granite would have looked much better.
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Port Melbourne skyline on a brisk late spring afternoon. A family member has joined the sea-changers moving from their house in the burbs to a 1 bedroom apartment near the beach.
Seen in my hometown. This dog was sitting in the window of the old building and watching on courtyard :)
This is Leigh Spinners, a pair of 20th century cotton spinning mills in Leigh,Lancashire,UK.
This part of the building is the number 1 mill and the central chimney stack, completed in 1915. The large windowless part you can see here is the "rope race", where the ropes from the mill engine ran up to wheels connected to drive shafts which ran the entire length of the mill and powered the textile machinery.
Otterbein University is a private university that offers 74 majors and 44 minors as well as eight graduate programs. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and named for United Brethren founder the Rev. Philip William Otterbein.
As a result of a division and two mergers involving the church, it has been associated since 1968 with the United Methodist Church. In 2010, its name was changed back from Otterbein College to Otterbein University because of an increasing number of graduate and undergraduate programs.
It is primarily an undergraduate institution with approximately 2,300 undergraduate and 450 graduate students on the campus. Otterbein has over 100 student organizations and a popular Greek presence. The school's mascot is Cardy the Cardinal and the school is a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III athletics. (Wikipedia)
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Superior, Wisconsin. The place is still operating. Down the street is the Dick Bong Bridge. Superior was the home of Dick Bong, American Hero, Awarded the MoH by MacArthur.
Close to the cathedral in Gloucester is this shop/museum for the lovers of Beatrix Potter.
There's a substantial and interesting record of Beatrix's productive life on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter.
Chinatown, Melbourne
"Cheong Cheok Hong (1853?-1928), missionary and social reformer, was born in the See Yap district, near Canton, China, son of Huh Cheong (Cheok Peng Nam), a Presbyterian missionary who went to Ballarat in the 1850s. Cheong arrived in Melbourne about 1863. He attended Scotch College and qualified for matriculation at the University of Melbourne. In 1873 he joined the Presbyterian congregation at Napier Street, Fitzroy; the minister, Dr Robert Hamilton, was convener of a mission committee for work among the Chinese and ran a training seminary for catechists. Cheong was his assistant for some time, probably as an interpreter, and with a friend made missionary tours on Sundays 'among their heathen countrymen'. The seminary closed in 1877 and Cheong appears to have begun study at the Presbyterian Theological Hall. In 1883 at the mission committee's request he was made an elder so that he could assume duty as superintendent at once. However, relations soon became strained; he returned to business life for a short time, probably for financial reasons.
In 1885 at the annual meeting of the Anglican Board of Missions Cheong gave such a remarkable address that his transfer from the Presbyterians was sought and approved; with the sanction of Bishop James Moorhouse he was appointed missionary superintendent for twelve months. In addition to organizing the work of Chinese catechists throughout Victoria, he collected sufficient funds for building in Little Bourke Street a mission hall and training centre for Chinese evangelists. In 1897 control of this property was given to the Church Missionary Association of Victoria. Cheong continued as superintendent but, after some friction with the association, resigned voluntarily in August 1898. With help from dissatisfied supporters he started an unofficial Anglican mission at the Temperance Hall in Russell Street; more than eight hundred people attended its first annual meeting. Again Cheong raised funds successfully for another mission hall in Little Bourke Street, controlled by the Church Missionary Association Reformed. In 1904 it was fully recognized by the Church of England, and Cheong's son, James, was appointed its ordained chaplain. Cheong remained superintendent of the mission until 1928. He was always known as Mr Cheong. Under a later archbishop the establishment was renamed the Church of England Chinese Mission of the Epiphany."
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography