One of a dwindling number of early nineteenth century vernacular town buildings left in the city.

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Red brick Pierhead Building built in 1897 as headquarters of Bute Dock Company.

Red Wall, White Tree - Snowcovered tree on P Street in Washington DC

There was a little alley in San Francisco back of the Southern

Pacific station at Third and Townsend in redbrick of drowsy lazy

afternoons with everybody at work in offices in the air you feel

the impending rush of their commuter frenzy as soon they’ll be

charging en masse from Market and Sansome buildings on foot

and in buses and all well-dressed thru workingman Frisco of

Walkup ?? truck drivers and even the poor grime-bemarked Third

Street of lost bums even Negros so hopeless and long left East

and meanings of responsibility and try that now all they do is

stand there spitting in the broken glass sometimes fifty in one

afternoon against one wall at Third and Howard and here’s all

these Millbrae and San Carlos neat-necktied producers and

commuters of America and Steel civilization rushing by with San

Francisco Chronicles and green Call-Bulletins not even enough

time to be disdainful, they’ve got to catch 130, 132, 134, 136 all

the way up to 146 till the time of evening supper in homes of the

railroad earth when high in the sky the magic stars ride above

the following hotshot freight trains--it’s all in California, it’s all a

sea, I swim out of it in afternoons of sun hot meditation in my

jeans with head on handkerchief on brakeman’s lantern or (if not

working) on book, I look up at blue sky of perfect lostpurity and

feel the warp of wood of old America beneath me and I* have

insane conversations with Negroes in second*-story windows

above and everything is pouring in, the switching moves of

boxcars in that little alley which is so much like the alleys of

Lowell and I hear far off in the sense of coming night that engine

calling our mountains.

Jack Kerouac-October in the Railroad Earth

On 12 Februrary 1974, a friend and I visited the Bay Area for a first ride on BART as well as a trip on the SP commutes. We were planning to go over Christmas break, taking the Coast Starlight from Davis to Richmond, riding BART, then going to the SP's 3rd and Townsend Street station to catch a commute, pulled by an H-24-66, to San Jose and the Starlight back to Davis and home.

This was the very end of 3rd and Townsend, the station SP had built for the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition as a temporary structure that somehow held on for almost 60 years, through wars and streamlined Daylights and Larks and dieselization and Amtrak ending long distance passenger service into SF, and now, here it was, with a couple of SDP45s supplementing the F-Ms and Geeps that had been the commute power since the day I was born when diesels took over the commutes from the last of SP's steam.

Within a year or so, the F-Ms were gone and a new station was built south of 4th Street, which Caltrain still uses and is now over 40 years old itself, as old as 3rd and Townsend was when Kerouac and Neal Cassady were working for SP and they and their fellow Beats were having poetry readings in North Beach.

In 1974, there were flagmen who would block 4th Street to traffic when a train was due to leave or arrive at the station during the day. They would come out with their STOP signs from their little cabins and hold up cars for a few seconds until the train cleared, then go back to doing whatever they had been doing.

When rush hour approached and some of the trains extended beyond 4th Street, they would extend a chain across 4th Street and open up 5th Street a block south and flag that for the evening commute parade. 130, the first train that Kerouac mentions in Railroad Earth left at 514 and ran non stop down to what we now call Silicon Valley, before making its stops. In 1974, it was one of the first trains to have an SDP45 and ran with 9 gallery cars, which extended over 4th Street, as did some of the other trains. SP dispatched trains at 3 minute intervals at the rush hour, and my 1958 Official Guide shows the same train numbers and times as prevailed at rush hour in 1974.

Today, Caltrain runs a different service, reflecting that many people are commuting south in the morning and north in the afternoon as Santa Clara County has turned from a bedroom community to an economic powerhouse. The whole neighborhood has changed with former SP yards and freight houses now apartments and condos, and the Giants' 3 Com Park a few blocks north. Streetcars again serve the station with Muni's E, N and T lines.

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I love walking the streets and alleys of Boston's Beacon Hill. www.dfhendersonfineart.com

Built in 1893, this redbrick complex was originally Europe's largest solitary confinement facility, and used to hold political prisoners, including Trotsky in 1905 and, in October 1917, the entire provisional government.

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Saint-Petersburg, June '22

All seen around Winchester.

Two sundials on the castle's tower refer to the passing hours with Latin mottos:

• “Practereunt” (“They pass by”)

• “Imputantur” (“They are reckoned unto us”)

Berlin - Germany

A crisp morning light catches the classical symmetry of this Renaissance Revival apartment building in San Francisco’s Richmond District. Clad in red brick with pale stone trim, the structure channels early 20th-century confidence — a time when craftsmanship and ornamentation lent even apartment buildings a sense of civic dignity.

The arched ground-floor windows, ornamental cornice, and fire escape zigzagging across the façade all tell a story of enduring urban rhythm. Against the deep blue sky, the warm brick glows like memory itself — part of the city’s vast patchwork of architectural eras, layered and alive.

A marriage of two old pubs, the Green Man was built in 1750 to service the coaching trade of the town but as the traffic diminished during the early Nineteenth century, the owner purchased the neighbouring Blackmoor’s Head Inn and amalgamated the two. The new inn provided the area with local meeting rooms which included meetings of the local Magistrates and County courts. It also went on to become home and headquarters of the Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Committee.

It took its "Royal" from the visit of Princess Victoria in the 1830's, later to become Queen.

It has a rather rare sign in the form of an iron and wooden "gallows" style sign which spans Saint John's Street in front of the inn. The signage would originally have represented a Green Man and not the present day hunter.

This is another building in Ashbourne reputed to have been frequented by Dr. (Samuel) Johnson.

The hotel was included in the Guinness book of records for having the longest pub name "The Royal Green Man and Blackamoor's Head Commercial and Family hotel"

The Black's Head (Blackmoor's Head) originally stood a few buildings to the left of the shot and is now in use as retail premises. When joined it must have been a rather large property.

Bristol: down spout

Robison Mansion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Cañon City, Colorado.

The Historic Robison Mansion

The 1884 three-story brick house with its mansard roof is one of the few well preserved examples of the Second Empire Style in Colorado. The residence illustrates a quality of design and richness of detail unmatched in the Cañon City area.

Making his fortune in the mining districts of Leadville and Cripple Creek, Colorado, Scottish immigrant, Lyman Robison built the mansion and moved his family to Cañon City, Colorado to "enjoy the good life" .

In 1989 the mansion was extensively remodeled with particular attention to details reminiscent of the period in which it was originally built.

In addition, the interior fixtures were replaced with large elaborate chandeliers imported from Italy. The elegant craftsmanship throughout the home is evident in such features as the 3-story Honduras Mahogany staircase imported from Austria and entirely hand-crafted using no nails; the 14 foot ceilings featuring decorative rose and leaf motif Fresco work painted with gold leaf; and the wine cellar capable of storing 2,400 bottles.

The exterior construction is of French influence with a decorative Mansard roof, Tuscan columns in the front of the house frame a classical portico added in 1901.

The grade 1 listed Seventeenth century Restoration era Mansion House on Church Street, Ashbourne in Derbyshire.

Dating back to 1685, this is one of the many impressive buildings in this market town.

The listing also includes the coach house wall.

Home to Dr. Taylor (sometimes known as the King of Ashbourne), the house was frequented by Dr. (Samuel) Johnson between 1737 and 1784.

The facade, Music room and many of the interior features were added between 1765 and 1784.

at Redbrick Warehouse, Yokohama

Gustav Adolf Church or the Scandinavian Seamen's Church is a historical building located in Park Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It consists of a church, built between 1883 and 1884, and an attached minister's house, and provides a centre for the Liverpool International Nordic Community.The combined church and minister's house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

During the later part of the 19th century, large numbers of Scandinavian emigrants were passing though Liverpool, and there was a need to serve their spiritual needs. The first Scandinavian priest was appointed in 1870, who visited the emigrants in ships and boarding houses. There was perceived to be a need for a permanent centre. The commission to design a church and minister's house was gained by W. D. Caroe, whose father, Anders Kruuse Caroe, was the Danish Consul in the city. It was Caroe's first independent commission to design a church.[3] Building started in 1883 and was completed the following year, at a cost of £15,000 (equivalent to £1,430,000 in 2016).

Taken in my hometown. The same place in 1937 and in 2014 :)

The edifice of the Town Hall was built in 1910. Its ground floor served as the Factory Shop with the textile products and the post office. The first floor was the Town Hall itself. The second floor was adapted for the service flats. Now, the entire building is the seat of the municipal Office.

Żyrardów - small town in Central Poland with short, but interesting history :) It is located in the Mazovia region, the heart of Poland. 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 plant 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.

Magistrat - wybudowany w 1910r., przeznaczony na siedzibę władz miasta. Początkowo na parterze mieścił się sklep firmowy z tkaninami z żyrardowskiej fabryki oraz poczta. Na pierwszym pietrze usytuowane były gabinety kadry urzedniczej. Ostatnia kondygnację zaadaptowano na służbowe mieszkania. Obecnie cały budynek jest siedzibą Urzędu Miejskiego.

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. Do czasów nam współczesnych na terenie położonej w centrum miasta osady fabrycznej zachowało się blisko 95% pierwotnej zabudowy, która w większości przypadków wciąż pełni nadane jej przez budowniczych funkcje. 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.

I made this photo of a brick chimney during Melody's and my daily walk in mid March 2023. One sees lots of things when walking a neighborhood; like looking up at a chimney. Not someone would do when in a car. Lots of homes in our neighborhood have fireplaces and chimneys but few, if any, are every used anymore. I believe all the homes that have been recently remodeled have eliminated fireplaces altogether. I shot this using my Canon Powershot SX50.

Architecture biennale 2016

Rolleiflex 3.5C and expired Lomography 800 Color Negative Film shot at 400 iso.

Albi is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department. It is located on the River Tarn, c. 85 km northeast of Toulouse.

The episcopal city, situated in the center of the city, around the cathedral, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2010

Albi was built around the original cathedral and episcopal group of buildings. This historic area covers 63 hectares. Red brick and tiles are the main feature of most houses and buildings.

The Old Bridge was built in 1040 when the city started to expand on the other bank of the river Tarn.

Source: wikipedia

Redbrick Arch ~ Blue Sky ~ River Tay

Sundance Square

Fort Worth, TX

The Knights of Pythias Building is an historic three-story redbrick Knights of Pythias building located at 315 Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas. Also known as the Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, it was built in 1901 on the site of an 1881 structure, the first Pythian Castle Hall ever built, which had burned earlier the same year. The building housed the city's first offset printing press and coin-operated laundry. On April 28, 1970, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The building is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL). In 1981 it was restored and is now part of the Sundance Square area of downtown Fort Worth.

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Basedow is a picturesque village in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Hightlights are the well preserved castle, the old church and the remains of an industrial and agricultural complex.

One of several English and Tudor Revival style houses in the neighborhood.

The former Pilotage Building at the entrance to Canning Dock by the Mersey at Liverpool. It was built in 1883.

The castle in Oporów. It's small, but I very like it :)

The castle is a small late-Gothic defensive residence, built around 1440, is situated on an island surrounded by a moat. It is one of the very few monuments of this kind preserved in Poland. Its compact layout is concentrated around a quadrangular courtyard: a residential house, two towers (one with the chapel attached), and a defensive wall connecting them make up the premises. Renovated in the 17th, 18th, and 19th century, the castle underwent only some minor changes. They produced the Renaissance beam framed ceiling, the Baroque window openings on the first floor, the gate part, rebuilt in the 18th and 19th century, and the neoclassical stucco work. The so-called “cupboard" building on the courtyard, as well as the neogothic portal at the main entrance and the terrace by the bridge, date back to 1840. The castle is surrounded by a landscape park, founded in the first half of the 19th century.

Due to thorough reconstruction works between 1962 and 1965, some of the 19th century renovations were removed and the original shape of the roofs as well as the gallery of the residential house were restored. The Gothic portals and windows, together with the Renaissance polychrome beams from the mid-17th century, were revealed from behind the plaster.

Since 1949, the castle has been the seat of the museum with its exhibition of manor interiors. The works of art and craft contained therein refer to the traditions of old Polish manor houses. The collection includes exhibits from various epochs, ranging from the 16th century till the beginning of the 20th century - paintings, sculptures and artistic handcrafts.

Zamek w Oporowie – ceglany zamek wzniesiony w stylu gotyckim w latach 1434-1449 we wsi Oporów pod Kutnem przez biskupa kujawskiego Władysława Oporowskiego. Zaczątkiem zespołu zamkowego była rycerska wieża mieszkalna, wzniesiona na początku XV w. na sztucznej wyspie, usypanej pośrodku jednej z odnóg rzeki Słudwi. Później powstały mieszkalne budynki otaczające niewielki brukowy dziedziniec, mury obronne oraz półokrągła baszta z kaplicą na piętrze. Nad zamkiem góruje północno-zachodnia narożna wieża ozdobiona gotyckim sztyletem. Mimo wielu przebudów dokonanych w XVII, XVIII i XIX w. nastąpiły tylko niewielkie zmiany. Pozostały po nich renesansowe stropy, barokowe otwory okienne na piętrze, klasycystyczne sztukaterie. Z około 1840 pochodzi przybudówka na dziedzińcu, tzw. "kredens" oraz neogotycki portal bramy wjazdowej i taras przed mostem. Zamek otacza krajobrazowy park założony w pierwszej połowie XIX w. Zespół zamkowo-parkowy mieści od 1949 r. muzeum z ekspozycją wnętrz dworskich. Zbiory prezentują dzieła malarstwa, rzeźby i wyroby rzemiosła artystycznego

od XVI do pocz. XX w.